Carmelo Anthony shares his story in 'Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised'

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🗓️ 4 January 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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One of the NBA's biggest stars, Carmelo Anthony goes back to his Baltimore beginnings in "Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised." The conversation was originally recorded September 14 for Washington Post Live.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Capehart and welcome to Capehart.
0:06.4	Since he hit the basketball court for the Denver Nuggets 18 years ago, Carmelo Anthony
0:11.0	has been one of the NBA's biggest stars.
0:14.3	This season he teams up with LeBron James as he joins Los Angeles slakers, the 16th of
0:20.1	his professional career.
0:22.1	Yet another stop in a career that includes college basketball national champion at Syracuse,
0:27.5	10-time NBA All-Star, and three-time gold medalist, Olympian.
0:32.8	In his new book entitled, Where Tomorrow's Aren't Promise, Carmelo Anthony goes back to
0:38.1	the beginning to the dangers of growing up in the housing projects in Red Hook, Brooklyn
0:43.2	and West Baltimore's Murphy Homes.
0:45.3	There's a lack of hope in those environments, and when you have that, it's hard to focus
0:50.9	on school.
0:51.9	It's hard to focus on playing sports and staying up the streets when a lot of
0:57.4	stuff.
0:58.4	You don't know your next meal will come.
0:59.4	People don't understand what it really takes to be that and to live that and to go through
1:04.5	that.
1:05.7	In this conversation, first recorded on September 14th for Washington Post Live, Carmelo
1:10.7	Anthony talks all about going through it to live a dream.
1:16.7	Carmelo Anthony, welcome to Washington Post Live.
1:19.6	Thank you.
1:20.6	Thank you.
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