Among the big names selected to be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend was former NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony . Even without any NBA championship rings, Anthony’s resume is as good as anyone else’s. One of the most gifted scorers the game has ever seen, Anthony delivered a powerful message during his Hall of Fame speech.

“To the game of basketball, you were my way out. But more than that, you were my way in. You let me tell my story without words. You let me cry through jumpers, shout through dunks, dream through wins. You gave a kid from the projects a passport to the world,” Anthony said. “You gave my pain purpose, you gave my past a future.”

“I never got an NBA ring, and some will always define me by that. But I know what I gave to this game and I know what t

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