Carmelo Anthony-Personal Narrative

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My day started waking up extraordinarily early in a splendid five star hotel from an extremely comfortable and pulpy bed complimented with heavenly pillows. This joyful day fills my body with excitement and replays in my mind as if it had happened for the first time. This wasn’t your average birthday present, no not some gift card to GameStop, not some pair of Stephen Curry’s, not even the next Call Of Duty game. The exact moment these words accessed my ears I almost passed out my parents had told me Alex we are going to Queens, New York so you can meet Carmelo Anthony, I was so ecstatic. It felt like it was just yesterday I was packing my bags and filling it with New York Knicks merchandise, I was so immature I even packed my poster of him and his jersey. After some pushing and shoving with my sister …show more content…
I remember my dad turning that steering wheel one hundred eighty degrees to pull into the parking garage not to mention which was twenty five dollars for parking in there. We all hopped but here was I Wearing my Carmelo Anthony jersey, His shoes, Knick socks, and even Knicks shorts. I walked into the facility my parents cheering me on telling me to stay safe and have as much fun as possible doing what I love. Oh my goodness is the way you could decipher my facial expression when I saw the man, the myth, the legend Carmelo Anthony. He was the man to score 62 points at Madison Square Garden breaking Bernard King’s record, 9 time all-star, 3 time Olympic gold medalist, and former NBA scoring champion and that’s just a few of his accomplishments. Already we were breaking of into teams for scrimmages and receiving cool and refreshing Powerades to prevent us from being completely drenched in sweat. Now that we got the arrival and introduction phase over with wait until I tell you about how I was balling on court in the Knicks gym in front of my idol Carmelo

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