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Portland Trail Blazers’ Carmelo Anthony Gifted a Single Mom in Maryland With a New Car

Anthony, who is from Baltimore, partnered with a new online car buying outlet Gettacar to present Shalita Addison with a 2017 Mazda CX3.

By Elise Herron
Trail Blazers face the Oklahoma City Thunder on November 27, 2019 at the Moda Center. Bruce Ely / Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers' newest player, Carmelo Anthony, has a penchant for philanthropy.

Related: Destiny Fulfilled: Carmelo Anthony Is Finally a Portland Trail Blazer.

On Wednesday, Anthony gifted a single mother in Baltimore, Maryland, with a new car, Baltimore's WMAR-2 News station first reported.

Anthony, who went to high school in Baltimore, partnered with new online car buying outlet Gettacar to present Shalita Addison with a 2017 Mazda CX3.

Addison told WMAR-2 that her old, 1997 Honda Accord broke down nearly daily, making her late to work, appointments and her daughter's basketball games.

Related: Suck It, Haters: Carmelo Anthony Is the NBA's Western Conference Player of the Week

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Elise Herron

Elise Herron

Elise Herron grew up in Sisters, Oregon and joined Willamette Week as web editor in 2018.