The infamous altercation between Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Garnett during a 2013 NBA game has become one of the league’s most talked-about on-court incidents. In a recent episode of the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast, Iman Shumpert and Carmelo Anthony finally addressed the rumors surrounding the confrontation, shedding light on what really happened that night and dispelling the long-standing “Honey Nut Cheerios” myth.
Iman Shumpert: “This s**t was never said.”
Carmelo Anthony: “The s**t that they thought was said, it wasn’t said.”
Iman Shumpert: “It wasn’t even funny.”
Carmelo Anthony: “Why would they think, dude, to get that mad if he said, your wife tastes like honey nut Cheerios.”
Iman Shumpert: “Yeah, but at least say Frosted Cheerios, Like why would he pick Honey Nut Cheerios? That’s what was tweaking me out.”
Carmelo Anthony: “Oh yeah, why would he pick that?”
Iman Shumpert: “Out of everything. Out of the insults that y’all could do is y’all trying to promote a cereal brand with this?”
Carmelo Anthony: “At that moment, he crossed the line… It started because he said, ‘I smell p***y’.”
Iman Shumpert: “Ay Shorthy, can I set it up though? I don’t even know he remembers this. Can I say it?”
Carmelo Anthony: “Go ahead.”
Iman Shumpert: “But by the time, Elo, you’ll see in the game where Elo literally, he shot a shot and the shot went in. But he doesn’t even like process the ball no more. Like he just turns his whole attention to this man, bro. He running back.”
“He’s not looking at the game. Like if the game was over with for Melo, like it didn’t matter unless it was gonna be one-on-one. If you gonna throw me this ball and you gonna guard me, then it meant something. Other than that, it was like, how many shots can I miss? And we bump each other and do, it was wild. Like I could tell, Shorty done checked out.”
Carmelo Anthony: “I checked out the game. It was like seven minutes left for the game. I’m on the sideline, I think he’s drawing up plays. I’m like this way, like I’m not even, I don’t even know. They talking about, ‘Hey, you with me, Melo?’ Yeah, yeah, yeah.”
“He said, right here, right here. ‘So yeah, he said, you with me?’ I said, yeah, I’m with you, I’m with you. I said, we’re gonna win the game, I’m with you. He said, no, no, no.”
“So the game, I was checked out, right? After the game, in the next, in the garden, you gotta cross to go to the locker room. I didn’t go our regular way to the locker room. I went their way. Like, it was like 15 seconds left on the clock. I started creeping to that corner.”
“I just, I really wanted to have a conversation. And it was Courtney Lee. It was Ticket. And I think Rondo was with him. And they like, man, they don’t wanna have no conversation like that. So I say, you know what, I’m gonna meet you, you, and you at the bus.”
Iman Shumpert: “After the game, Ello storm off. Like, he doesn’t want to be calm down. You don’t want to be touched. He is always the last one out of the locker room. My man gets treatment ice. He might lift, my boy got a lot of stuff for recovery. He got a dude.”
“Scratched it all off for this. I went in there and talked to the treatment people I come back and Ello in that dress bad.”
“I’m talking about socks, I think they was his hooping socks He said, f**k the outfit. It was crazy. The man just, he had such an outfit together. Cause I remember it was like lightweight, chilly outside. My boy had a fit.”
“My boy was mad, he like, and then I’m steady a**, I’m shorty, what you feelin’, what you want? He like, I need to have a conversation. I’m like, bro, this ain’t no conversation. Energy, my dog, I’m going with you.”
“They like, Iman, no, I’m, what you feelin’, what? I’m not finna let this man roll solo, this n***a is insane. He goes downstairs to the toilet, you remember this? He goes to the tunnel, click the button before me, went down by himself, Lord, I come down afterwards, Shorty.”
“Man, the man sitting on the post like this, staring at they sign, waiting on KG to come out. It take them at least 20, 30 minutes. The man lost no fire. He lost no fire. Smoke coming out of his ears. Shorty, arms folded. Ain’t looked at his phone. Ain’t took his eyes off of over there.”
“He talking to me, but it’s like, Shump, you just here, n***a. Shorty get up all of a sudden fast as hell. Like that get up off the post fast as hell. All I see is KG walking It’s like you remember they were green jackets. We’re in the green jacket. The ushes, its It’s fire security. I think the whole floor full of ushers. They got police officers, all type of s**t.”
“The n***a Mello tell him, KG like, ‘Melo, over a basketball game?’ I’m not even taking a chance. He had too many people to get by. He’s like, you blowing me? I really want this man to man. I see I’m not going to get it. And you shooting jokes. It’s not funny to Melo at this point though.”
Carmelo Anthony: “So now it’s bubbling, getting to All-Star. Now in my mind, I have a conversation with him. I don’t know what’s what.”
“I don’t know what he’s thinking. Let’s go to the side and have a real one-on-one conversation at All-Star and let’s get to the bottom of this. That’s the time that I was on.”
“Nah. That’s what I’m saying. We ain’t never get to the bottom of this s**t.”
“I’m a peace guard now, you know what I’m saying? So Ticket, you wanna come on the brown couch? You wanna come holler at us, come have some fun?”
What REALLY happened between Carmelo and Kevin Garnett? 👀
Melo & Shump set the record straight. pic.twitter.com/PJjybnzxhE
— 7PM in Brooklyn (@7PMinBrooklyn) November 26, 2024
For years, speculation swirled that Garnett had insulted Anthony by claiming his wife, La La Anthony, “tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios.” However, both Shumpert and Anthony made it clear that this was not true.
Interestingly, just months prior, Anthony revisited the altercation on the same podcast, calling it one of the rare moments in his career where he felt truly disrespected. Anthony described the situation as one where his emotions boiled over, leaving no room for compromise.
“You will always remain my favorite power forward…But the personal side…we never spoke on it…”
— Carmelo Anthony sheds new light on the so-called “Honey Nut Cheerios” altercation with Kevin Garnett this week 11 years ago, including unresolved aspects / what KG really said: pic.twitter.com/yTjyyxz6kv
— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) January 14, 2024
While the incident remains unresolved, Anthony and Shumpert’s reflections offered a mix of humor and insight into the intensity of the NBA’s competitive nature. The infamous night may never be fully explained, but the two former Knicks have certainly laid many of the rumors to rest.
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