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Kiyan Anthony Follows In Father Carmelo’s Footsteps By Committing To Syracuse

Kiyan Anthony will be playing for Syracuse, as his father Carmelo Anthony once did.

Gautam Varier
Nov 16, 2024
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Carmelo Anthony and his son, Kiyan, watch the Don Bosco Prep Ironmen compete against the McEachern Indians in a game during the 50th annual City of Palms Classic at Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. Kiyan Anthony and the Long Island Luthern Crusaders defeated Westminster Academy earlier in the day.

Over two decades after Carmelo Anthony committed to Syracuse in 2001, his son Kiyan Anthony has followed in his footsteps by doing the same. Anthony announced his decision to play for the Orange on the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast on Friday, with Carmelo and his mother La La Anthony sitting next to him.

“Now my sophomore year, started getting all these offers and college coaches recruiting me and stuff like that,” Anthony said. “So, it was hard just narrowing down. First I cut it to 10 and then six and then three and now two.”

“Breaking it down to three which was Auburn, USC, and Syracuse, and then cutting it to two, cutting out Auburn, even though they a top-five team and college,” Anthony stated. “So I was just going the pros and cons with every school and now finally cutting to two, so one gotta go.”

“I just want to thank both of the coaching staff for recruiting me,” Anthony added. “… Want to thank both of them for coming to all my practices, coming to all my games but at the end of the day only one could stay and with that being said, I be coming in to Syracuse University.”

Anthony, a 6’5″ shooting guard, is ranked 36th on ESPN’s top-100 list for the class of 2025 and is a four-star recruit. The 17-year-old has starred for Long Island Lutheran High School, leading them to a 21-5 record in 2023-24 after transferring from Christ the King High School in Queens before his junior year.

Anthony also made waves on the Nike EYBL circuit in the spring, averaging 19.6 points per game for Team Melo. Then at the National Basketball Players Association Top 100 camp, the teenager averaged a camp-best 28.5 points per game.

Anthony is a prolific scorer and will join forces with five-star forward Sadiq White and three-star wing Aaron Womack on Syracuse. Together, the trio will look to lead the Orange to just their second national title.

The man who led Syracuse to their first and only title was, of course, Carmelo Anthony. Carmelo only played one season at the college but it was a spectacular one. He averaged 22.2 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game in 2002-03 for the Orange and came up big in the big moments too.

Carmelo scored 33 points against the University of Texas in the Final Four and then had 20 points and 10 rebounds in the championship game against the University of Kansas. He was unsurprisingly named the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player for his efforts.

Carmelo had initially planned on staying at Syracuse for a couple of years, but having already achieved ultimate glory, he decided to go pro. He entered the 2003 NBA Draft and was selected with the third pick by the Denver Nuggets. 

Carmelo would go on to play 19 seasons in the NBA and averaged 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game for his career. He won a scoring title, made 10 All-Star teams, and was named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team. If Kiyan ends up having half as good a career as his father, I’d say it would be a success.

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Gautam Varier is a staff writer and columnist for Fadeaway World from Mumbai, India. He graduated from Symbiosis International University with a Master of Business specializing in Sports Management in 2020. This educational achievement enables Gautam to apply sophisticated analytical techniques to his incisive coverage of basketball, blending business acumen with sports knowledge.Before joining Fadeaway World in 2022, Gautam honed his journalistic skills at Sportskeeda and SportsKPI, where he covered a range of sports topics with an emphasis on basketball. His passion for the sport was ignited after witnessing the high-octane offense of the Steve Nash-led Phoenix Suns. Among the Suns, Shawn Marion stood out to Gautam as an all-time underrated NBA player. Marion’s versatility as a defender and his rebounding prowess, despite being just 6’7”, impressed Gautam immensely. He admired Marion’s finishing ability at the rim and his shooting, despite an unconventional jump shot, believing that Marion’s skill set would have been even more appreciated in today’s NBA.This transformative experience not only deepened his love for basketball but also shaped his approach to sports writing, enabling him to connect with readers through vivid storytelling and insightful analysis.
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