Son of NBA legend Carmelo Anthony announces his college decision

Like father, similar son. Kiyan Anthony, the lad of NBA fable Carmelo Anthony, has announced that helium volition beryllium playing hoops astatine Syracuse University.

Kiyan, a statement top-40 imaginable and the apical imaginable successful the authorities of New York, had besides been considering USC successful his recruiting process.

The commitment, revealed connected Carmelo's '7pm successful Brooklyn' podcast, comes implicit eleven years aft his begetter won the school's lone NCAA rubric arsenic a freshman backmost successful the outpouring 2003.

'I chose Syracuse due to the fact that the coaches recruited maine from time one,' Anthony told 247Sports. 'They truly showed maine they were recruiting maine for who I was and that it had thing to bash with my Dad. 

'I could spot the imaginativeness with [power guardant commit] Sadiq (White) going implicit determination and being 1 of the astir diversion radical successful the class, an overseas defender coming [commit Luke Fennell], and the imaginable of seniors similar JJ Starling and Chris Bell coming back. 

'Next, we conscionable request a large man. From the imaginativeness and what they're telling maine my relation could be, it each made sense. USC was close determination with them I'm not going to lie. There was a constituent wherever I was astir to take USC but I kept talking with my parents and yet decided to spell with Cuse.'

As Kiyan said connected the podcast, the determination was person than 1 whitethorn expect - considering his father's transportation to the school.

'I went to a USC sojourn past period and I astir committed connected the spot,' Kiyan revealed connected the show.

'I astir told the manager [Eric Mussleman] I was coming. It was crazy. USC feels similar a movie erstwhile you're connected field – the girls, basketball, the dorms are similar an apartment. It's similar a lavish lifestyle…

'So I was looking astatine each of that and past conscionable coming back–looking astatine Syracuse and seeing what could beryllium done implicit there. 

'If I was to spell implicit determination and they already person apical radical coming successful who I'm adjacent with, young coaching unit that I could link to, adjacent to home, 45 infinitesimal flight– they would person to beryllium catching six hr flights to California each time truthful conscionable each of that and past successful the ACC, they play Duke, Carolina– they play each the bully schools truthful I consciousness similar each of that plays a portion into wherefore I chose Syracuse.' 

He follows successful the footsteps of his father, who is by acold the astir well-known hoops subordinate from the schoolhouse - which is the sixth winningest hoops programme successful history.

In the 2002-03 season, Anthony led the Orange to a Big East regular play co-title earlier falling to UConn successful the semifinals of the Big East Tournament.

But successful that year's NCAA Tournament, Anthony led Syracuse each the mode to the nationalist title crippled - defeating Kansas 81-78 to clinch their archetypal and lone title.

From there, Carmelo was selected third-overall successful the star-studded 2003 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. He would spell connected to person a lengthy NBA career, with different stops with the New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Lakers earlier his status successful 2023.

Kiyan is the lad of Carmelo and tv property Lala Anthony, who some appeared connected the podcast arsenic helium made his announcement. The brace divided successful 2017.