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Kiyan Anthony played his first year in college basketball. His freshman year wasn’t an ideal one. He could only average 8 points, 1.4 rebounds and less than an assist per game in 29 games. He only started 2 games and even his game time was very limited. He only averaged 18.7 minutes played per game all throughout the season.
When Kiyan committed to his father Carmelo Anthony’s alma mater, there was a lot of hype around his potential. The hype was also natural as one of the absolute greats of the game Melo had left a legacy behind him at the school. So when Kiyan Anthony did not straight away take over and played inspired basketball, the criticism and doubts were bound to come.
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If he was not the son of a huge legend like Melo, there might not have been this much pressure. On the flip side, the case is not also about lack of talent. His high school performances and his overall skill set promises a lot of potential. Recently, Carmelo Anthony reacted to his son’s freshman year. He judged it and spoke honest from both lenses, as his father as well as a basketball legend.
Melo shared how he has to have two hats while judging Kiyan Anthony’s season. As a father, he was supportive of his son and did not judge this season to be a failure.
From the other lens, Melo said, “You coming into one of the biggest colleges, universities in college, right? So and there’s a lot of history here. Your father did it. We did it. There’s history here. The name is on the building. like this is stamped in and etched in stone for life. So there’s a lot of pressure that comes with that.”
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“So I want to see how he handled that. To me, it wasn’t a failure year for him. It was something that any 18year-old kid is going to go through in college, right?
“Also, they’re not recruiting high school kids no more. You get what I’m saying? Unless you top two, three, four, five, you’re being overlooked anyway as a high school senior coming out into college. They…
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Publish date : 2026-05-26 23:52:00
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