{"id":363262,"date":"2024-01-27T18:50:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T19:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363262"},"modified":"2024-01-27T20:01:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T20:01:35","slug":"carmelo-anthony-reacts-to-son-kiyan-saying-he-could-beat-16-year-old-melo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363262","title":{"rendered":"Carmelo Anthony reacts to son Kiyan saying he could beat 16-year-old Melo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Carmelo Anthony is one of the most storied basketball players of the 21st century. He led Syracuse to a national championship, won three gold medals for the U.S. Olympics men&#8217;s basketball team, and is an all-time top-10 NBA scorer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">His son Kiyan, at age 16, said he would beat a 16-year-old Melo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kiyan Anthony is a three-to-four-star guard at Long Island Lutheran (Glen Head, N.Y.), ranked by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 41 player in the class of 2025. He has helped Long Island earn placement in the national rankings, as the team is 12-2 as of Jan. 27.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In an interview on Tiktok, he was asked if he would beat Melo at his age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I&#8217;m frying him,&#8221; Kiyan responded. &#8220;He wasn&#8217;t nice until he was 17.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Anthony watched the video on a recent episode of his\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">7PM In Brooklyn<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and responded with humor, laughing as he said, &#8220;are you s******* me?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Carmelo vs. Kiyan Anthony: Melo\u2019s Hilarious Breakdown\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f1s_CMNW324?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He got moderately serious as he gave respect to Kiyan for believing such a thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I&#8217;m (expletive) with the fact that he believes it,&#8221; Melo said. &#8220;He exudes that confidence.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But Melo disagrees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;So, no, (expletive) out of here, Ky,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m speaking to my son, so I don&#8217;t want to curse, but&#8230; (expletive) out of here.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a junior, Anthony averaged 23 points, 10.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game for Towson Catholic High School, according to his\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/cuse.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/carmelo-anthony\/3077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Syracuse bio<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and was named the all-metro player of the year by the Baltimore Sun as he led his team to a 28-9 season. He then transferred to Oak Hill Academy for his senior season, during which he was a McDonald&#8217;s All-American.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So it may be a challenge for Kiyan to beat a same-age-Melo. But the elder Anthony gave his son props nonetheless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;He got some (expletive) at 16 that I wouldn&#8217;t even fathom doing at 16,&#8221; Melo said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Watch the full video of Anthony&#8217;s reaction above, and see some of Kiyan&#8217;s highlights from summer play below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/kiyan-anthony-signs-nil-deal-with-psd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Related: Kiyan Anthony signs NIL deal with PSD<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Kiyan Anthony ULTIMATE Highlight Tape!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5jytVXI9LAY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Who was better at age 16: Carmelo or Kiyan Anthony? The high schooler thinks he would fry Melo at this age, but the dad isn&#8217;t so sure.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=363262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363264,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363262\/revisions\/363264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=363262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=363262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=363262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}