Four-star shooting guard Kiyan Anthony, the son of ex-NBA star Carmelo Anthony, ranks 28th overall on 247Sports' composite list of the top class of 2025 high school men's basketball players. Anthony has 21 offers and four visits lined up, including one to Syracuse, where his father starred and won an NCAA championship in 2003.
There's certainly a natural inclination to connect Anthony to Syracuse given his father's legacy, which also includes his name on the practice facility. But Kiyan Anthony said that Carmelo hasn't pushed him toward Syracuse.
"[My father] never pushes me to go to Syracuse just because his name is on the gym," Anthony told ESPN's Myron Medcalf on Wednesday.