2025 4-star SG Kiyan Anthony visits Syracuse with father, Carmelo Anthony
Middle Village (N.Y.) Long Island Lutheran 2025 four-star shooting guard Kiyan Anthony is visiting Syracuse this weekend. The top-40 guard is the top prospect in the state of New York for the 2025 cycle.
Anthony is visiting with his father, Carmelo, who won a national championship with the Orange in 2003. Carmelo Anthony went on to play 19 seasons in the NBA and was a 10-time All-Star. His number is retired by Syracuse.
Kiyan Anthony’s recruitment is just getting underway, but he has already taken visits to schools around the country.
Anthony spoke with On3 about his planned visits back in early October and had this to say about Syracuse.
“Coach (Adrian) Autry, that’s my guy,” Anthony told On3. The whole coaching staff, coach Brenden (Straughn), G-Mac (Gerry McNamara), all of those are my guys. They’re really like family, so looking forward to going over there, too.
“It’s no pressure going there. I know wherever I go, I’m just gonna go there and play my game. But my dad always tells me, ‘Don’t feel like you got to go to Syracuse just because I went there. Really look into these colleges and choose where you want to go.’ So that’s what I’m really looking forward to doing.”
Anthony said that the culture of the school he eventually chooses will be a major factor in his decision.
“I’m looking for a family-oriented school and a winning school,” Anthony said. “I want to go to a school with players that I know of and stuff like that. I’m trying to win, so if the place is right, then I’ll go; if the players want me to come and the coaches and it feels right, then that’s when I will make my decision.”