Kiyan Anthony

About

Kiyan Carmelo Anthony (born March 7, 2007) is an American basketball player for the Syracuse Orange of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He is the child of former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Carmelo Anthony and television personality La La Anthony. Anthony primarily plays the shooting guard position.

Anthony was born on March 7, 2007, to Carmelo Anthony and his wife Alani “La La” Vazquez. His father is a former NBA player who played for several teams, including the Denver Nuggets, the New York Knicks, and the Los Angeles Lakers. His mother is an actress and producer who has appeared in various films and television shows, The Chi, Power, Think Like a Man, and La La’s Full Court Life.

Anthony was a senior basketball player at Long Island Lutheran High School in New York, to which he transferred from Christ the King High School in Queens in 2023. He played as a shooting guard and a forward.
He was a standout performer for his high school team and his AAU team, Team Melo, which is sponsored by his father. He is ranked as one of the top shooting guards in the class of 2025 by ESPN and other recruiting services.
In 2023, he signed a…