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Pitt Offers Kiyan Anthony, Son of Carmelo Anthony

The Pitt Panthers extended an offer to a 2025 four-star recruit and NBA legacy.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Offers Kiyan Anthony, Son of Carmelo Anthony
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PITTSBURGH -- The class of 2025 will be an important one to recruit for the Pitt Panthers. With just one senior on the roster right now, the Panthers will fill the one open spot with their lone 2024 recruit, four-star guard Brandin Cummings, before turning all their focus to the class of 2025 and a the bulk of what will be the future of the program.

At midnight on June 15, college coaches were officially allowed to contact players from the class of 2025 and it took the Pitt staff less than 20 minutes to get a hold of four-star shooting guard and the son of recently retired NBA star Carmelo Anthony, Kiyan Anthony, and extend a scholarship offer. 

Anthony, who attends Long Island Lutheran in New York, told Joe Tipton of On3 that he is close with an unnamed assistant coach from Pitt and had hoped they reach out when the dead period ended. 

Anthony had already held offers from Manhattan, Seton Hall, UMass, George Mason, Memphis, Providence, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee and, of course, his dad's former team, Syracuse. Plenty of other offers should roll in later this week when more schools are allowed to contact him.

On3 ranks Anthony as the No. 2 player in New York, the No. 14 shooting guard and No. 60 prospect overall in the class of 2025, while 247Sports has him slotted as the No. 3 player in his state, No. 13 at his position and No. 62 in the class. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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