Another former Syracuse basketball star is entering the broadcasting field, and this is a big-time one.
In recent days, The Athletic's Andrew Marchand reported that NBC has hired Carmelo Anthony to serve as a top studio analyst when that network starts broadcasting NBA games next season.
Wow. A huge congrats to Melo.
The 40-year-old Anthony, a 6-foot-7 forward, was a long-time NBA star and is currently No. 10 on the league's all-time scoring list. In his lone season with the Orange, Anthony averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds per game.
NEWS: Carmelo Anthony has signed with NBC to be a studio analyst, The Athletic has learned.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) February 13, 2025
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He was named the national freshman of the year and a consensus second-team All-American, while Anthony guided Syracuse basketball to the program's only national title in 2003. His son, four-star shooting guard Kiyan Anthony, is signed with the Orange in its 2025 class.
"One-thousand percent."
— Boardroom (@boardroom) February 12, 2025
Melo ranks his @Cuse_MBB days as the best of his basketball journey.
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Former Syracuse basketball great Carmelo Anthony is hitting the broadcasting booth, so to speak.
As Marchand noted, under the NBA's new broadcast deal, NBC and Amazon Prime Video will join incumbent ABC/ESPN as the league's partners, with the current season being the final one that TNT Sports will broadcast NBA games.
Marchand writes: "Next season, NBC’s package will include the All-Star Game, Monday nights exclusively on Peacock, Tuesday games on NBC and Sunday nights. It will have a third of the playoffs, including a conference final in six of the next 11 years."
NBC is still determining the rest of its studio team, beyond Carmelo Anthony. One cool thing to note is that on games broadcast by NBC/Peacock, its two lead play-by-play announcers will be a pair of Syracuse University alums in Mike Tirico and Noah Eagle.
By extension, Noah's dad, fellow SU alum Ian Eagle, who now is the voice of the NCAA Tournament's Final Four, is one of the play-by-play announcers for Amazon for its future NBA game broadcasts.
Not too long ago, former Syracuse basketball standout Michael Carter-Williams, who went to the Final Four with the 'Cuse in 2013, joined ESPN and the ACC Network as a studio and game analyst.
Legendary former Syracuse basketball head coach Jim Boeheim, a Hall of Famer, has served as a studio and game analyst with ESPN and the ACC Network since December of 2023.
Former Orange star Eric Devendorf is also an analyst for ESPN and the ACC Network, and 'Cuse fans, myself included, have praised him for his performances on game broadcasts.