Carmelo Anthony on Wemby's Takeover, Knicks Finals Chances & Kiyan's Tough Freshman Year

All The Smoke

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Sports, Society & Culture, Basketball

4.7 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony joins ATS Unplugged for an in-depth conversation on basketball’s new era.

Melo breaks down why Victor Wembanyama is unlike anything the NBA has ever seen, why the New York Knicks have a real shot at the Finals, and what it was like watching Kiyan battle through a tough freshman season at Syracuse University.

He also opens up on:

Kobe Bryant and the 2009 Western Conference Finals

Why today’s players don’t master the mid-range anymore

The NBA stars he’d love to train

Wemby’s mentality and mindset NIL chaos and the future of college basketball

What separates elite scorers from everybody else

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.4	Welcome back to another episode of Unplug.
0:06.6	Big shout out to our partner, Draft Kings, for helping us lock in our next guest.
0:12.2	Definitely a friend of the All the Smoke program, but today he's joining us on Unplugged, 10-time All-Star, three-time gold medalist,
0:20.9	considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest,
0:23.9	Olympic American player of all time.
0:26.2	Class of 2025 Hall of Fame.
0:27.8	Congratulations, by the way.
0:29.2	Welcome to the show, Carmelo Anthony.
0:31.0	Yes, sir.
0:33.7	Shout out the drive case, too, man.
0:36.1	Shout out the Drive Kings.
0:37.3	Drive King's moving right now.
0:39.1	They're doing it, ain't they?
0:40.6	They're doing it.
0:41.3	They're doing it.
0:41.9	So this is, so we're talking to media mellow right now.
0:45.0	What's this media landscape looking for you?
0:46.9	Obviously, you got your pod, you know, 7 p.m. in Brooklyn.
0:50.3	You're doing, you're working with NBC right now.
0:53.3	What is this post-retirement journey and transition in the media been like for you?
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