Maria Taylor Joins Carmelo Anthony to Talk NBA on NBC, Melo’s Response to Phil Jackson, MJ vs Kobe

7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony

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Sports, Music, Basketball, Society & Culture

4.8 • 567 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Maria Taylor joins Carmelo Anthony and Kazeem Famuyide on 7PM in Brooklyn to talk about the NBA returning to NBC and what this next era looks like. They get into Michael Jordan’s Insight to Excellence, Melo’s on-air fits, and the load management conversation. The crew talks about Phil Jackson continuing to speak on Melo’s name to sell books, the new rookie class, Melo hitting the gym with Cade Cunningham, and the ultimate question of who would win one on one, Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan.Maria also opens up about becoming a mom while continuing to thrive in her career and what that journey has meant to her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.0	One night of winding down in every drop.
0:18.0	Your moment of serenity.
0:23.8	Brought to you by twining sleep.
0:25.1	Twinings.
0:27.8	Alive in every drop.
0:32.2	So Phil Jackson put a book out.
0:36.3	The reason why his tenure didn't go well was because of you.
0:37.8	So I'm sick of these folks, man.
0:39.6	This is what I dealt with my whole career.
0:43.1	I remember you picking Frank Nealekino over Donald Mitchell.
0:46.1	I remember you traded Shump and JR for like pieces.
1:03.5	You all is bugged out, man. Peace. Welcome back to 7 p.m. in Brooklyn. I'm Carmelo Anthony here with my co-hosts.
1:14.8	You know what it is? My name is Kazim Fami Udi. You could call me Kaz. And this is a wave original presented by Fandul, the official sports betting partner of the National Basketball Association.
1:17.4	Guys, welcome back to the hook, Mello.
1:19.1	I know you had a long night last night.
1:20.2	A couple, a couple.
1:27.8	But we got a special one today, you know, because you weren't the only one that had a long night last night,
1:29.9	long double-headed NBA basketball.
1:30.4	Yes.
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