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Kiyan Anthony embraces pressure of being Melo's son, eyes two seasons max at Syracuse

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Syracuse basketball freshman shooting guard Kiyan Anthony isn't afraid of the pressure that comes with being the son of Hall of Famer and Orange legend Carmelo Anthony. The younger Anthony isn't running from the pressure.

He accepts it. In fact, Kiyan Anthony embraces it. Welcomes it.

"I knew anywhere I went it would be a lot of pressure," Anthony said a few days ago at the team's annual media day. "If I went to a DIII school, it still would have been there. I can't run from it. I just try to embrace it.