7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony

Ten-time NBA All-Star and future Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony launched 7PM in Brooklyn with his longtime friend The Kid Mero, and the pairing turns out to be a smart one. Melo brings two decades of basketball knowledge and a storyteller's memory, while Mero keeps things funny, loose, and grounded in real Brooklyn energy. The result is a show that moves between serious hoops talk, neighborhood humor, food, music, and whatever happens to be going on in the culture that week. Guests have included Dwyane Wade, LaLa Anthony, Maxwell, Fat Joe, and plenty of current NBA players, and Melo's history in the league means he can pull stories out of them that newer interviewers simply can't. He also talks honestly about his own career, including the stretches that didn't go the way he wanted, the Knicks years, and the friendships that came out of twenty seasons in the league. Mero adds the perfect comedic counterweight, riffing on whatever comes up and keeping episodes from drifting into rehearsed talking points. It's a loose, genuinely entertaining listen that feels more like hanging out in someone's living room than sitting through a formal interview, and that's exactly the point of the whole show.