With a new season underway, Monica McNutt, The Kid Mero, and Kazeem Famuyide officially joined the “7PM in Brooklyn” lineup, adding fresh energy to the show’s candid conversations about basketball and beyond.

Carmelo Anthony on the All-Star Game Format: “They Don’t Know What to Do Right Now”

The conversation kicked off with Anthony’s take on the current All-Star Game format, which has drawn criticism from players and fans alike. While he supports experimenting with new ideas, he believes the league is overthinking it.

“I’m not mad at them changing the format of the All-Star game. I think it do need some freshness. I think it do need some different type of excitement. I just think they searching too much on what to do. They don’t know what to do right now,” Anthony said. “The All-Star game is the All-Star game. Don’t matter how bad it is. The All-Star game is the All-Star game.”

Anthony also pointed out the lack of intensity from some of the American players, noting that international stars like Victor Wembanyama and Giannis Antetokounmpo seem more eager to take control of the game.

Should the NBA Introduce an “All-Snub” Team?

As the discussion continued, Famuyide floated the idea of an “All-Snub” team featuring players who just missed the All-Star selection, replacing the Rising Stars format. Anthony was all in on the idea.

“I love it! I’m with the All-Snub team because you got to take the rising stars team out. I love it,” he said. “But hold up, we gotta add an incentive to it. Like if they win it, those n****s get their All-Star bags taken away from them. If you lose, you get your All-Star bag snatched from you. You’re playing for your All-Star spot; that’s basically what it is.”

Anthony Names Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as the MVP Front-Runner

The MVP race has been heating up, but Anthony believes it’s already decided—”Shai Gilgeous-Alexander” has it locked.

“Nah, that’s over. Shai got that sh*t. Shai got his name on that joint. Players know. Ask the players who’s MVP. If the players took a vote, they gonna say Shai,” he stated. “The MVP should be a player vote, not a media vote. If your peers ain’t gonna vote for you, you shouldn’t be MVP.”

Looking Back at Kevin Durant’s Legacy

Reflecting on Kevin Durant’s career, Anthony believes people won’t fully appreciate his greatness until he’s no longer playing.

“I just say the outsiders as a whole. I do—we appreciate ’em, but we don’t appreciate somebody like KD until they gone. Until we look at it and say like, damn man, n****s ain’t going to never do what that man did.”

Jadakiss on Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: “It Was Good for Hip Hop”

Jadakiss at Drai’s – (Credit Radis Denphutaraphrechar)

As the conversation shifted to Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl, Jadakiss spoke on the significance of “Hip Hop being featured on such a massive stage.”

“So for Hip Hop to get any time, Super Bowl anything is a win for me. You know what I mean? Maybe I feel different because I’m an elder statesman, but I don’t care about the other sh*t,” he said. “Seeing him up there rocking the message, the aesthetics, that sh*t was beautiful. It was good for Hip Hop. You going to go back to seeing Red Hot Chili Peppers.”

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About ‘7PM in Brooklyn’

7PM in Brooklyn brings together Carmelo Anthony, The Kid Mero, Rudy Gay, Monica McNutt, and Kazeem Famuyide to discuss the biggest stories in basketball, untold moments from Anthony’s legendary NBA career, and the latest in entertainment and culture.

A Wave Sports + Entertainment (Wave) Original, the show is executive produced by Brian Verne, Mack Sovereign, Tunde St. Matthew-Daniel, and EJ Wright for Wave, with Anthony and Asani Swann serving as executive producers for Creative 7 Productions.

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