NBC has hired Carmelo Anthony to serve as one of the network’s top studio analysts when it begins broadcasting NBA games next season, sources briefed on the network’s plans said Thursday. Anthony, 40, retired from playing in May 2023 and is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame nominee this year.

Carmelo Anthony, the 10-time NBA All-Star and former New York Knicks standout, is set to bring his basketball expertise to NBC Sports. The retired forward has been hired as a studio analyst, joining the network as it prepares to broadcast NBA games for the first time in decades.

Carmelo Anthony is set to try his hand at broadcasting. NBC has hired the future Hall of Famer as a studio analyst for when the network begins its coverage of NBA games next season. The Athletic's Andrew Marchand reports Anthony is the first member of a studio team that is being built out.