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| Born | (1970-10-09) October 9, 1970 (age 54) |
| Nationality | U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 168 lb (76 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Archbishop Molloy HS (New York City, New York) |
| College | Georgia Tech |
| NBA draft | 1991: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
| Selected by the New Jersey Nets | |
| Playing career | 1991–2006 |
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 7, 12, 17, 13 |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| NBA All-Star (1994) Bronze medal at the FIBA World Championship (1990) USBWA National Freshman of the Year (1990) Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1991) AP NCAA All-American Third Team (1990) Gatorade Player of the Year (1989) McDonald's All-American (1989) | |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  United States
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| Men's basketball | ||
| FIBA World Championship | ||
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1990 Argentina | National team |
Kenneth "Kenny" Anderson (born October 9, 1970) is a retired American basketball player. After a college career at Georgia Institute of Technology, he played point guard professionally from 1991–2006, most of which was in the National Basketball Association.
Early life
Anderson was born in Queens, New York. As a 16-year-old high school sophomore, the LeFrak City, Queens native who attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, was considered one of the best basketball prospects in America. Collegiate recruiters began scouting Anderson in sixth-grade and he was on the front page of the New York City sports section when he was 14. By the end of his high school career, he was a three-time Parade All-American, a feat not accomplished since Lew Alcindor and the first player to be named All-City four times. In addition, he was a McDonald's All-American, Gatorade's high school player of the year and Player of the Year by the New York State Sportswriters Association, and was named New York State Mr. Basketball by the New York State Coaches Organization. He was also named Parade, Naismith, and USA Today player of the year. Despite his coach, Jack Curran, benching him for the first quarter of all of his games during his freshman year at Molloy, Anderson set the all-time state record for scoring in New York, with 2,621 points. This record stood until 2004, when Lincoln High School guard Sebastian Telfair eclipsed the mark late in his senior season.
Georgia Tech
After a long recruiting process, Anderson signed a letter of intent in November 1988 to play at Georgia Tech, selecting the Yellow Jackets over North Carolina, Duke and Syracuse.
Anderson quickly became the team's starting point guard and played two years for Georgia Tech, helping lead the team to the Final Four in 1990 along with swingmen Dennis Scott and Brian Oliver, who were nicknamed "Lethal Weapon 3." It was Anderson's shot at the end of regulation during Round 16 that forced overtime versus favored Michigan State, with the Yellow Jackets pulling away. Georgia Tech's tournament run ended versus eventual champion UNLV in the Final Four.
With Scott and Oliver gone after that season, Anderson averaged nearly 26 points a game and Georgia Tech secured a #8 seed for the NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the second round to Ohio State. Soon after, Anderson announced that he would forgo his last two years of eligibility to enter the NBA Draft.
He played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.
NBA
Anderson was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the second pick in the 1991 NBA Draft. He was the youngest player in the league at that time. He averaged seven points, two rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. In Anderson's second season he nearly doubled his point, rebound and assist averages. In his third season, he averaged 18.8 ppg and 9.6 apg. Anderson and his Nets' teammate, Derrick Coleman, both represented the East squad in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game. He was traded to the Charlotte Hornets in 1996.
Throughout his career Anderson has played for the Hornets (including both Charlotte and New Orleans franchises), Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics and the Indiana Pacers, and split a season for the Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Clippers.
In 1998, Portland traded Anderson to the Toronto Raptors for Damon Stoudamire, but he refused to report to the team because he did not want to play in Canada. Without playing a single game for them, Anderson forced the Raptors' hand and they traded him to the Celtics for Chauncey Billups.
Anderson was released from Lithuania's Zalgiris Kaunas after the 2005–06 season.
After the NBA
In 2007, Anderson was named as the new coach of the CBA's Atlanta Krunk. The team was owned by Freedom Williams of C+C Music Factory.
In 2008, Anderson made a TV appearance on Pros vs Joes.
In September 2008, he was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame along with NBA stars Sam Perkins and Rod Strickland, coach Pete Gillen and pioneers Lou Bender and Eddie Younger.
In 2010, Kenny entered into a partnership with 24 Hour Fitness, the largest privately owned fitness company in the world, to create the Kenny Anderson Basketball Academy at select 24 Hour fitness locations. The first were to set to open in Florida in late spring/early summer 2010.
Anderson graduated in 2010 from St. Thomas University in Miami, with a degree in organizational leadership, after having completed online courses.
See also
References
- "YouTube interview". Fox news(?). Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- "Players; Coping with stardom at 16". New York Times. December 18, 1986. p. D-28. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- Phil Taylor (March 28, 1994). "Kenny Anderson is one ex-playground star who still shines". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- Mallozzi, Vincent M. (March 7, 2000). "The City Game". Village voice. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- Blue Blood book excerpt at SI.com
- "Ramblinwreck.com "Lethal Weapon 3" article".
- 1990 USA Basketball
- ESPN Radio, June 21, 2007
- Mallozzi, Vincent M. "City’s Basketball Hall Welcomes 98-Year-Old Inductee", The New York Times, September 17, 2008. Accessed September 14, 2009.
- Mallozzi, Vincent M. "Education of a Point Guard Comes Full Circle", The New York Times, May 12, 2010. Accessed May 13, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/sports/basketball/13vecsey.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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