Willie Anderson (basketball)
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| Born |
January 8, 1966 Greenville, South Carolina | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | East Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia) | |||||||||||||||||||
| College | Georgia (1984–1988) | |||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall | |||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the San Antonio Spurs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1988–1999 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 40, 35 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1995 | San Antonio Spurs | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Toronto Raptors | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | New York Knicks | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Olympiacos | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Miami Heat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | AEK Athens | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career NBA statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Points | 6,771 (12.2 ppg) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 2,082 (3.8 rpg) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 2,105 (3.8 apg) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Willie Lloyd Anderson Jr. (born January 8, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player.
After attending the University of Georgia, he was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 10th pick of the 1988 NBA draft. He played for the Spurs until the 1994–95 season when he was selected in the 1995 expansion draft by the Toronto Raptors. He also played for the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat for the next two seasons. Anderson then moved to Greece to play for Olympiacos and later for AEK Athens which he led to the Euroleague 1998 final.
The next season, he signed for Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel, but was waived at the beginning of the season. After signing, he declared that this would be his last season in professional basketball, and after being waived he did retire.
Anderson is the older brother of former NBA player Shandon Anderson, and father of former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Lady Mocs player Alex Anderson.[1]
Awards
Anderson won a bronze medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he played alongside future NBA players Hersey Hawkins, Stacey Augmon, Dan Majerle, Mitch Richmond, Charles Smith, and future Spurs teammate, David Robinson. Anderson was selected to the 1989 NBA All-Rookie Team.
NBA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 | San Antonio | 81 | 79 | 33.8 | .498 | .190 | .775 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 18.6 |
| 1989–90 | San Antonio | 82 | 81 | 34.0 | .492 | .269 | .748 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 15.7 |
| 1990–91 | San Antonio | 75 | 75 | 34.6 | .457 | .200 | .798 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 14.4 |
| 1991–92 | San Antonio | 57 | 55 | 33.1 | .455 | .232 | .775 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 13.1 |
| 1992–93 | San Antonio | 38 | 7 | 14.7 | .430 | .125 | .786 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| 1993–94 | San Antonio | 80 | 79 | 31.1 | .471 | .324 | .848 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| 1994–95 | San Antonio | 38 | 11 | 14.6 | .469 | .158 | .732 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| 1995–96 | Toronto | 49 | 42 | 31.9 | .440 | .305 | .856 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 12.4 |
| 1995–96 | New York | 27 | 2 | 18.4 | .421 | .200 | .613 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| 1996–97 | Miami | 28 | 1 | 10.8 | .453 | .421 | .850 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| Career | 555 | 432 | 28.8 | .471 | .266 | .786 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 12.2 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 1990 | San Antonio | 10 | 10 | 37.5 | .518 | .400 | .806 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 20.5 |
| 1991 | San Antonio | 4 | 4 | 39.8 | .485 | .200 | .615 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 19.0 |
| 1993 | San Antonio | 10 | 0 | 21.9 | .451 | .545 | .882 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 9.5 |
| 1994 | San Antonio | 4 | 4 | 26.5 | .378 | 1.000 | .571 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 8.3 |
| 1995 | San Antonio | 11 | 0 | 8.8 | .450 | .000 | .667 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| 1996 | New York | 4 | 0 | 16.0 | .318 | .167 | .857 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| 1997 | Miami | 9 | 0 | 13.3 | .367 | .250 | .900 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| Career | 52 | 18 | 21.9 | .464 | .333 | .785 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.3 | |
Notes
- ↑ Alex Anderson – Tennessee-Chattanooga
- ↑ "Willie Anderson Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
External links
- Career basketpedya.com
- Willie Anderson NBA Stats @ basketball-reference.com
- Fibaeurope.com profile