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 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Career NBA statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Points | 6,771 (12.2 ppg) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 2,082 (3.8 rpg) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 2,105 (3.8 apg) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Willie Lloyd Anderson Jr. (born January 8, 1966) is an American former 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.[2]
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[]
| 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 |
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| 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[]
- ^ "Willie Anderson Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
- ^ Alex Anderson – Tennessee-Chattanooga
External links[]
- Career basketpedya.com
- Willie Anderson NBA Stats @ basketball-reference.com
- Fibaeurope.com profile
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- AEK B.C. players
- American expatriate basketball people in Canada
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Atlanta
- Basketball players from South Carolina
- Georgia Bulldogs basketball players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Miami Heat players
- New York Knicks players
- Olympiacos B.C. players
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in basketball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- San Antonio Spurs draft picks
- San Antonio Spurs players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Greenville, South Carolina
- Toronto Raptors expansion draft picks
- Toronto Raptors players
- United States men's national basketball team players
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games