Nationality American Name Willie Anderson Weight 86 kg | Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg) Height 2.01 m Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Role Basketball player Siblings Shandon Anderson | |
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High school East Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia) NBA draft 1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall Similar People David Robinson, Shandon Anderson, J R Reid, Terry Cummings, Hersey Hawkins | ||
Willie Lloyd Anderson, Jr. (born January 8, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player.
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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.
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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.