Derek Anderson (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | Louisville, Kentucky | July 18, 1974
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Doss (Louisville, Kentucky) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1997: 1st round, 13th overall pick |
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers | |
Playing career | 1997–2008 |
Position | Guard / Small forward |
Number | 23, 1, 8, 5 |
Career history | |
1997–1999 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1999–2000 | Los Angeles Clippers |
2000–2001 | San Antonio Spurs |
2001–2005 | Portland Trail Blazers |
2005–2006 | Houston Rockets |
2006 | Miami Heat |
2006–2008 | Charlotte Bobcats |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 7,357 (12.0 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,988 (3.2 rpg) |
Assists | 2,083 (3.4 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Derek Lamont Anderson (born July 18, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player.
Anderson is a graduate of Doss High School and was a Kentucky All-Star. Anderson played college basketball at the Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky. In 1996, Anderson helped the University of Kentucky win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship as part of a team that featured nine future NBA players under their coach Rick Pitino. Anderson went on to graduate from the University of Kentucky in 1997 with a degree in pharmacy.
He was first selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers as the 13th overall pick to the 1997 NBA Draft, despite missing much of his second senior season at Kentucky due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). He played for Cleveland from 1997–1999. On Aug. 4, 1999 he was traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers along with Johnny Newman to the L.A. Clippers for Lamond Murray.[1] Anderson was ranked 7th in the NBA in free throw percentage (.877) in 1999–2000.[2]
Anderson's NBA career was plagued by injuries. In the 2004–2005 season he only played in 8 of the final 42 games for the Portland Trail Blazers, and missed similar numbers of games in prior seasons. On August 3, 2005, he was the first player in the league waived using the so-called "luxury tax amnesty clause" of the 2005 NBA collective bargaining agreement. He would sign with the Houston Rockets as a free agent before being traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for Gerald Fitch. The Heat would win the 2006 NBA Finals in six games after defeating the Dallas Mavericks to give Anderson his first championship.
Anderson was waived by Heat on September 12, 2006, prior to the beginning of the 2006–07 season. Several weeks later, on November 28, he signed with the Charlotte Bobcats.[3]
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 |
† | Denotes seasons in which Anderson won an NBA championship |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1997–98 | Cleveland | 66 | 13 | 27.9 | .408 | .202 | .873 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.3 | .2 | 11.7 |
1998–99 | Cleveland | 38 | 13 | 25.7 | .398 | .304 | .836 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 1.3 | .1 | 10.8 |
1999–00 | L.A. Clippers | 64 | 58 | 34.4 | .438 | .309 | .877 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1.4 | .2 | 16.9 |
2000–01 | San Antonio | 82 | 82 | 34.9 | .416 | .399 | .851 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 1.5 | .2 | 15.5 |
2001–02 | Portland | 70 | 27 | 26.6 | .404 | .373 | .856 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.0 | .1 | 10.8 |
2002–03 | Portland | 76 | 76 | 33.6 | .427 | .350 | .859 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 1.2 | .2 | 13.9 |
2003–04 | Portland | 51 | 46 | 35.5 | .376 | .305 | .824 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 1.3 | .1 | 13.6 |
2004–05 | Portland | 47 | 32 | 26.4 | .389 | .384 | .805 | 2.7 | 3.0 | .8 | .1 | 9.2 |
2005–06 | Houston | 20 | 8 | 29.1 | .393 | .284 | .836 | 4.2 | 2.7 | .8 | .2 | 10.8 |
2005–06† | Miami | 23 | 3 | 20.2 | .308 | .313 | .842 | 2.6 | 2.1 | .3 | .1 | 5.8 |
2006–07 | Charlotte | 50 | 32 | 23.8 | .429 | .355 | .877 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.0 | .1 | 8.0 |
2007–08 | Charlotte | 28 | 0 | 14.1 | .376 | .365 | .737 | 1.9 | 1.6 | .4 | .0 | 5.0 |
Career | 615 | 390 | 29.2 | .408 | .341 | .853 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | .1 | 12.0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1997–98 | Cleveland | 4 | 0 | 25.8 | .455 | .000 | .885 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.3 | .3 | 10.8 |
2000–01 | San Antonio | 7 | 7 | 27.7 | .262 | .273 | .762 | 2.7 | 2.4 | .4 | .0 | 7.7 |
2001–02 | Portland | 3 | 0 | 25.3 | .433 | .333 | .889 | 2.3 | 2.3 | .7 | .0 | 14.7 |
2002–03 | Portland | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | .250 | .000 | .000 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
2005–06† | Miami | 8 | 0 | 8.3 | .300 | .357 | .875 | 1.1 | .6 | .3 | .0 | 3.0 |
Career | 24 | 9 | 19.2 | .336 | .302 | .838 | 1.9 | 1.7 | .5 | .0 | 7.0 |
Notes and references
- Questions about state hall of fame selection process, Bob Watkins, The Spencer Magnet
External links
- Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ESPN.com – Derek Anderson
- Archived 1999-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
- 1974 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1997 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from Kentucky
- Cleveland Cavaliers draft picks
- Charlotte Bobcats players
- Cleveland Cavaliers players
- Doss High School alumni
- Houston Rockets players
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players
- Los Angeles Clippers players
- Miami Heat players
- Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball players
- Portland Trail Blazers players
- San Antonio Spurs players
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Louisville, Kentucky