Derek Anderson
| Position | Shooting guard |
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| Height | ft in ( m) |
| Weight | lb ( kg) |
| Team | Charlotte Bobcats |
| Nationality | |
| Born | July 18 1974  Louisville, Kentucky |
| High school | Doss (Louisville) |
| College | Kentucky |
| Draft | 13th overall, 1997 Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Pro career | 1997–present |
| Former teams | Cleveland Cavaliers 1997-1999 Los Angeles Clippers 1999-2000 San Antonio Spurs 2000-2001 Portland Trail Blazers 2001-2005 Houston Rockets 2005-2006 Miami Heat 2006 Charlotte Bobcats 2006-2007 |
- For the American football player, see Derek Anderson (football player).
Derek Lamont Anderson (born July 18, 1974 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats.
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 seven future NBA players under their coach Rick Pitino. Anderson went on to graduate from the University of Kentucky in 1997.
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.
Anderson's NBA career has been 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
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 [1]
Trivia
- Anderson was ranked 7th in the NBA in free throw percentage (.877) in 1999-2000. [2]
- Has three children: a daughter named DeAsia, and two sons, Derek Jr., and Darien.[citation needed]
- Anderson is very involved with giving back to the community and has several urban enterprises in the western section of Louisville.
- He has his own foundation, "The Derek Anderson Foundation", to help find a cure for cancer.
References
- Questions about state hall of fame selection process, Bob Watkins, The Spencer Magnet
Notes
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2678757
- ^ http://www.bballone.com/dereka/derekandersonfacts.html
External links
| Kentucky Wildcats Basketball 1995-1996 NCAA Champions |
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| Derek Anderson |
Tony Delk | Allen Edwards | Anthony
Epps | Walter McCarty | Ron Mercer |
Nazr Mohammed | Jared Prickett | Mark Pope | Jeff Sheppard | Wayne
Turner | Antoine Walker Coach Rick Pitino |
| 1997 NBA Draft |
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| First Round Tim Duncan • Keith Van Horn • Chauncey Billups • Antonio Daniels • Tony Battie • Ron Mercer • Tim Thomas • Adonal Foyle • Tracy McGrady • Danny Fortson • Olivier Saint-Jean • Austin Croshere • Derek Anderson • Maurice Taylor • Kelvin Cato • Brevin Knight • Johnny Taylor • Chris Anstey • Scot Pollard • Paul Grant • |
| Second Round Serge Zwikker • Mark Sanford • Charles O'Bannon • James Cotton • Marko Milič • Bubba Wells • Kebu Stewart • James Collins • Marc Jackson • Jerald Honeycutt • Anthony Johnson • Ed Elisma • Jason Lawson • Stephen Jackson • Gordon Malone • Cedric Henderson • God Shammgod • Eric Washington • Alvin Williams • Predrag Drobnjak • Alain Digbeu • Chris Crawford • DeJuan Wheat • C.J. Bruton • Paul Rogers • Mark Blount • Ben Pepper • Nate Erdmann • Roberto Dueñas |
| Miami Heat 2005-06 NBA Champions |
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