Anthony Paez

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Anthony Paez (born June 18, 1984 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is a professional basketball player, currently starring in England for Worcester Wolves of the British Basketball League.

He attended college at Stephen F. Austin from 2003 but didn't make the team in his freshman year. In the 2004-05 season, Paez made appearances in 27 games, averaging 27 minutes-per-game, as well as 10.8 points-per-game, 4.6 rebounds-per-game and a .705 free-throw percentage. In his second season, his stats improved slightly as did his minutes. In 29 appearances, the Small forward averaged 11.6 points in 28.4 minutes-per-game, coupled with 2.3 assists and 4.7 boards per outing.

Paez dropped out of his final year, however, to sign a deal with Danish club AaB Aalborg for the 2006-07 season. Despite the clubs failings (3-19, 11th place finish out of 12) he lead the stats board in points-per-game with 27.73, while being named in the All-Danish Basketliga 2nd Team, All-Imports Team, All-Newcomers Team as well as featuring in the Basketliga All-Star Game and finishing 2nd in the 2007 Slam Dunk competition.

After much speculation, it was officially publicised on August 29, 2007, that Paez had agreed a deal with British Basketball League side Worcester Wolves, to become their third and final import player for the upcoming season. Wolves' coach Skouson Harker commented that Paez "can score inside and out and is a fearless player that lets his game do the talking. I fully expect Anthony to rise to the challenge and be a top performer in the BBL this season." [1]