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| Date of birth | October 9, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Queens, New York City, New York | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Archbishop Molloy HS (New York City, New York) |
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| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 168 lb (76 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| College | Georgia Tech (1989–1991) | ||||||||||||||||||
| NBA Draft | 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the New Jersey Nets | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pro career | 1991–2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1991–1996 | New Jersey Nets | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Charlotte Hornets | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | New Orleans Hornets | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Atlanta Hawks | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Los Angeles Clippers | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Points | 10,789 (12.6 ppg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 5,196 (6.1 apg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Steals | 1,258 (1.5 spg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth "Kenny" Anderson (born October 9, 1970) is a retired American basketball player. After a college career at Georgia Institute of Technology, he played point guard professionally from 1991 to 2006, mostly in the National Basketball Association.
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Anderson was born in Queens, New York. As a 16-year-old high school sophomore, the LeFrak City, Queens[1] native who attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, was considered one of the best basketball prospects in America.[2] Collegiate recruiters began scouting Anderson in sixth-grade and he was on the front page of the New York City sports section when he was 14.[3] By the end of his high school career, he was a three-time Parade All-American, a feat not accomplished since Lew Alcindor and the first player to be named All-City four times. In addition, he was a McDonald's All-American, Gatorade's high school player of the year and Player of the Year by the New York State Sportswriters Association, and was named New York State Mr. Basketball by the New York State Coaches Organization. He was also named Parade, Naismith, and USA Today player of the year.[4] Despite his coach, Jack Curran, benching him for the first quarter of all of his games during his freshman year at Molloy, Anderson set the all-time state record for scoring in New York, with 2,621 points. This record stood until 2004, when Lincoln High School guard Sebastian Telfair eclipsed the mark late in his senior season.
After a long recruiting process, Anderson signed a letter of intent in November 1988 to play at Georgia Tech, selecting the Yellow Jackets over North Carolina, Duke and Syracuse.[5]
Anderson quickly became the team's starting point guard and played two years for Georgia Tech, helping lead the team to the Final Four in 1990 along with swingmen Dennis Scott and Brian Oliver, who were nicknamed "Lethal Weapon 3." [6] It was Anderson's shot at the end of regulation during Round 16 that forced overtime versus favored Michigan State, with the Yellow Jackets pulling away. Georgia Tech's tournament run ended versus eventual champion UNLV in the Final Four.
With Scott and Oliver gone after that season, Anderson averaged nearly 26 points a game and Georgia Tech secured a #8 seed for the NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the second round to Ohio State. Soon after, Anderson announced that he would forgo his last two years of eligibility to enter the NBA Draft.
He played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[7]
Anderson was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the second pick in the 1991 NBA Draft. He was the youngest player in the league at that time. He averaged seven points, two rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. In Anderson's second season he nearly doubled his point, rebound and assist averages. In his third season, he averaged 18.8 ppg and 9.6 apg. Anderson and his Nets' teammate, Derrick Coleman, both represented the East squad in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game. He was traded to the Charlotte Hornets in 1996.
Throughout his career Anderson has played for the Hornets (including both Charlotte and New Orleans franchises), Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics and the Indiana Pacers, and split a season for the Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Clippers.
In 1998, Portland traded Anderson to the Toronto Raptors for Damon Stoudamire, but he refused to report to the team because he did not want to play in Canada. Without playing a single game for them, Anderson forced the Raptors' hand and they traded him to the Celtics for Chauncey Billups.
Anderson was released from Lithuania's Zalgiris Kaunas after the 2005–06 season.
Anderson is the son of Joan, and has two sisters, Sandra and Danielle.[8] He did not meet his father until he was in his thirties. In October 2005, his mother Joan died from a heart attack.[9]
Anderson has been married three times and has seven children with five different women.[10] His children are daughters Danielle, Christenese (“Christy”), Lyric, and Jazz, two sons named Kenneth, and another son named Devin. He also has a stepdaughter, Tiana.[11][12] His daughter Christenese is from a previous relationship with Deidra Roper, better known as DJ Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa.[13] His daughters Lyric and Jazz are from his first marriage with Tami Akbar (now Tami Roman). Akbar was a cast member on The Real World: Los Angeles (the second season), and is currently on VH1's Basketball Wives. He and Akbar were married from 1994 to 2001.,[14][15] Akbar filed for divorce in Christmas 1998 citing Anderson's infidelity. She successfully challenged the 1995 $5.8 million pre-nup. As a result of the divorce Tami acquired a sizeable portion of his assets (reported to be half) in addition to $8500 monthly child support. Tami had a license plate custom-made to mark her victory with the phrase "HISCASH"." His older son Kenneth and his son Devin are from a ten-year extramarital relationship with Suany Castro.[16] His younger son Kenneth Jr. is from his second marriage was to Tamiyka Lockhart. He and Lockhart were briefly married and divorced in 2002.[17] Anderson met his current wife, Natasha, in 2004 and they married in July 2007. His stepdaughter, Tiana, is Natasha’s daughter. Natasha is a Clinical social worker at a psychiatric hospital in Miami.[18]
In 2007, Anderson was named as the new coach of the CBA's Atlanta Krunk.[19] The team was owned by Freedom Williams of C+C Music Factory.
In 2008, Anderson made a TV appearance on Pros vs Joes.
In September 2008, he was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame along with NBA stars Sam Perkins and Rod Strickland, coach Pete Gillen and pioneers Lou Bender and Eddie Younger.[20]
Anderson graduated in 2010 from St. Thomas University in Miami, with a degree in organizational leadership, after having completed online courses.[21]
In August 2011, Anderson took the position of basketball coach at the David Posnack Jewish Day School in Davie, Florida.[22]
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