Antonio Andrew Anderson (born June 5, 1985) is an American former basketball player and the current head coach at Darrow School. He majored in interdisciplinary studies at the

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and played basketball for several years professionally.

College career

Anderson was born in

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and attended the

. In the 2007–08 season (his junior year at Memphis), Anderson started alongside

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, Joey Dorsey, Chris Douglas-Roberts, and Robert Dozier. In his senior season he put up career numbers, including 10.7 points per game as well as 5.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. On January 3, 2009, Anderson became only the second player in Memphis history to record a triple-double, the other being Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, with 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 13 assists in a home game against the Lamar Cardinals.

Professional career

After his senior season, Anderson went undrafted in the

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. He was added to Charlotte Bobcats training camp roster, however, on October 22, 2009, he was waived by the Bobcats and joined the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League. On February 22, 2010, Anderson was signed to his first of two 10-day contracts with the

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. After his second ten-day contract expired, Anderson rejoined the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. He scored two points while appearing in one NBA game during his stint with the Thunder. In 2010, Anderson resigned with the Vipers, with whom he was averaging 9.1 points through 8 games in 2010. He was eventually traded to the Maine Red Claws. In September 2011, Anderson signed a one-year contract with

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in Germany. In November of that year, Anderson requested and received his release and returned to the

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's Maine Red Claws. On December 25, 2011, he was waived by the Red Claws due to injury. In October 2012, he joined the

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of Canada.

Career statistics

NBA

Source:

Regular season

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College

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References

External links

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Memphis Tigers bio
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