Shandon Rodriguez Anderson (born December 31, 1973) is an American former professional

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player who played in the

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(NBA) from 1996 to 2006. Growing up in

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, Anderson attended the

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and played for four teams during his ten-year NBA career after being drafted by the

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

: the Jazz,

Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA) ...

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, and

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. He played the

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and

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positions. Anderson attended Alonzo A. Crim High School in Atlanta, then played basketball at the

. He was drafted in the second round (54th overall) of the

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by the

, and played for the Jazz, the

, the

and the Heat. His best season was in 1999–2000, when he averaged 12.3 points per game with the Rockets. His career average is 7.8 points per game. He is the younger brother of former Spurs, Knicks and Heat player Willie Anderson. Anderson won an NBA championship in 2006 with the Miami Heat as a backup, and subsequently retired.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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References

External links

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ESPN.com: Shandon Anderson
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