Willie Lloyd Anderson Jr. (born January 8, 1967) is an American former professional

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player. During his professional career, Anderson played nine seasons in the

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(NBA) and three seasons in the

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. He was named to the

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's All-Rookie First Team. While he was a member of the

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club

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, he played in the 1998 EuroLeague Final. Anderson won an Olympic bronze medal as a member of the United States national team in 1988.

College career

After playing high school basketball at East Atlanta High, Anderson played

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at the

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, with the

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, from 1984 to 1988. In his junior season, Anderson averaged 15.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.4 steals, and 1.6 blocks per game, in 30 games played. During his senior season, Anderson averaged 16.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.9 steals, and 1.4 blocks per game, in 35 games played, and he was named to the SEC's All-Conference Team.

Professional career

After attending and playing college basketball at the

, Anderson was selected by the

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, with the 10th overall pick of the

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. Anderson was selected to the 1989

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. During the

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, Anderson averaged playoff-career-highs of 20.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game respectively. The Spurs advanced past the

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in the first round, before losing to the eventual Western Conference champion

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, in a hard-fought seven game playoff series. Anderson played for the Spurs until the 1994–95 season. He spent 1995–96 season with the

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, after he was selected in the 1995

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. He also played with the

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that season. Anderson spent the 1996–97 season playing in Greece, where he played with the

club Olympiacos Piraeus, and with the NBA's

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. He moved to the Greek club

, for the 1997–98 season. He helped AEK make it to the

's 1998 Final, which they lost to the Italian League club

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, by a score of 58–44. Anderson signed with the Israeli Super League club

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, for the 1998–99 season. However, he was

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by the club at the beginning of the season. After signing with the club, he declared that season would be his last season in professional basketball, and after he was waived by the club, he did in fact retire from playing pro club basketball.

National team career

Anderson won a silver medal with

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at the

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas ...

. He also won a bronze medal at the

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Personal life

Anderson is the older brother of former

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player Shandon Anderson, and the father of former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Lady Mocs player Alex Anderson.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

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1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

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1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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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 ...

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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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References

External links

Willie Anderson NBA Stats @
basketball-reference.com

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Willie 1967 births Living people AEK B.C. players American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1987 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Atlanta Georgia Bulldogs basketball players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Miami Heat players New York Knicks players Olympiacos B.C. players Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in basketball Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in basketball San Antonio Spurs draft picks San Antonio Spurs players Shooting guards Small forwards Basketball players from Greenville, South Carolina Toronto Raptors expansion draft picks Toronto Raptors players United States men's national basketball team players