Jermaine Anderson (born February 8, 1983) is a

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retired professional basketball player. He is a veteran member of the Canadian national basketball team.

High school and college

Anderson attended

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in Toronto, playing with the school's basketball team until graduating in the class of 2001. Anderson attended

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from the 2002–03 season through to 2005–06, where, as a senior, he started all 32 games for the Rams averaging 15.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

Professional career

On August 2, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with

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. On August 11, 2014, he re-signed with Trier for one more season. On August 28, 2015, he signed with

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of the Spanish

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. On January 19, 2016, he parted ways with Sevilla after appearing in 15 games. On February 2, 2016, he returned to his former team

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for the rest of the season. On August 18, 2016, Anderson signed with the French team Châlons-Reims. On January 19, 2017, he left Châlons-Reims and signed with Montenegrin club Mornar Bar. He left Mornar after appearing in six games. In April 2017, he returned to Châlons-Reims for the rest of the season.

National team career

Anderson has been a member of Canada's senior men's basketball team since 2004, and has played in over 75 international games with the team. Anderson participated in the

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, he helped lead Canada to a 4th-place finish losing in the 3rd place game to

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. The 88–73 loss to Argentina was also Anderson's best game of the tournament scoring 19 points, 11 assists and 4 rebounds.Argentina finishes with a bronze medal
/ref> Anderson was voted to the all-tournament third team along with teammate

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