Willie Lloyd Anderson Jr. (born January 8, 1966) is an American former professional

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player. After attending the

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, he was selected by the

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with the 10th pick of the 1988 NBA draft. He played for the Spurs until the 1994–95 season when he was selected in the 1995

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by the

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. He also played for the

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and the

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for the next two seasons. Anderson then moved to Greece to play for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

and later for

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

which he led to the Euroleague 1998 final. The next season, he signed for

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

from

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, but was waived at the beginning of the season. After signing, he declared that this would be his last season in professional basketball, and after being waived he did retire. Anderson is the older brother of former NBA player Shandon Anderson, and father of former

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UT-Chattanooga, UTC, or Chattanooga) is a public university in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1886 and is one of four universities and two other affiliated institutions in the ...

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Awards

Anderson won a bronze medal in the

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, where he played alongside future NBA players

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, Charles Smith, and future Spurs teammate,

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. Anderson was selected to the 1989 NBA All-Rookie Team.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 81 , , 79 , , 33.8 , , .498 , , .190 , , .775 , , 5.1 , , 4.6 , , 1.9 , , 0.8 , , 18.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 82 , , 81 , , 34.0 , , .492 , , .269 , , .748 , , 4.5 , , 4.4 , , 1.4 , , 0.7 , , 15.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 75 , , 75 , , 34.6 , , .457 , , .200 , , .798 , , 4.7 , , 4.8 , , 1.1 , , 0.8 , , 14.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 57 , , 55 , , 33.1 , , .455 , , .232 , , .775 , , 5.3 , , 5.3 , , 0.9 , , 0.9 , , 13.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 38 , , 7 , , 14.7 , , .430 , , .125 , , .786 , , 1.5 , , 2.1 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 4.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 80 , , 79 , , 31.1 , , .471 , , .324 , , .848 , , 3.0 , , 4.3 , , 0.9 , , 0.6 , , 11.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 38 , , 11 , , 14.6 , , .469 , , .158 , , .732 , , 1.4 , , 1.4 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 4.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 49 , , 42 , , 31.9 , , .440 , , .305 , , .856 , , 3.8 , , 3.0 , , 1.2 , , 1.0 , , 12.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", New York , 27 , , 2 , , 18.4 , , .421 , , .200 , , .613 , , 2.2 , , 1.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 5.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 28 , , 1 , , 10.8 , , .453 , , .421 , , .850 , , 1.5 , , 1.2 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 3.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 555 , , 432 , , 28.8 , , .471 , , .266 , , .786 , , 3.8 , , 3.8 , , 1.1 , , 0.6 , , 12.2

Playoffs

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, 10, , 10, , 37.5, , .518, , .400, , .806, , 5.4, , 5.2, , 0.9, , 0.4, , 20.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

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, 4, , 4, , 39.8, , .485, , .200, , .615, , 4.3, , 4.8, , 1.5, , 0.5, , 19.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 1993 , style="text-align:left;",

, 10, , 0, , 21.9, , .451, , .545, , .882, , 2.3, , 2.8, , 0.9, , 0.2, , 9.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

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, 4, , 4, , 26.5, , .378, , 1.000, , .571, , 2.0, , 3.0, , 1.3, , 0.5, , 8.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

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, 11, , 0, , 8.8, , .450, , .000, , .667, , 1.1, , 0.9, , 0.5, , 0.0, , 1.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 1996 , style="text-align:left;", New York , 4, , 0, , 16.0, , .318, , .167, , .857, , 2.3, , 0.3, , 1.0, , 0.0, , 5.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

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, 9, , 0, , 13.3, , .367, , .250, , .900, , 1.9, , 0.6, , 0.4, , 0.2, , 3.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 52 , , 18 , , 21.9 , , .464 , , .333 , , .785 , , 2.7 , , 2.4 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 9.3

Notes

External links

Career basketpedya.com
basketball-reference.com

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