Derek Anderson (basketball)

Derek Anderson

Personal information
Born	(1974-07-18) July 18, 1974 Louisville, Kentucky
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Doss (Louisville, Kentucky)
College	Ohio State (1992–1994) Kentucky (1995–1997)
NBA draft	1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career	1997–2008
Position	Guard / Small forward
Number	23, 1, 8, 5
Career history
1997–1999	Cleveland Cavaliers
1999–2000	Los Angeles Clippers
2000–2001	San Antonio Spurs
2001–2005	Portland Trail Blazers
2005–2006	Houston Rockets
2006	Miami Heat
2006–2008	Charlotte Bobcats
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2006) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1998) NCAA champion (1996)
Career NBA statistics
Points	7,357 (12.0 ppg)
Rebounds	1,988 (3.2 rpg)
Assists	2,083 (3.4 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Derek Lamont Anderson (born July 18, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player.

Anderson is a graduate of Doss High School and was a Kentucky All-Star. Anderson played college basketball at the Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky. In 1996, Anderson helped the University of Kentucky win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship as part of a team that featured nine future NBA players under their coach Rick Pitino. Anderson went on to graduate from the University of Kentucky in 1997 with a degree in pharmacy.

He was first selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers as the 13th overall pick to the 1997 NBA Draft, despite missing much of his second senior season at Kentucky due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). He played for Cleveland from 1997–1999. On Aug. 4, 1999 he was traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers along with Johnny Newman to the L.A. Clippers for Lamond Murray. Anderson was ranked 7th in the NBA in free throw percentage (.877) in 1999–2000.

Anderson's NBA career was plagued by injuries. In the 2004–2005 season he only played in 8 of the final 42 games for the Portland Trail Blazers, and missed similar numbers of games in prior seasons. On August 3, 2005, he was the first player in the league waived using the so-called "luxury tax amnesty clause" of the 2005 NBA collective bargaining agreement. He would sign with the Houston Rockets as a free agent before being traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for Gerald Fitch. The Heat would win the 2006 NBA Finals in six games after defeating the Dallas Mavericks to give Anderson his first championship.

Anderson was waived by Heat on September 12, 2006, prior to the beginning of the 2006–07 season. Several weeks later, on November 28, he signed with the Charlotte Bobcats.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

†	Denotes seasons in which Anderson won an NBA championship

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1997–98	Cleveland	66	13	27.9	.408	.202	.873	2.8	3.4	1.3	.2	11.7
1998–99	Cleveland	38	13	25.7	.398	.304	.836	2.9	3.8	1.3	.1	10.8
1999–00	L.A. Clippers	64	58	34.4	.438	.309	.877	4.0	3.4	1.4	.2	16.9
2000–01	San Antonio	82	82	34.9	.416	.399	.851	4.4	3.7	1.5	.2	15.5
2001–02	Portland	70	27	26.6	.404	.373	.856	2.7	3.1	1.0	.1	10.8
2002–03	Portland	76	76	33.6	.427	.350	.859	3.5	4.3	1.2	.2	13.9
2003–04	Portland	51	46	35.5	.376	.305	.824	3.6	4.5	1.3	.1	13.6
2004–05	Portland	47	32	26.4	.389	.384	.805	2.7	3.0	.8	.1	9.2
2005–06	Houston	20	8	29.1	.393	.284	.836	4.2	2.7	.8	.2	10.8
2005–06†	Miami	23	3	20.2	.308	.313	.842	2.6	2.1	.3	.1	5.8
2006–07	Charlotte	50	32	23.8	.429	.355	.877	2.3	2.7	1.0	.1	8.0
2007–08	Charlotte	28	0	14.1	.376	.365	.737	1.9	1.6	.4	.0	5.0
Career		615	390	29.2	.408	.341	.853	3.2	3.4	1.1	.1	12.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1997–98	Cleveland	4	0	25.8	.455	.000	.885	2.3	2.8	1.3	.3	10.8
2000–01	San Antonio	7	7	27.7	.262	.273	.762	2.7	2.4	.4	.0	7.7
2001–02	Portland	3	0	25.3	.433	.333	.889	2.3	2.3	.7	.0	14.7
2002–03	Portland	2	2	11.0	.250	.000	.000	.5	.0	.0	.0	1.0
2005–06†	Miami	8	0	8.3	.300	.357	.875	1.1	.6	.3	.0	3.0
Career		24	9	19.2	.336	.302	.838	1.9	1.7	.5	.0	7.0

Notes and references

• Questions about state hall of fame selection process, Bob Watkins, The Spencer Magnet

External links

• NBA biography of Derek Anderson at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2008)
• ESPN.com – Derek Anderson
• Kentucky Wildcats biography at the Wayback Machine (archived November 10, 1999)