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Kenneth (Kenny) Anderson (born October 9, 1970 in Queens, New York) is a left-handed point guard who played more than a decade in the National Basketball Association.

Contents 1 Early life 2 On to Georgia Tech 3 The NBA 4 Legal trouble 5 References 6 External links

At age 16 and as a high school sophomore, the LeFrak City, Queens^[1] native who attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, was already considered one of the best basketball prospects in America.^[2] By the end of his high school career, he was a three-time Parade All-American, a feat not accomplished since Lew Alcindor and the first player to be named All-City four times. In addition, he was a McDonalds All-American, Gatorage High School player of the year, was named Player of the Year in the state by the New York State Sportswriters Association, and was named Mr. Basketball by the New York State Coaches Organization.^[3] Despite the fact that his coach, Jack Curran, benched Kenny for the first quarter of all of his games during his Freshman year at Molloy, Kenny set the all-time New York State High School scoring record, with 2,621 points. This record would stand for 18 years.

After a long recruiting process, the hotly-pursued Anderson signed a letter of intent in November of 1988 to play his college basketball at Georgia Tech, selecting the upstart Yellow Jackets over national powers North Carolina, Duke and Syracuse.^[4]

Becoming the team's starting point guard almost immediately, Anderson would play two years for Georgia Tech, helping to lead his team to the Final Four in 1990 along with swingmen Dennis Scott and Brian Oliver, who as a combination were referred to as "Lethal Weapon 3". It was Anderson's shot at the end of regulation during the Round of 16 that put their game versus favored Michigan State into overtime, with the Yellow Jackets pulling away. Georgia Tech's tournament run would end versus eventual champion UNLV in the Final Four.

With Scott and Oliver gone after that season, Anderson was left to carry a young Georgia Tech team on his back, averaging nearly 26 points a game, but only able to secure a #8 seed for the NCAA Tournament, losing in the 2nd round to Ohio State. Soon after, Anderson announced that he would forego his last two years of eligibility and declare himself eligible for the NBA Draft.

Anderson was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the second pick in the 1991 NBA Draft, Anderson was the youngest player in the league at that time. He failed to make an expected impact during his rookie campaign in 1991-92, averaging only seven points, two rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. However, in Anderson's second season he broke out, more than doubling his points, rebounds and assists averages. He played solidly (albeit with a tendency to be injury-prone) for the next 3½ seasons before being traded to the Charlotte Hornets in 1996.

Throughout his career Anderson has played for the Hornets (including both Charlotte and New Orleans franchises), Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Indiana Pacers, and split a season for the Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Clippers.

In 1998, Portland traded Anderson to the Toronto Raptors for Damon Stoudamire, but he refused to report to the Raptors because he did not want to play in Canada. Without playing a single game for them, Anderson forced the Raptors' hand and they traded him to the Celtics for Chauncey Billups.

Anderson was released from Zalgiris Kaunas after 2005-06 season.

Anderson has experienced off-court problems as well. As a result of a divorce from his ex-wife, former The Real World: Los Angeles cast member Tami Akbar Anderson (due to infidelity), she successfully acquired a sizeable portion of his assets. She had a license plate custom-made to mark her victory with the phrase "HISCASH."^[5]

• NBA.com biography
• Career Statistics