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Derek Anderson (basketball)
Derek Anderson No. 23, 1, 8, 5
Shooting guard/Small forward/Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth July 18, 1974 (1974-07-18) (age 36)
Place of birth Louisville, Kentucky
Nationality American
High school Doss
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College Kentucky
NBA Draft 1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career 1997?2008
Career history

* Cleveland Cavaliers (1997?1999)
* Los Angeles Clippers (1999?2000)
* San Antonio Spurs (2000?2001)
* Portland Trail Blazers (2001?2005)
* Houston Rockets (2006)
* Miami Heat (2006)
* Charlotte Bobcats (2006?2008)

Career highlights and awards

* NBA Champion (2006)
* NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1998)
* NCAA Champion (1996)

For the American football player, see Derek Anderson (American football).

Derek Lamont Anderson (born July 18, 1974 in Louisville, Kentucky) 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.

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. Anderson was ranked 7th in the NBA in free throw percentage (.877) in 1999?2000.

Anderson's NBA career has been 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.

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Anderson_(basketball)

Blast from the Past! Former OSU (1993-94) & UK (95-97) standout Derek Anderson shared the love for both teams today on ESPN2's 1st Take. He said "Everyone knows who I'm rooting for ..." & leaned to UK. No worries. ESPN host Jay Crawford said he's a Buckeye! Score 1 for both.

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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Where are they now? Derek Anderson overcame
hard-luck beginnings to find ?family? with ?Cats

By Stephen Burnett
KyForward Correspondent

At 12 years old on the streets of Louisville, Derek Anderson was effectively homeless.

His mom often left their home for days at a time. His father wasn?t involved in his life. That?s why he learned to play basketball, Anderson said ? because otherwise, he had nothing else.

?Some nights when mom wouldn?t come home, I would stay at the basketball court,? he recalled. ?It would be real late and I would play basketball by myself. The ball didn?t have any air, but I would still shoot it. ? I just stayed at the basketball court all the time.?

Only guidance from male role models ?- from his uncle to his high-school coach to UK basketball coach Rick Pitino and many others ? kept Anderson from being just another statistic, he said. Now, following a career in professional basketball and charity work with his nonprofit Derek Anderson Foundation, Anderson is planning more to encourage young people to take responsibility for their own actions and futures, including a new book and even film efforts.

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http://www.kyforward.com/our-sports...-luck-beginnings-to-find-‘family’-with-‘cats/