Greg Anthony

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Greg Anthony
Personal information
Born (1967-11-15) November 15, 1967 (age 57)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight 176 lb (80 kg)
Career information
High school Rancho (North Las Vegas, Nevada)
College
NBA draft 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career 1991–2002
Position Point guard
Number 2, 50
Career history
1991–1995 New York Knicks
1995–1997 Vancouver Grizzlies
1997–1998 Seattle SuperSonics
1998–2001 Portland Trail Blazers
2001–2002 Chicago Bulls
2002 Milwaukee Bucks
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 5,497 (7.3 ppg)
Assists 2,997 (4.0 apg)
Steals 887 (1.2 spg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Gregory Carlton "Greg" Anthony (born November 15, 1967) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player and was a television analyst for CBS Sports. Anthony also contributes to Yahoo! Sports as a college basketball analyst.

Early life

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Anthony aspired to enter politics. He wanted to become Nevada's first black Senator.[1] A graduate of Rancho High School in North Las Vegas, Nevada, Anthony played his freshman year of college basketball for the University of Portland where he was the WCC Freshman of the Year before transferring to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In his junior season with UNLV, the Runnin' Rebels won the 1990 NCAA Championship game over Duke with Anthony starting at point guard, as UNLV blew out the Blue Devils and Christian Laettner by 30 points. He played almost the entire season with a broken jaw. He was a three-time All Big West performer and 3rd Team All America his senior season. This talented team was coached by Jerry Tarkanian and also included future NBA players Stacey Augmon and Larry Johnson.

NBA career

Anthony was drafted by the New York Knicks in the first round of the 1991 NBA Draft, with the reputation of being a poor outside shooter but an excellent defender. He served as a point guard and defensive specialist, and typified the hard-nosed defensive reputation of Pat Riley's Knicks.

In 1995, Anthony was picked up in the expansion draft the 2nd pick (1st overall) by the Vancouver Grizzlies, where he was the full-time starter at point guard for two seasons. After a journeyman career, in which he played mostly off the bench for Seattle, Portland, Chicago and Milwaukee, he retired in 2002.

Off court

Broadcasting career

Upon retirement, Anthony joined ESPN as an analyst for both NBA coverage on ESPN and ABC.

On December 13, 2008, Anthony made his debut as a college basketball analyst for CBS Sports, replacing Clark Kellogg, who was promoted to lead commentator.[2]

Anthony agreed to be a color commentator for the YES Network covering the Brooklyn Nets for the 2012-2013 season alongside Ian Eagle, Mike Fratello, and Jim Spanarkel.

In 2014, Anthony and Kellogg swapped their respective roles at CBS Sports, with Anthony moving to the broadcast booth as a lead commentator and Kellogg returning to his previous role as a studio analyst.

Anthony has partnered with 2K Sports on NBA 2K16 as a broadcaster in replacement of Steve Kerr, who is now coaching the Golden State Warriors.

Politics

Anthony has been politically active with the Republican Party since his days at UNLV, where he graduated with a degree in political science and served as the vice chairman of Nevada's Young Republicans.[1]

In 2008, Anthony publicly endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. In 2012, Anthony publicly endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, appearing in a Romney ad in Nevada.[3]

Personal life

He is married to Chere Lucas Anthony, a dermatologist, with whom he has one daughter. Anthony also has three other children from previous relationships.

Arrest

On January 16, 2015, Anthony was arrested in Washington, D.C. and charged with soliciting a prostitute. Anthony faces a misdemeanor solicitation charge punishable by up to 180 days in jail.[4][5] Following his arrest, Anthony was indefinitely suspended by CBS and Turner Sports.

On February 11, Anthony reached a deferred prosecution agreement in which the charge will be dropped provided he completes 32 hours of community service and stays out of trouble for four months.[6]

NBA career statistics

A list of Anthony's career statistics:[7]

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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1991–92 New York 82 1 18.4 .370 .145 .741 1.7 3.8 0.7 .1 5.5
1992–93 New York 70 35 24.3 .415 .133 .673 2.4 5.7 1.6 .2 6.6
1993–94 New York 80 36 24.9 .394 .300 .774 2.4 4.6 1.4 .2 7.9
1994–95 New York 61 2 15.5 .437 .361 .789 1.0 2.6 0.8 .1 6.1
1995–96 Vancouver 69 68 30.4 .415 .332 .771 2.5 6.9 1.7 .2 14.0
1996–97 Vancouver 65 44 28.7 .393 .370 .730 2.8 6.3 2.0 .1 9.5
1997–98 Seattle 80 0 12.8 .430 .415 .663 1.4 2.6 0.8 .0 5.2
1998–99 Portland 50 0 16.1 .414 .392 .697 1.3 2.0 1.3 .1 6.4
1999–2000 Portland 82 3 18.9 .406 .378 .772 1.6 2.5 0.7 .1 6.3
2000–01 Portland 58 0 14.8 .383 .409 .657 1.1 1.4 0.7 .1 4.9
2001–02 Chicago 36 35 26.7 .394 .322 .671 2.4 5.6 1.4 .1 8.4
2001–02 Milwaukee 24 3 23.0 .372 .260 .619 1.8 3.3 1.2 .0 7.2
Career 757 227 20.9 .403 .349 .733 1.9 4.0 1.2 .1 7.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1992 New York 12 0 17.8 .413 .417 .606 1.4 3.4 1.3 .1 5.3
1993 New York 15 0 16.0 .400 .214 .571 2.0 3.5 0.9 .1 3.9
1994 New York 25 3 17.4 .352 .295 .583 1.1 2.4 0.8 .3 4.9
1995 New York 11 0 12.3 .395 .304 .909 0.9 1.4 0.2 .2 4.3
1998 Seattle 9 0 13.1 .300 .263 .375 1.1 1.1 0.6 .1 3.6
1999 Portland 13 0 17.3 .327 .258 .676 1.1 2.5 1.0 .1 5.2
2000 Portland 15 0 14.2 .365 .323 .750 1.1 1.7 0.9 .3 4.0
2001 Portland 2 0 8.5 .333 .333 .000 0.0 0.0 0.5 .0 2.5
Career 102 3 15.7 .362 .294 .643 1.2 2.3 0.8 .2 4.5

See also

References

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External links

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Greg Anthony NBA.com
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  5. ↑ http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12183582/former-nba-player-cbs-analyst-greg-anthony-arrested-washington-dc
  6. ↑ http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12309546/greg-anthony-reaches-agreement-prostitution-charge-dropped
  7. ↑ Anthony's career stats. ESPN.com
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