.jpg) Anthony atRocket Mortgage FieldHouse in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1967-11-15)November 15, 1967 (age 58) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Rancho (North Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| College | |
| NBA draft | 1991: 1st round, 12th overall pick |
| Drafted by | 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 |
| 1999–2001 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2001–2002 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2002 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Career highlights | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 5,497 (7.3 ppg) |
| Assists | 2,997 (4.0 apg) |
| Steals | 887 (1.2 spg) |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Gregory Carlton Anthony (born November 15, 1967) is an American former professionalbasketball player who is a television analyst forNBA TV andTurner Sports. He played 11 seasons in theNational Basketball Association (NBA). Anthony also contributes toYahoo! Sports as a college basketball analyst and serves as a co-host/analyst onSiriusXM NBA Radio. His son,Cole Anthony, plays for theMilwaukee Bucks.
Born and raised inLas Vegas, Nevada, Anthony aspired to enter politics. He wanted to become Nevada's first blackSenator.[1] A graduate ofRancho High School inLas Vegas, Nevada,[2] Anthony played his freshman year ofcollege basketball for theUniversity of Portland where he was the WCC Freshman of the Year before transferring to theUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas. In his junior season with UNLV, theRunnin' Rebels won the1990 NCAA Championship game overDuke with Anthony starting at point guard, as UNLV blew out the Blue Devils andChristian 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 byJerry Tarkanian and also included future NBA playersStacey Augmon andLarry Johnson. In March 2011,HBO premiered a documentary entitledRunnin' Rebels of UNLV.[3]
During summer breaks, Anthony worked at the World Economic Summit and on Capitol Hill as an intern to for Rep.Barbara Vucanovich.[4] He also started a T-shirt and silkscreening business, Two-Hype, while attending UNLV. His entrepreneurial endeavor was the reason why he relinquished his athletic scholarship. Anthony made enough money selling T-shirts that he was able to pay for his own tuition.[5]
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Anthony was drafted by theNew York Knicks with the 12th pick in the first round of the1991 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 ofPat Riley's Knicks. On May 24, 1994, Anthony scored 16 points off the bench during a 100-89 Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 win over theIndiana Pacers.[6] The Knicks would ultimately beat the Pacers to advance to the1994 NBA Finals, but lose to theHouston Rockets in a hard-fought seven-game series.
In 1995, Anthony was drafted in the1995 NBA expansion draft as the 1st pick (2nd overall) by theVancouver Grizzlies, where he would be the full-time starter at point guard for two seasons. On January 5, 1996, Anthony scored a career-high 32 points during a 103–102 overtime win against the 76ers.[7]
In August 1997, Anthony was released by the Grizzlies. In October 1997, he signed as a free agent with theSeattle SuperSonics. Anthony played one season in Seattle, appearing in 80 games in the 1997–98 season, averaging 5.2 points per game. The Sonics finished the season with a 61–21 record but lost in the Western conference semifinals to theLos Angeles Lakers.
In January 1999, Anthony was released by the Sonics and signed a contract with thePortland Trail Blazers. He would spend three seasons playing in Portland.
As part of a trade in July 2001, Anthony was sent to theChicago Bulls in exchange for a 2002 second round pick (Jason Jennings was later selected). Anthony would play 36 games for the Bulls in the 2001–02 season.
Anthony was released by the Bulls and signed a contract with theMilwaukee Bucks, his final stop in the NBA. The Bucks would miss the playoffs and Anthony played his final NBA game on April 17, 2002, recording two points, six rebounds, and six assists in a loss to theDetroit Pistons.
Upon retirement, Anthony joinedESPN as an analyst for bothNBA coverage on ESPN andABC.
On December 13, 2008, Anthony made his debut as acollege basketball analyst forCBS Sports, replacingClark Kellogg, who was promoted to lead commentator.[8]
Anthony agreed to be a color commentator for the YES Network covering the Brooklyn Nets for the 2012–2013 season alongsideIan Eagle,Mike Fratello, andJim 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 been featured as a commentator in theNBA 2K series of video games sinceNBA 2K16.[9]
Anthony is married to Chere Lucas Anthony, a dermatologist, with whom he has one daughter and one son. He has two other children from a previous marriage toCrystal McCrary,Cole and Ella Anthony. Cole was the starting point guard for theUniversity of North Carolina Tar Heels and was drafted by Orlando Magic in the NBA 2020 draft with the 15th pick in the first round.
Anthony has been politically active with theRepublican Party since his days at UNLV, where he graduated with a degree inpolitical science and served as the vice chairman of Nevada'sYoung Republicans.[1][4]
In 2012, Anthony publicly endorsedRepublican presidential candidateMitt Romney, appearing in a Romney ad in Nevada.[10]
On January 16, 2015, Anthony was arrested inWashington, D.C., and charged with soliciting a prostitute.[11][12] Following his arrest, Anthony was indefinitely suspended by CBS and Turner Sports. On February 11, Anthony reached adeferred prosecution agreement in which the charge would be dropped provided he completed 32 hours of community service and stayed out of trouble for four months.[13]
In March 2016, Anthony was dropped by CBS, but returned to Turner as a studio analyst forNBA TV, and as a fill-in analyst for theNBA on TNT during the regular season and the playoffs.[14]
A list of Anthony's career statistics:[15]
| 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 |
| * | Led the league |
| 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 |
| 1999–00 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
