Ron Anderson (basketball, born 1958)

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Ron Anderson

Personal information
Born	(1958-10-15) October 15, 1958 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Bowen (Chicago, Illinois)
College	Santa Barbara CC (1980–1982) Fresno State (1982–1984)
NBA draft	1984: 2nd round, 27th overall pick
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career	1984–2010
Position	Small forward
Number	25, 15, 20, 35
Career history
1984–1985	Cleveland Cavaliers
1985–1988	Indiana Pacers
1988–1993	Philadelphia 76ers
1993	New Jersey Nets
1993–1994	Rochester Renegade
1994	Washington Bullets
1994–1995	Montpellier Basket
1995–1996	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1996	Atlantic City Seagulls
1996–1997	Le Mans Sarthe Basket
1997–1999	Montpellier Basket
1999–2010	La Séguinière
Career highlights and awards
LNB Pro A Best Scorer (1995) First-team All-PCAA (1984) Second-team All-PCAA (1983) NM3 winner (2003)
Career NBA statistics
Points	7,056 (10.6 ppg)
Rebounds	2,312 (3.5 rpg)
Assists	952 (1.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Ronald Gene Anderson (born October 15, 1958) is a retired American professional basketball player, best known for his spell with the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers. Following his NBA career, he moved to France where he continued to play until the age of 52.

College career

Listed at 6'7", and playing as a guard-forward, Anderson, after graduating from Chicago's Bowen High School, played college basketball at Fresno State, after first beginning at Santa Barbara City College.

Professional career

Anderson was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers, in the second round of the 1984 NBA draft. Although he played the normal four years in college, and immediately started playing in the league, Anderson arrived there at age 26. He spent ten seasons (1984–1994) playing with the Cavaliers in which he would be the last Cavalier to wear #25 before Mark Price in which was retired in honor of, Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets and Washington Bullets (he split 1993–94 between these two teams, appearing for the Continental Basketball Association's Rochester Renegade in between).

Having had his best years with the Sixers, playing alongside Charles Barkley, he scored in double figures four of the five seasons he spent in Philadelphia, with a best output of 16.2 points per game in 1988–89. Anderson finished his NBA career with totals of 7,056 points (10.6 average), 2,312 rebounds (3.5) and 952 assists (1.4). He played at a top level until the age of 41, successively representing Montpellier Basket (1994–95, 1997–99), Maccabi Tel Aviv (1995–96), Le Mans SB (1996–97) and Angers BC 49 in the French and Israeli professional leagues. He also played with the Atlantic City Seagulls during 1995–96. He was the top scorer in France's Pro A top division in 1995. Injury and a failed knee operation while playing for Maccabi slowed him down subsequently.

Anderson settled, got married and started a family in France. He continued to play semi-professionally with the basketball team of La Séguinière, helping that team win the Nationale Masculine 3 in 2003 and subsequently playing in the Nationale Masculine 2. In 2009, Anderson was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame. At age 51, he scored 23 points in a game against Tourcoing in league play of France's second division. At age 52, he announced his final retirement on November 16, 2010, with his team sending him off at a last home game on November 27, 2010.

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

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1984–85	Cleveland	36	7	14.4	.431	.500	.820	2.4	0.9	0.3	0.2	5.8
1985–86	Cleveland	17	3	12.2	.500	.000	.750	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	5.1
1985–86	Indiana	60	27	24.5	.493	.250	.658	4.1	2.3	0.9	0.1	10.4
1986–87	Indiana	63	0	11.4	.473	.000	.787	2.4	0.9	0.5	0.0	5.8
1987–88	Indiana	74	1	14.8	.498	.000	.766	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.1	7.3
1988–89	Philadelphia	82	12	31.9	.491	.182	.856	5.0	1.7	0.9	0.3	16.2
1989–90	Philadelphia	78	3	26.8	.451	.143	.838	3.8	1.8	0.9	0.2	11.9
1990–91	Philadelphia	82	13	28.5	.485	.209	.833	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.2	14.6
1991–92	Philadelphia	82	11	29.7	.465	.331	.877	3.4	1.6	1.0	0.1	13.7
1992–93	Philadelphia	69	0	18.3	.414	.325	.809	2.7	1.3	0.4	0.1	8.1
1993–94	New Jersey	11	2	16.0	.349	.333	.833	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.2	4.0
1993–94	Washington	10	0	18.0	.465	.214	.818	2.7	1.1	0.3	0.1	5.2
Career		664	79	22.8	.471	.287	.814	3.5	1.4	0.7	0.1	10.6

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1985	Cleveland	2	0	4.5	.000	–	–	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1987	Indiana	4	0	6.0	.500	–	–	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
1989	Philadelphia	3	0	36.3	.569	.000	.800	5.3	4.3	0.3	0.7	20.7
1990	Philadelphia	10	0	25.6	.430	.600	.967	3.7	1.4	0.4	0.0	11.2
1991	Philadelphia	8	0	27.9	.398	.200	.895	2.6	2.4	0.8	0.0	11.0
Career		27	0	23.0	.444	.364	.926	3.0	1.7	0.4	0.1	9.9

Personal life

His son Ron Anderson Jr. played for South Florida for the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, after transferring from Kansas State, and later professionally in France.

External links

• Stats at BasketballReference