Education
Carver High School.
Carver High School.
Anderson was a high school star at George Washington Carver High School of Engineering & Science in Philadelphia. This game was notable because Anderson was playing against familiar local foes, Milt Wagner and Billy Thompson who played high school ball on Camden"s nationally ranked team That year Anderson was named to the United Press International and Sporting News honorable mention All-America teams.
Anderson also led the Dragons to an upset of a David Robinson-led Navy team in the Palestra in 1987, one of the biggest wins in school history.
Anderson would become the first Drexel basketball player to make the roster of an National Basketball Association team He played for the San Antonio Spurs during the 1989 National Basketball Association season, after being drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the 3rd round (23rd pick) of the 1988 National Basketball Association Draft.
Anderson had a successful four-year career in the Spanish ACB league, playing from 1992 to 1997. He played for Real Madrid, Baloncesto León, Central Bank Murcia and Caja San Fernando, garnering league Most Valuable Player honors in the 1995-1996 season while playing for the latter.
He was also a 1993 ACB league All-Star.
After that, he played for Ülkerspor in Turkey during the 1996-1997 Turkish Basketball League season, winning the championship cup while averaging 21.1 points per game. Anderson also played a couple years in the USBL and the College of Business Administration, making the All-Rookie team in 1988-1989 with the Charleston Gunners, and making first team All-League with the Tri-City Chinook in 1993-1994. Anderson is in the top ten all-time in career National Collegiate Athletic Association steals with 341 and tied for first all-time in career triple doubles.
He was recognized in 2008 by the Colonial Athletic Association as a Civil Aeronautics Administration Men"s Basketball Legend, in a class that included University of Maryland and James Madison University coach Charles “Lefty” Driesell.