Biography on Derek Anderson (Former Kentucky Basketball Player)

Derek Lamont Anderson was born on July 18, 1974, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a graduate out of Doss High School located in Louisville, KY. In his college basketball career, he played at Ohio State University, and at the University of Kentucky. In 1996, he helped get Kentucky their 6th National Championship with a team that would have nine future NBA Stars. He later graduated at UK in 1997.

He was first selected by the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers as the 13th overall pick in the 1997 NBA Draft. He would play for the Cavs from 1997 to 1999, before playing for the Los Angeles Clippers. There he would remain for just one season and in 2000 he went to the San Antonio Spurs where he also played just one season. In his NBA career, he had a lot of injuries which prevented him from playing a lot of games. In Anderson’s 2004-05 season, he only played 8 out of 42 games for the Portland Trail Blazers, and missed similar numbers of games in his previous seasons. He would later play for the Houston Rockets (2005-06), the Miami Heat (2006), and the Charlotte Bobcats (2006-08).