Cadillac Anderson

Cadillac Anderson

Personal information
Born	(1964-06-22) June 22, 1964 (age 60) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Worthing (Houston, Texas)
College	Houston (1983–1987)
NBA draft	1987: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career	1987–2000
Position	Power forward / center
Number	33, 34, 22, 0
Career history
1987–1989	San Antonio Spurs
1989–1991	Milwaukee Bucks
1991	New Jersey Nets
1991–1992	Denver Nuggets
1992–1993	Phonola Caserta
1993–1994	Detroit Pistons
1994–1995	Atlanta Hawks
1995–1997	San Antonio Spurs
1997–1998	Atlanta Hawks
1999–2000	Belgrano de San Nicolás
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1988) 2× First-team All-SWC (1986, 1987)
Career NBA statistics
Points	4,953 (7.3 ppg)
Rebounds	4,246 (6.2 rpg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Gregory Wayne "Cadillac" Anderson ^{[1] [2]} (born June 22, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player.

College career

He attended and played collegiate basketball at the University of Houston, where he was one of the last original members of the famed Phi Slama Jama “fraternity”. He competed in the 1984 Final Four in Seattle while at Houston.

Professional career

A 6'10" power forward/center, Anderson was selected 23rd overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1987 NBA draft. In 1988, he participated in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest where he finished in sixth place. The 1988–89 season, spent with the Spurs, was arguably his most productive, averaging 13.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.

In 1989, Anderson was traded to the Bucks along with Alvin Robertson as part of the deal that sent all-star Terry Cummings to the Spurs. ^[3] On January 8, 1990, Anderson scored a tenure high 28 points along with grabbing 12 rebounds in a 126–113 win over the Charlotte Hornets. ^[4]

In January 1991, Anderson was traded twice in one week, eventually arriving to Denver as part of the multi-team trade that saw Croatian superstar Dražen Petrović move from Portland to New Jersey. ^[3] In 1991–92, with the Nuggets, he averaged 11.5 points and a career-best 11.5 rebounds per game.

Anderson spent one year playing in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A with Phonola Caserta in 1992–93, leading the league in rebounding.

Anderson then returned to the NBA, playing mostly as a role player for the Pistons, Hawks, and Spurs again, before finishing his career in Argentina playing for Belgrano de San Nicolás in 2000.

Personal life

As a freshman at the University of Houston, Anderson's mode of transportation around campus was a 10-speed bicycle – an odd sight for someone at 6-foot-10. A friend said the bike "was (Greg's) Cadillac", and the nickname stuck from there. ^[5]

In October 1998, Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in Biloxi, Mississippi and was sentenced to five months in prison. ^[6]

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
1987–88	San Antonio	82	45	24.2	.501	.200	.604	6.3	1.0	0.7	1.5	11.7
1988–89	San Antonio	82	56	29.3	.503	.000	.514	8.2	0.7	1.2	1.3	13.7
1989–90	Milwaukee	60	28	21.5	.507	–	.535	6.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	8.8
1990–91	Milwaukee	26	0	9.5	.370	.000	.571	2.9	0.1	0.3	0.3	2.7
1990–91	New Jersey	1	0	18.0	1.000	–	–	6.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	8.0
1990–91	Denver	41	2	16.1	.440	–	.506	5.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	5.2
1991–92	Denver	82	82	34.1	.456	.000	.623	11.5	1.0	1.1	0.8	11.5
1993–94	Detroit	77	47	21.1	.543	.333	.571	7.4	0.7	0.7	0.9	6.4
1994–95	Atlanta	51	0	12.2	.548	–	.479	3.7	0.3	0.5	0.6	2.9
1995–96	San Antonio	46	7	7.5	.511	.000	.240	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.2
1996–97	San Antonio	82	48	20.2	.496	.000	.667	5.5	0.4	0.8	0.8	3.9
1997–98	Atlanta	50	0	8.0	.444	.000	.390	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	1.8
Career		680	315	20.6	.492	.087	.557	6.2	0.6	0.7	0.9	7.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1988	San Antonio	3	3	31.7	.472	–	.444	7.0	1.0	0.7	1.3	12.7
1990	Milwaukee	4	0	25.3	.684	–	.500	6.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	8.3
1995	Atlanta	3	0	13.0	.200	–	.750	4.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.7
1996	San Antonio	6	0	5.7	.000	–	.500	1.5	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.2
1998	Atlanta	1	0	4.0	–	–	.000	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Career		17	3	16.1	.477	–	.484	4.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	4.5

References

1. Bradley, Bill (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House, Inc. p. 57. ISBN   978-0-345-51392-2.
2. Frazier, Walt; Sachare, Alex (1998). Complete Idiot's Guide to Basketball. Alpha Books. p. 342. ISBN   0-02-862679-6.
3. "Greg Anderson Stats".
4. "Cadillac Anderson Season High Points Game Bucks". StatMuse. January 8, 1990. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
5. Money Changes Everything Did cash-poor Cadillac Anderson risk his NBA career for a quick score?
6. Anderson Admits Drug Offense, New York Times, October 22, 1998, Retrieved October 29, 2009

External links

• Career statistics from NBA.com  and  Basketball Reference
• Lega Basket Serie A profile Archived October 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 15, 2015 (in Italian)