Kenny Anderson is a retired American basketball player. He spent the majority of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) playing for various clubs. Before earning stardom, he played college basketball for the Georgia Institute of Technology as a point guard.
Kenny Anderson was born on October 9, 1970. He is an American by his nationality. His birth sign is Libra. He was born to Joan Anderson. Kenny attended Archbishop Molloy High School and joined North Carolina University. The athlete has two sisters named Sandra and Danielle. He spent his childhood in poverty but his mother inspired him to become a professional basketball player. Unfortunately, he lost his mother in October 2005. She died of a heart attack.
Kenny Anderson is a former American professional basketball player who has a net worth of $800 thousand dollars. Despite earning more than $63 million in salary alone during his career, Anderson reportedly was flat broke when he retired.
Anderson retired in the year 2006 and after retirement, he was kind of in low spirits, but in 2018, Kenny was appointed as the head coach of NAIA Fisk University in Nashville. The former basketball player suffered from a stroke and has a hard time remembering stuff.
Talking about his personal bio and affair, Kenny Anderson is a father of eight children by five women. He has a daughter from an affair with a woman while he was at Georgia Tech. Later on, he had an affair with Dee Dee Roper and they have a daughter together.
Anderson's first wife was Tami Roman. They have two daughters together named Lyric Anderson and Jazz Anderson. They have already split from their conjugal life. His daughter Lyric Anderson is a screenwriter. He met his second wife Tamiyka R. Lockhart in 1998. They divorced after 6 years of relationship. He has a son from Tamiyka.
Currently, he is living happily with Natasha Anderson (third wife of Kenny Anderson). They married in 2007. Despite earning $63 million in his NBA career, he turned bankrupt in 2005. Kenny Anderson completed his graduation from St. Thomas University. In 2015, he made his appearance in Dwayne Johnson's reality show named Wake Up Call.
Kenny was regarded as one of the best basketball players during his high school years. By the end of his high school career, numerous awards and rewards have honored him. His collegiate career started in 1989. He attended Georgia Tech over Duke, Syracuse, and North Carolina. He played two years at Georgia Tech as a point guard.
He excelled in US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal for his nation. He started his NBA career with New Jersey Nets in 1991. He averaged seven points, two rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game.
Later on, Kenny Anderson played for the Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, and Indiana Pacers. He retired from playing with BC Zalgiris. His outstanding stats show how successful he has been as a professional basketball player. He is a good friend of former NBA professionals, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan.
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