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Guard/Forward · 1996–99

Shandon Anderson

Out of Atlanta's Alonzo A. Crim High School and the University of Georgia, Anderson lasted until the 54th pick of the 1996 draft, where the Jazz found a ready-made wing. He spent his first three NBA seasons in Utah, then played for Houston, New York, and Miami across a ten-year career, peaking at 12.3 points per game with the Rockets in 1999-2000.

Basketball ran in the family — his older brother Willie Anderson played for the Spurs, Knicks, and Heat. Shandon closed his career with the 2006 NBA championship as a Miami backup, and today he is the head basketball coach at Dunbar High School in Fort Myers, Florida.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him 54th overall in 1996 and he played three seasons and two Finals runs. In 1999 he signed with Houston for less than the $3 million a year and the starting job Utah had offered, saying money did not overrule happiness.

Full name
Shandon Rodriguez Anderson
Utah Jazz tenure
1996–99
Position
Guard/Forward
Born
1973, Atlanta
Height
6′6″ (198 cm)
Weight
207 lb (94 kg)
College
Georgia
Drafted
1996, 2nd round (No. 54), Utah
Signature in the archive Basketball Card IP NBA Utah Jazz 98-99 Fleer Vintage

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With the Jazz

SHANDON ANDERSON · 1996–99 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1996–97UTA6516.45.92.80.80.40.1.462.511.687
1997–98UTA8219.58.32.81.10.80.2.538.219.735
1998–99UTA5021.48.52.61.10.80.2.446.341.712
JAZZ TOTAL3 SEASONS19719.07.62.71.00.70.2.489.375.716

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

SHANDON ANDERSON · 9 NOTES
  • Played in both the 1997 and 1998 NBA Finals as a young rotation player.
  • Walked away from basketball into a kitchen — he trained in culinary arts and reinvented himself around food and wellness.
  • Became a vegan chef after basketball and opened a vegan Thai restaurant in Atlanta in 2014.
  • The only Georgia Bulldog with 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 300 assists.
  • Georgia named him one of its SEC Basketball Legends in 2009, the conference's annual honor for one great alumnus per school.
  • His Atlanta foundation runs a mentoring program for young people and awards scholarships to children from low-income Georgia families.
  • He turned down about $3 million a year and a starting job in Utah to sign for less in Houston, saying money did not overrule happiness.
  • His agent Dan Fegan knocked down the rumour that he disliked Salt Lake City: 'That was never the question. It was which place he liked more.'
  • In Houston he joined a roster with Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley and rookie Steve Francis.