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Greg Anderson

Gregory Wayne Anderson (Greg, Cadillac)

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: June 22, 1964 in Houston, Texas
High School: Evan E. Worthing in Houston, Texas
College: University of Houston
Draft: San Antonio Spurs, 1st round (23rd pick, 23rd overall), 1987 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 6, 1987

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 6:37AM
All-Time Rank: #515. Darnell Valentine… #516. John Bagley… #517. GREG ANDERSON… #518. Ben Poquette… #519. Stromile Swift… 

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 23 SAS NBA 82 45 1984 379 756 .501 1 5 .200 198 328 .604 161 352 513 79 54 122 143 228 957
1988-89 24 SAS NBA 82 56 2401 460 914 .503 0 3 .000 207 403 .514 255 421 676 61 102 103 180 221 1127
1989-90 25 MIL NBA 60 28 1291 219 432 .507 0 0 91 170 .535 112 261 373 24 32 54 80 176 529
1990-91 26 TOT NBA 68 2 924 116 270 .430 0 1 .000 60 115 .522 97 221 318 16 35 45 84 140 292
1990-91 26 MIL NBA 26 0 247 27 73 .370 0 1 .000 16 28 .571 26 49 75 3 8 9 22 29 70
1990-91 26 NJN NBA 1 0 18 4 4 1.000 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 1 2 0 1 4 8
1990-91 26 DEN NBA 41 2 659 85 193 .440 0 0 44 87 .506 67 170 237 12 25 36 61 107 214
1991-92 27 DEN NBA 82 82 2793 389 854 .456 0 4 .000 167 268 .623 337 604 941 78 88 65 201 263 945
1993-94 29 DET NBA 77 47 1624 201 370 .543 1 3 .333 88 154 .571 183 388 571 51 55 68 94 234 491
1994-95 30 ATL NBA 51 0 622 57 104 .548 0 0 34 71 .479 62 126 188 17 23 32 32 103 148
1995-96 31 SAS NBA 46 7 344 24 47 .511 0 1 .000 6 25 .240 29 71 100 10 9 25 22 66 54
1996-97 32 SAS NBA 82 48 1659 130 262 .496 0 1 .000 62 93 .667 157 291 448 34 63 67 73 225 322
1997-98 33 ATL NBA 50 0 398 36 81 .444 0 5 .000 16 41 .390 39 79 118 15 19 10 17 85 88
Career NBA 680 315 14040 2011 4090 .492 2 23 .087 929 1668 .557 1432 2814 4246 385 480 591 926 1741 4953

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 23 SAS NBA 82 45 24.2 4.6 9.2 .501 0.0 0.1 .200 2.4 4.0 .604 2.0 4.3 6.3 1.0 0.7 1.5 1.7 2.8 11.7
1988-89 24 SAS NBA 82 56 29.3 5.6 11.1 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 4.9 .514 3.1 5.1 8.2 0.7 1.2 1.3 2.2 2.7 13.7
1989-90 25 MIL NBA 60 28 21.5 3.7 7.2 .507 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.8 .535 1.9 4.4 6.2 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.3 2.9 8.8
1990-91 26 TOT NBA 68 2 13.6 1.7 4.0 .430 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.7 .522 1.4 3.3 4.7 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.2 2.1 4.3
1990-91 26 MIL NBA 26 0 9.5 1.0 2.8 .370 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.1 .571 1.0 1.9 2.9 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.1 2.7
1990-91 26 NJN NBA 1 0 18.0 4.0 4.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 8.0
1990-91 26 DEN NBA 41 2 16.1 2.1 4.7 .440 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.1 .506 1.6 4.1 5.8 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.5 2.6 5.2
1991-92 27 DEN NBA 82 82 34.1 4.7 10.4 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.3 .623 4.1 7.4 11.5 1.0 1.1 0.8 2.5 3.2 11.5
1993-94 29 DET NBA 77 47 21.1 2.6 4.8 .543 0.0 0.0 .333 1.1 2.0 .571 2.4 5.0 7.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.2 3.0 6.4
1994-95 30 ATL NBA 51 0 12.2 1.1 2.0 .548 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.4 .479 1.2 2.5 3.7 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.0 2.9
1995-96 31 SAS NBA 46 7 7.5 0.5 1.0 .511 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.5 .240 0.6 1.5 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.4 1.2
1996-97 32 SAS NBA 82 48 20.2 1.6 3.2 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.1 .667 1.9 3.5 5.5 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.9 2.7 3.9
1997-98 33 ATL NBA 50 0 8.0 0.7 1.6 .444 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.8 .390 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 1.7 1.8
Career NBA 680 315 20.6 3.0 6.0 .492 0.0 0.0 .087 1.4 2.5 .557 2.1 4.1 6.2 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.4 2.6 7.3

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 23 SAS NBA 82 45 1984 6.9 13.7 .501 0.0 0.1 .200 3.6 6.0 .604 2.9 6.4 9.3 1.4 1.0 2.2 2.6 4.1 17.4
1988-89 24 SAS NBA 82 56 2401 6.9 13.7 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 6.0 .514 3.8 6.3 10.1 0.9 1.5 1.5 2.7 3.3 16.9
1989-90 25 MIL NBA 60 28 1291 6.1 12.0 .507 0.0 0.0 2.5 4.7 .535 3.1 7.3 10.4 0.7 0.9 1.5 2.2 4.9 14.8
1990-91 26 TOT NBA 68 2 924 4.5 10.5 .430 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 4.5 .522 3.8 8.6 12.4 0.6 1.4 1.8 3.3 5.5 11.4
1990-91 26 MIL NBA 26 0 247 3.9 10.6 .370 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 4.1 .571 3.8 7.1 10.9 0.4 1.2 1.3 3.2 4.2 10.2
1990-91 26 NJN NBA 1 0 18 8.0 8.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 4.0 12.0 2.0 4.0 0.0 2.0 8.0 16.0
1990-91 26 DEN NBA 41 2 659 4.6 10.5 .440 0.0 0.0 2.4 4.8 .506 3.7 9.3 12.9 0.7 1.4 2.0 3.3 5.8 11.7
1991-92 27 DEN NBA 82 82 2793 5.0 11.0 .456 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 3.5 .623 4.3 7.8 12.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 2.6 3.4 12.2
1993-94 29 DET NBA 77 47 1624 4.5 8.2 .543 0.0 0.1 .333 2.0 3.4 .571 4.1 8.6 12.7 1.1 1.2 1.5 2.1 5.2 10.9
1994-95 30 ATL NBA 51 0 622 3.3 6.0 .548 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.1 .479 3.6 7.3 10.9 1.0 1.3 1.9 1.9 6.0 8.6
1995-96 31 SAS NBA 46 7 344 2.5 4.9 .511 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 2.6 .240 3.0 7.4 10.5 1.0 0.9 2.6 2.3 6.9 5.7
1996-97 32 SAS NBA 82 48 1659 2.8 5.7 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.0 .667 3.4 6.3 9.7 0.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 4.9 7.0
1997-98 33 ATL NBA 50 0 398 3.3 7.3 .444 0.0 0.5 .000 1.4 3.7 .390 3.5 7.1 10.7 1.4 1.7 0.9 1.5 7.7 8.0
Career NBA 680 315 14040 5.2 10.5 .492 0.0 0.1 .087 2.4 4.3 .557 3.7 7.2 10.9 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.4 4.5 12.7

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1987-88 23 SAS NBA 82 1984 14.7 .531 .502 8.7 19.4 14.0 5.3 1.3 3.4 13.7 20.8 103 110 0.8 1.5 2.3 .056
1988-89 24 SAS NBA 82 2401 14.9 .516 .503 11.2 20.2 15.5 3.7 2.0 2.6 14.2 20.6 100 106 0.4 3.1 3.4 .069
1989-90 25 MIL NBA 60 1291 13.0 .522 .507 9.8 23.6 16.6 2.7 1.2 2.6 13.6 19.1 101 105 0.2 1.7 2.0 .073
1990-91 26 TOT NBA 68 924 9.1 .455 .430 10.0 25.9 17.3 2.1 1.7 2.7 20.8 16.3 86 109 -1.2 0.9 -0.3 -0.017
1990-91 26 MIL NBA 26 247 7.5 .410 .370 12.3 24.1 18.1 1.7 1.6 2.3 20.5 18.6 81 104 -0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.027
1990-91 26 NJN NBA 1 18 26.4 1.000 1.000 22.4 12.1 17.5 9.1 5.4 0.0 20.0 11.2 158 101 0.1 0.0 0.1 .300
1990-91 26 DEN NBA 41 659 9.2 .463 .440 8.7 27.0 17.0 2.1 1.6 2.9 20.9 15.6 87 110 -0.8 0.5 -0.3 -0.022
1991-92 27 DEN NBA 82 2793 12.6 .486 .456 12.3 24.7 18.2 4.1 1.5 1.4 17.1 17.1 98 106 -0.6 3.6 3.0 .052
1993-94 29 DET NBA 77 1624 14.6 .561 .545 12.3 26.9 19.5 4.6 1.7 2.7 17.7 14.3 107 105 1.4 2.0 3.4 .101
1994-95 30 ATL NBA 51 622 12.6 .547 .548 11.3 24.2 17.6 4.1 2.0 3.9 19.1 12.2 105 100 0.3 1.3 1.5 .118
1995-96 31 SAS NBA 46 344 7.8 .466 .511 9.8 22.1 16.2 4.0 1.3 5.2 27.5 10.5 86 99 -0.3 0.7 0.4 .057
1996-97 32 SAS NBA 82 1659 11.4 .531 .496 11.0 21.8 16.2 3.2 2.1 3.2 19.4 10.5 105 108 0.7 1.5 2.2 .064
1997-98 33 ATL NBA 50 398 10.4 .444 .444 12.0 22.6 17.4 5.9 2.6 1.8 14.7 13.5 98 99 0.0 0.7 0.7 .090
Career NBA 680 14040 13.0 .513 .492 10.9 22.9 16.7 4.0 1.7 2.7 16.1 16.8 100 106 1.8 16.9 18.7 .064

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1987-88 23 SAS NBA 3 95 17 36 0 0 4 9 6 21 3 2 4 10 10 38 .472 .444 31.7 12.7 7.0 1.0
1989-90 25 MIL NBA 4 101 13 19 0 0 7 14 6 24 0 1 4 4 19 33 .684 .500 25.3 8.3 6.0 0.0
1994-95 30 ATL NBA 3 39 1 5 0 0 3 4 1 13 2 2 2 0 9 5 .200 .750 13.0 1.7 4.3 0.7
1995-96 31 SAS NBA 6 34 0 5 0 0 1 2 2 9 0 2 1 4 5 1 .000 .500 5.7 0.2 1.5 0.0
1997-98 33 ATL NBA 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .000 4.0 0.0 2.0 0.0
Career NBA 17 273 31 65 0 0 15 31 15 69 5 7 12 19 44 77 .477 .484 16.1 4.5 4.1 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1987-88 23 SAS NBA 3 95 8.0 .475 .472 6.2 20.9 12.4 4.1 1.0 2.4 20.0 20.2 83 114 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.072
1989-90 25 MIL NBA 4 101 11.3 .656 .684 7.4 23.1 15.1 0.0 0.5 2.6 13.7 13.1 116 116 0.1 0.0 0.1 .067
1994-95 30 ATL NBA 3 39 10.5 .370 .200 2.8 36.6 18.8 8.7 2.8 4.1 0.0 8.1 103 101 0.0 0.1 0.1 .106
1995-96 31 SAS NBA 6 34 -3.6 .085 .000 7.3 24.2 16.0 0.0 3.3 2.1 40.5 14.0 25 104 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.239
1997-98 33 ATL NBA 1 4 -11.0 .000 0.0 64.9 31.9 0.0 0.0 19.3 53.2 23.6 0 79 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.531
Career NBA 17 273 7.9 .490 .477 6.2 25.0 15.1 2.7 1.3 2.9 19.5 15.1 87 111 -0.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.023

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Greg Anderson 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.5 0.7 0.4 -0.3
Andrew DeClercq 91.4 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.5 1.7 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.1
Scott Williams 88.8 3.9 3.9 3.1 2.6 2.3 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.3 -0.1
Barry Clemens 87.5 3.5 3.5 2.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 0.9 0.1 0.1
Keith Erickson 87.5 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.1 1.9 0.5 0.2 -0.2
Reggie Evans 86.9 3.8 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.3 0.2
J.R. Reid 86.4 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.1 0.7
Sidney Green 85.2 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.7 0.6 0.4 0.3
Matt Bullard 83.5 3.4 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.8 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.2
Othella Harrington 82.8 3.8 3.6 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.8
Charles Jones 82.8 3.8 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.6 1.6 0.0
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Greg Anderson 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.5 0.7 0.4 -0.3
Andrew DeClercq 91.4 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.5 1.7 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.1
Reggie Evans 86.9 3.8 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.3 0.2
J.R. Reid 86.0 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.1 0.7 0.1
Barry Clemens 86.0 3.5 3.5 2.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.1 0.1
Sidney Green 85.2 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.7 0.6 0.4 0.3
Matt Bullard 83.1 3.4 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.8 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1
Othella Harrington 82.7 3.8 3.6 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.0 0.0
Pat Cummings 81.6 4.2 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.5 1.8 1.5 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.1
Duane Ferrell 81.3 3.5 3.2 2.8 1.9 1.9 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Kwame Brown 80.6 4.9 3.6 3.5 2.5 1.9 1.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 -0.1

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1983-84 19 HOUSTON 35 414 49 101 19 36 123 2 14 24 14 52 117 .485 .528 11.8 3.3 3.5 0.1
1984-85 20 HOUSTON 30 931 197 344 69 129 244 20 33 72 68 98 463 .573 .535 31.0 15.4 8.1 0.7
1985-86 21 HOUSTON 28 1055 215 376 106 181 360 19 43 75 80 93 536 .572 .586 37.7 19.1 12.9 0.7
1986-87 22 HOUSTON 30 1057 215 409 116 192 318 18 43 56 90 74 546 .526 .604 35.2 18.2 10.6 0.6
Career 123 3457 676 1230 310 538 1045 59 133 227 252 317 1662 .550 .576 28.1 13.5 8.5 0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Monthly Awards
Mar 1988: Rookie of the Month
Honors
1987-88 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
Games
1987-88 NBA 82 (3)
1988-89 NBA 82 (1)
1991-92 NBA 82 (2)
1996-97 NBA 82 (4)
Offensive Rebounds
1991-92 NBA 337 (5)
Defensive Rebounds
1991-92 NBA 604 (6)
Total Rebounds
1991-92 NBA 941 (3)
Rebounds Per Game
1991-92 NBA 11.5 (7)
Offensive Rebound Pct
1991-92 NBA 12.3 (10)
Defensive Rebound Pct
1991-92 NBA 24.7 (5)
Total Rebound Pct
1991-92 NBA 18.2 (4)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (863)
NBA Elo Player Rating
517th (overall) as of Feb 12, 2012, 6:37AM

Transactions

February 13, 1987: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers (as a 1987 1st round draft pick) with Frank Brickowski, Petur Gudmundsson and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Sean Higgins) to the San Antonio Spurs for Mychal Thompson.

June 22, 1987: Drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1987 NBA Draft.

May 28, 1989: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with Alvin Robertson and a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Frank Kornet) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Terry Cummings and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Tony Massenburg).

January 16, 1991: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to the New Jersey Nets for Lester Conner.

January 23, 1991: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the New Jersey Nets with a 1992 1st round draft pick (Bryant Stith) to the Denver Nuggets; the Denver Nuggets traded Terry Mills to the New Jersey Nets; the Denver Nuggets traded Walter Davis and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Reggie Smith) to the Portland Trail Blazers; and the Portland Trail Blazers traded Drazen Petrovic and a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Kevin Thompson) to the New Jersey Nets.

October 5, 1992: Released by the Denver Nuggets.

September 8, 1993: Signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons.

September 29, 1994: Released by the Detroit Pistons.

December 15, 1994: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

September 29, 1995: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

October 10, 1997: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1987-88 San Antonio Spurs NBA $185,000
1988-89 San Antonio Spurs NBA $200,000
1990-91 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,365,000
1991-92 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,465,000
1993-94 Detroit Pistons NBA $650,000
1994-95 Detroit Pistons NBA $400,000
1994-95 Atlanta Hawks NBA $110,000
1995-96 San Antonio Spurs NBA $485,000
1996-97 San Antonio Spurs NBA $584,000
1997-98 Atlanta Hawks NBA $272,250
Career (may be incomplete) $5,716,250

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