Early life

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Anthony aspired to enter politics. He wanted to become Nevada's first black Senator. A graduate of Rancho High School in North Las Vegas, Nevada, Anthony played his freshman year of college basketball for the University of Portland where he was the WCC Freshman of the Year before transferring to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In his junior season with UNLV, the Runnin' Rebels won the 1990 NCAA Championship game over Duke with Anthony starting at point guard, as UNLV blew out the Blue Devils and Christian Laettner by 30 points. He played almost the entire season with a broken jaw. He was a three-time All Big West performer and 3rd Team All America his senior season. This talented team was coached by Jerry Tarkanian and also included future NBA players Stacey Augmon and Larry Johnson.

NBA career

Anthony was drafted by the New York Knicks in the first round of the 1991 NBA Draft, with the reputation of being a poor outside shooter but an excellent defender. He served as a point guard and defensive specialist, and typified the hard-nosed defensive reputation of Pat Riley's Knicks.

In 1995, Anthony was drafted in the expansion draft as the 1st pick (2nd overall) by the Vancouver Grizzlies, where he was the full-time starter at point guard for two seasons. After a journeyman career, in which he played mostly off the bench for Seattle, Portland, Chicago and Milwaukee, he retired in 2002.

Off court

Broadcasting career

Upon retirement, Anthony joined ESPN as an analyst for both NBA coverage on ESPN and ABC.

On December 13, 2008, Anthony made his debut as a college basketball analyst for CBS Sports, replacing Clark Kellogg, who was promoted to lead commentator.

Anthony agreed to be a color commentator for the YES Network covering the Brooklyn Nets for the 2012-2013 season alongside Ian Eagle, Mike Fratello, and Jim Spanarkel.

In 2014, Anthony and Kellogg swapped their respective roles at CBS Sports, with Anthony moving to the broadcast booth as a lead commentator and Kellogg returning to his previous role as a studio analyst.

Anthony is featured as one of the commentators in the video game NBA 2K16.

Politics

Anthony has been politically active with the Republican Party since his days at UNLV, where he graduated with a degree in political science and served as the vice chairman of Nevada's Young Republicans.

In 2008, Anthony publicly endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

In 2012, Anthony publicly endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, appearing in a Romney ad in Nevada.

Personal life

He is married to Chere Lucas Anthony, a dermatologist, with whom he has one daughter and one son. Anthony also has two other children from previous relationships.

Arrest

On January 16, 2015, Anthony was arrested in Washington, D.C. and charged with soliciting a prostitute. Following his arrest, Anthony was indefinitely suspended by CBS and Turner Sports.

On February 11, Anthony reached a deferred prosecution agreement in which the charge will be dropped provided he completes 32 hours of community service and stays out of trouble for four months. In March 2016 Anthony will return to CBS Sports and Turner Sports as a studio analyst for March Madness.

NBA career statistics

A list of Anthony's 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
1991-92	New York	82	1	18.4	.370	.145	.741	1.7	3.8	0.7	.1	5.5
1992-93	New York	70	35	24.3	.415	.133	.673	2.4	5.7	1.6	.2	6.6
1993-94	New York	80	36	24.9	.394	.300	.774	2.4	4.6	1.4	.2	7.9
1994-95	New York	61	2	15.5	.437	.361	.789	1.0	2.6	0.8	.1	6.1
1995-96	Vancouver	69	68	30.4	.415	.332	.771	2.5	6.9	1.7	.2	14.0
1996-97	Vancouver	65	44	28.7	.393	.370	.730	2.8	6.3	2.0	.1	9.5
1997-98	Seattle	80	0	12.8	.430	.415	.663	1.4	2.6	0.8	.0	5.2
1998-99	Portland	50	0	16.1	.414	.392	.697	1.3	2.0	1.3	.1	6.4
1999-2000	Portland	82	3	18.9	.406	.378	.772	1.6	2.5	0.7	.1	6.3
2000-01	Portland	58	0	14.8	.383	.409	.657	1.1	1.4	0.7	.1	4.9
2001-02	Chicago	36	35	26.7	.394	.322	.671	2.4	5.6	1.4	.1	8.4
2001-02	Milwaukee	24	3	23.0	.372	.260	.619	1.8	3.3	1.2	.0	7.2
Career		757	227	20.9	.403	.349	.733	1.9	4.0	1.2	.1	7.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1992	New York	12	0	17.8	.413	.417	.606	1.4	3.4	1.3	.1	5.3
1993	New York	15	0	16.0	.400	.214	.571	2.0	3.5	0.9	.1	3.9
1994	New York	25	3	17.4	.352	.295	.583	1.1	2.4	0.8	.3	4.9
1995	New York	11	0	12.3	.395	.304	.909	0.9	1.4	0.2	.2	4.3
1998	Seattle	9	0	13.1	.300	.263	.375	1.1	1.1	0.6	.1	3.6
1999	Portland	13	0	17.3	.327	.258	.676	1.1	2.5	1.0	.1	5.2
2000	Portland	15	0	14.2	.365	.323	.750	1.1	1.7	0.9	.3	4.0
2001	Portland	2	0	8.5	.333	.333	.000	0.0	0.0	0.5	.0	2.5
Career		102	3	15.7	.362	.294	.643	1.2	2.3	0.8	.2	4.5

[ Source: Wikipedia ]