Injured Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis may be getting closer to playing again, but for now he is out. That hasn’t stopped anyone from thinking eight times the size of the All-Stars.
AD resembles former 14-year NBA point guard Kenny Anderson, a 1994 All-Star, then his old New Jersey Nets teammate, 6’10” power forward/center Derrick Coleman. Anderson said the same thing. a career-spanning chat with Bally Sports’ Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson.
“That’s right, you hit it right in the bucket,” Anderson said. “He’s a young Derrick Coleman. He plays with one of the greatest players to ever play the game, LeBron James. He’s playing ball right now. You pick him up and get a DC. Game style: shooting… All that. He is very difficult to guard. DC was also the same.
Anderson, a guard, was selected with the No. 2 overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft out of Georgia Tech. After the Nets, the six-footer went on to play for the Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, New Orleans Hornets, Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Clippers.
As of 2018, Anderson has served as the head coach of the Fisk University Bulldogs men’s basketball team.
Coleman spent 15 seasons in the NBA, splitting his time between the Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Hornets and Pistons. He has career averages of 16.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.3 blocks and 0.8 steals a night. Like Davis, Coleman also had a versatile offensive game; he wasn’t afraid to shoot from mid-range (and even occasionally beyond the three-point arc, though he wasn’t a particularly good long-range shooter) and he had a handle. great man.
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