New York City basketball legend Kenny Anderson's handles were INSANE!...

During the early-to-mid nineties, Kenny Anderson was one of the N.B.A.'s premier playmakers and was renowned for his superb dribbling, passing, steals and having a solid assist-to-turnover ratio. He was selected by the New Jersey Nets as the second overall pick of the 1991 N.B.A. Draft. Anderson along with legendary Yugoslavian shooting guard Drazen Petrovic and highly-skilled power forward Derrick Coleman, formed one of the N.B.A.'s most formidable trios of their era. During his stint with the Nets, Anderson was unsuccessful in leading them to better regular season records and more Playoffs appearances due to being unable to overcome more dominant Eastern Conference teams, i.e, Chicago Bulls (Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen), New York Knicks (Patrick Ewing, John Starks), Indiana Pacers (Reggie Miller, Rik Smits), Cleveland Cavaliers (Mark Price, Brad Daugherty), Orlando Magic (Shaquille O'Neal, Anfernee Hardaway) and Charlotte Hornets (Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning). Although Anderson was often overshadowed by other elite early-to-mid nineties N.B.A. point guards playing with better teams i.e, Tim Hardaway, John Stockton, Mark Price, etc., Anderson consistently posted comparable p.p.g. and a.p.g. averages. He was selected as a starter for the 1994 N.B.A. Eastern Conference All-Star team. During his youth, Anderson was a New York City high school basketball legend winning the 1989 Gatorade National Player of the Year Award and was selected for the 1989 McDonald's All-American team (along with other All-American team selections). While in college, he won the 1990 ACC Rookie of the Year Award with Georgia Tech and helped lead them to the 1990 ACC title and 1990 NCAA Final Four. He also helped Georgia Tech secure a No. 8 seed for the 1991 NCAA tournament.
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[@bentonja668]

I was a huge college bball fan back then...Kenny was indeed the man.

[@AirTightWillieAndMe]

YellowJacket

[@SportsFYICompendium]

Anderson was at Georgia Tech between Mark Price's time and Stephon Marbury's time there....all three were legendary point guards in the N.C.A.A. and the N.B.A...

[@55cleon]

"Mr Chibbs" Of Lefrak City Queens, NY PG Royalty 🏀!

[@SportsFYICompendium]

I wonder if Kenny Anderson was ballin' at the legendary Rucker Park in Harlem during the 1980's...

[@adayala2006]

People just don't know how good the 90's were. A team with Kenny Anderson, Petrovic, Chris Morris, Derrick Coleman, Mookie Blaylock and Sam Bowie, coached by legendary Chuck Daly was barely into the playoffs...3 Allstar caliber players. And they talk about expansion teams! yes those teams were at the bottom of the league but getting into the playoffs was hard

[@SportsFYICompendium]

Especially because of the Michael Jordan-led Bulls' dominance during the nineties...Jordan stood in the way of a lot of great teams' and Hall of Fame players' championship aspirations i.e, Utah Jazz (Karl Malone, John Stockton), Phoenix Suns (Charles Barkley, Kevin Johnson), Orlando Magic (Shaquille O'Neal, Anfernee Hardaway), Houston Rockets (Hakeem Olajuwon, Kenny Smith), Indiana Pacers (Reggie Miller, Rik Smits), Golden State Warriors (Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin), San Antonio Spurs (David Robinson, Sean Elliott), New York Knicks (Patrick Ewing, John Starks), Seattle Supersonics (Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton), Portland Trailblazers (Clyde Drexler, Cliff Robinson), Charlotte Hornets (Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning), Cleveland Cavaliers (Mark Price, Brad Daugherty), etc.

[@slumsden6680]

No three steps or palming of the ball

[@SportsFYICompendium]

No carrying of the ball neither...unlike Allen Iverson, Jason Williams, Steve Francis, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, etc. who were notorious for carrying/palming during their N.B.A./N.C.A.A. careers...

[@ericschneider4976]

Takes me back to Lethal Weapon 3 at Georgia Tech. Anderson, Dennis Scott, and Brian Oliver

[@SportsFYICompendium]

Dennis Scott was dropping three-pointers frequently with that beast early-to-mid nineties Orlando Magic team (Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway, Nick Anderson, etc.)...

[@anthonyriche552]

If you think that's impressive, you should have seen him at Malloy. Dude had the best handles I ever seen. Played against him once in a holiday tournament and he was virtually unstoppable.

[@SportsFYICompendium]

Did you ever play against other NYC basketball legends from that era i.e, Jamal Mashburn, Chris Mullin, Anthony Cade, Lloyd Daniels, Adrian Autry, Derrick Phelps, Kenny Smith, Brian Reese, Mark Jackson, Rod Strickland, Malik Sealy, John Salley, Khalid Reeves, Kenny Hutchinson, Greg Boo Harvey, Richie Adams, Walter Berry, Ed Pickney, Jerry “Ice” Reynolds, Terrence Rencher, etc.?

[@anthonyriche552]

@@SportsFYICompendium No, unfortunately only Kenny. I went to school on Long Island and he was the only one from my era. That's crazy you know all the NYC legends. I did meet Lloyd Daniels playing West 4th Summer League Rec. He was mad cool and I was really rooting for him to make it big in the league. Such a great guy and fun to watch. Thanks for the Kenny Anderson compilation- that brought back a lot of memories.

[@barclaydonaldson8863]

Very very true...but kinda hit the sauce after his carrer

[@SportsFYICompendium]

Kenny was unable to lead the Nets deeper into the N.B.A. Playoffs due to the following reasons: 1) inability to overcome more dominant Eastern Conference teams, i.e, Chicago Bulls (Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen), New York Knicks (Patrick Ewing, John Starks), Indiana Pacers (Reggie Miller, Rik Smits), Cleveland Cavaliers (Mark Price, Brad Daugherty), Orlando Magic (Shaquille O'Neal, Anfernee Hardaway) and Charlotte Hornets (Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning), 2) All-Star forward Derrick Coleman's attitude and being overweight problems, 3) sharpshooter Drazen Petrovic passing away in a car accident in 1993 and 4) N.Y. Knicks' John Starks fouled him and broke his left wrist causing him to miss the latter part of the 1993 N.B.A. season.