BJ Anthony
Position, Power Foward
Born, Auckland 20.07.88
Height, 196 cm
Professional Experience
2008 HARBOUR HEAT (NZL-NBL) MEN. Currently averaging 11 points per game in NBL rookie season.
2008-09 Wolfenbuettel Germany. 2nd Division. 13 points per game and 7 rebounds per game in rookie season.
http://www.diejungeliga.de/linkit.php?menuid=360&topmenu=23&keepmenu=inactive
2009 HARBOUR HEAT (NZL-NBL) MEN.
2009 New Zealand National Team. http://www.basketball.org.nz/news/anthony-joins-tall-blacks/
2009-10 Wolfenbuettel Germany. 2nd Division.
New Zealand National Team
August 17, 2009
Tall Blacks forward BJ Anthony (Photosport)
The inclusion of Harbour Heat forward BJ Anthony is the only change to the New Zealand Tall Blacks team ahead of next week’s FIBA Oceania Championship against the Australia Boomers.
Anthony, the son of former National Basketball League legend Benny Anthony, will become the fifth rookie to pull on a Tall Blacks uniform in 2009.
The 21-year-old comes into third-year coach Nenad Vucinic’s team for the two-game Oceania series with Jeremiah Trueman unavailable from the Tall Blacks’ European tour.
Video Links:
2008-09 Season - German Pro B
http://blip.tv/file/1799575/ (navigate to other BJ Anthony video segments using window to the right of the active video screen).
2009 - New Zealand National Team - Tall Blacks vs. Australian National Team
Amateur Experience
NZ - 2007 U21 National Team.
2004 National Champion Team of Avondale College (High School)
- All Tournament Team National High School Tournament
- Waitakere Regional Representative
- National Team under 18 Representative Junior Tall Blacks
- Most Valuable Player award National Under 18 Tournament
2005 Lead Avondale College to Third Place Finish Nationally
- All Tournament Team Nationally
- Finalist in Regional Tournament
- All Tournament Regional Team
- Representative of the Junior Tall Blacks National Team, Youth Olympics in Australia.
- National Representative in Santiago California Basketball Tournament Youth Olympic festival.
- High School Award at Avondale College Northover Trophy Most Valuable Player.
- High School award Avondale College Most Outstanding Individual Boy of the Year in Sports.
- Finalist for the Young Sports Person of the Year
2006 Lead Avondale College team to the regional finals.
- B J was nominated Young Sports of the Year in New Zealand
- Member of the all tournament team.
- Waitakere Representative
