Greg Anthony NBA Bio, Age, Height, Wife, Son, Net Worth, Salary, Stats

Greg Anthony Biography

Gregory Carlton Anthony is an American former professional basketball player who is a television analyst for NBA TV and Turner Sports. Anthony played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He also contributes to Yahoo! Sports as a college basketball analyst and serves as a co-host/analyst on SiriusXM NBA Radio.

Greg Anthony Age

Gregory Carlton Anthony was born on November 15, 1967 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. He is 50 years old as of 2019.

Greg Anthony Height

He stands at a height of 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m).

Greg Anthony Salary and Net Worth

The NBA TV and Turner Sports analyst has a net worth of $10 million U.S. dollars. Although he receives a good salary, the details about the exact figures are not yet known.

Greg Anthony Wife

Anthony is a married married man to Chere Lucas Anthony, a dermatologist, with whom he has one daughter and one son with. He has two other children from a previous relationship, Cole and Ella Anthony. Cole is one of the top basketball players in the high school class of 2019.

Greg Anthony Son

Anthony has a son, Cole Anthony from his previous relationship. Cole is an American basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 2019–20 season. He finished his high school career at Oak Hill Academy as a five-star recruit and among the top-ranked players in the 2019 class.

Greg Anthony College

Anthony who is a graduate from Rancho High School in North Las Vegas, Nevada, he 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. During 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. Anthony 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. HBO premiered a documentary entitled Runnin’ Rebels of UNLV in March 2011.

Greg Anthony Career

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

Anthony was drafted in 1995, 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, Anthony retired in 2002.

Greg Anthony Off court

College
During summer breaks, Anthony worked at the World Economic Summit and on Capitol Hill as an intern to for Rep. Barbara Vucanovich. He also began a T-shirt and silkscreening business, Two-Hype, while attending UNLV. His entrepreneurial endeavor was the reason why he relinquished his athletic scholarship. He made enough money selling T-shirts that he was able to pay for his own tuition.

Greg Anthony Broadcasting career

After retirement, Anthony joined ESPN as an analyst for both NBA coverage on ESPN and ABC. Anthony made his debut as a college basketball analyst for CBS Sports on December 13, 2008, 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 together with Ian Eagle, Mike Fratello and Jim Spanarkel. Anthony and Kellogg swapped their respective roles in 2014, 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.

Greg Anthony 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. He publicly endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008. Anthony publicly endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012, appearing in a Romney ad in Nevada.

Greg Anthony Stats

Regular Season