Chris Anstey

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Chris Anstey

Position: Center Height: 213cm Weight: 115kg Team: Melbourne Tigers (NBL) Nationality: Australian Born: January 1, 1975 (1975-01-01) (age 33) Melbourne, Victoria Junior Association: Melbourne Debut: 1994

Previous Clubs

• Melbourne Tigers 1994
• South East Melbourne Magic 1995-1997
• Dallas Mavericks 1997-1999
• Chicago Bulls 1999-2000
• Victoria Titans 2001-2002

Championships: 1996, 2006

Career Highlights

• 1996 NBL Most Improved Player
• 1997 FIBA U/22's World Champions Team MVP
• 2001 NBL Best Sixth Man
• 2002 Australian International Player of the Year
• 2003 Uleb Cup (Russia) MVP
• 2006 NBL MVP
• 2006 NBL Grand Final MVP

Chris Anstey's basketball career began at a young age with the Melbourne Tigers and after seeing limited game time Melbourne released Anstey and he signed a contract with the South East Melbourne Magic to form a dominating young team along with Sam Mackinnon and Jason Smith. During his second year with the Magic, Anstey won the Most Improved Award helping to Magic to win the first championship as a franchise. After another dominating preformance with the Magic, NBA scouts began to take notice of Chris Anstey. And in 1997, Chris was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with selection number 18.

However Chris never played a game for Portland as he was traded to Dallas in exchange for Kelvin Cato. During his rookie year with the Mavericks, Anstey played an important role as a bench player in which he averaged 6ppg and 4rpg. But his numbers dropped off in his sophomore year and he was then traded to Chicago. Chris began to find the form he had in his rookie year and started in 11 of his 73 games he played that year. But Chris declined to sign with the Bulls and instead went back to play in the NBL.

Anstey signed with the Victorian Giants at the start of the 2001 season and ended up winning NBL Sixth Man Award. Anstey was still developing as a player at the commencement of his second season with the Victorian Giants, Anstey moved to Europe to play with Ural Great Perm. In his first season he won all kinds off awards from MVP to best import to best center. Keen to win another championship, Anstey signed with Unics Kazan. And in 2004, Unics Kazan won the FIBA Europe League Championship. After a few more seasons in Europe, Chris began to miss Australia and in 2005 he signed with the team that gave him the opportunity to play basketball; the Melbourne Tigers. Anstey went onto have an MVP season and led Melbourne to the NBL championship in 2006.

Career

1994 - Melbourne Tigers.

      NBL Semi-finals. 

1995 - 97 S.E Melbourne Magic.

         NBL Semi-finals (1995). 
         NBL Championship, Most Improved Player. (1996). 
         NBL Championship runners up (1997). 
         Australian National (under 22) team (1997)Won world championships. Named tournament MVP. 
         Selected 18th in the NBA draft. 

1998 - Dallas Mavericks

      Represented Australia at the Goodwill Games. 

1999 - Traded to Chicago Bulls in the NBA's offseason. 2000 - Boomers 4th in the Sydney Olympics.

      Won Hong Kong Diamond Ball Classic. 

2001 - Victoria Titans 2002 - NBL All Star Five

      Australian International Player of the Year 

2003 - Ural Great Perm

      Runner Up to Russian Championship. 
      Russian Championship All Star Five. 
      Russian Championship All Import Team. 
      Russian Championship Best Centre. 
      ULEB Cup MVP. 

2004 - Unics Kazan.

      FIBA Euroleague Champions. 
      FIBA Euroleague All Star. 
      Russian Superleague 2nd place. 

2005 - UNICS Kazan.

      FIBA Euroleague All Star 

2006 - Melbourne Tigers

      NBL Pre-season MVP 
      NBL 2006 Regular Season MVP 
      NBL Champions 2006 
      NBL 2006 Grand Final Series MVP

2007 - Melbourne Tigers