Bobcats Sign Tulsa's Anderson for Remainder of Season
March 17, 2007 - NBA G League (G League)
Tulsa 66ers News Release
GREENVILLE, S.C., March 17, 2007 - The Charlotte Bobcats have signed Alan Anderson from the NBA Development League's Tulsa 66ers for the remainder of the 2006-07 season, Bobcats General Manager and Head Coach Bernie Bickerstaff announced today. Anderson is the 17th GATORADE Call-Up this season and the third player to be called up from the 66ers this year.
The 6-6, 220-pound guard/forward averaged 15.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.0 steals in 36 games with Tulsa. He is the second Bobcats player with D-League experience from this season. Ryan Hollins was allocated to Fort Worth on Nov. 22, 2006 and called back on Dec. 18, 2006.
A member of the D-League Eastern Division All-Star team, Anderson reached double-figure scoring 19 times including a season-high 40 points against Sioux Falls on Jan. 27, 2007, where he connected on 12-of-18 from the field and 16-of-17 from the free-throw line.
Anderson was originally signed by Charlotte as a free agent on August 9, 2005, after going undrafted in the 2005 NBA Draft out of Michigan State. The second-year player appeared in 42 career games and averaged 5.2 points and 1.9 rebounds with .406 shooting from the field, .394 from three-point range and .805 at the free throw line. He was waived by the Bobcats on Nov. 27, 2006 after appearing in six games.
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