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Benny Charles "B. J." Anthony, Jr. (born 20 July 1988)〔(BJ Anthony – 2010 FIBA World Championship )〕 is a New Zealand professional basketball player who last played for the Plymouth Raiders of the British Basketball League (BBL). He also holds British nationality through his mother, making him a non-restricted player in Europe. ==Professional career== In 2006 and 2008, Anthony played in the Conference Basketball League (CBL) for the Waitakere Rangers and Northside, respectively.〔(CBL 2006 | Basketball New Zealand )〕〔(Northern Conference | Basketball New Zealand )〕 He also began his professional career in 2008 when he joined the Harbour Heat for the New Zealand NBL season. Later that year, he joined Herzoege Wolfenbuettel of the German Pro B for the 2008–09 season. During that season, he also spent time with SG MTV/BG 93 Wolfenbuttel of the lower Regionalliga. After again playing for the Harbour Heat in 2009, Anthony re-joined Herzoege Wolfenbuettel for the 2009–10 season. In January 2010, he left Herzoege due to the birth of his first child and later re-joined the Heat for the 2010 New Zealand NBL season. In June 2010, Anthony signed with the New Zealand Breakers as a development player for the 2010–11 NBL season.〔(Breakers name development players )〕 In February 2011, Anthony signed with the Waikato Pistons for the 2011 New Zealand NBL season. Later that year, he signed a two-year deal with the New Zealand Breakers. In October 2011, Anthony signed with the OceanaGold Nuggets for the 2012 New Zealand NBL season.〔(Nuggets sign Tall Blacks Anthony, Henry )〕 However, due to an injury sustained while playing for the New Zealand Breakers during the 2011–12 NBL season, Anthony missed the entire 2012 season. In May 2012, he was released from the second year of his two-year contract with the Breakers.〔(Breakers release troubled forward BJ Anthony )〕 Later that year, re-signed with the Nuggets for the 2013 season.〔(Basketball: Anthony chases redemption )〕 In January 2013, Anthony joined BBC Solarto Eagles Magdeburg of Germany for the rest of the 2012–13 season.〔(Solarto-Eagles setzen zum Höhenflug an ) (German)〕 He went on to be earn Regionalliga all-star five honours.〔 On 20 April 2013, Anthony made his debut for the Nuggets. He recorded a career-high 34 points to go with 12 rebounds in a 111–77 victory over the Super City Rangers.〔(Nuggets vs Rangers )〕〔(Otago Nuggets open NBL season with victory )〕 He was subsequently named Round 1 Player of the Week for his performance.〔(Anthony earns first POW )〕 On 20 June 2013, Anthony signed a two-year deal with the Adelaide 36ers.〔(36ERS SIGN KIWI INTERNATIONAL )〕 On 11 February 2014, Anthony signed with the Wellington Saints for the 2014 New Zealand NBL season.〔(Saints lose a Tall Blacks forward, add another )〕〔(Saints Sign Anthony )〕 On 5 December 2014, he signed a three-year deal with the Super City Rangers.〔(Rangers Scoop Up Anthony )〕 However, after rupturing his Achilles tendon playing for the 36ers on 4 January 2015, he was ruled out for the rest of the 2014–15 NBL season and the entire 2015 New Zealand NBL season.〔(BJ Anthony ruled out for the season )〕〔(SuperCity Rangers sign Reuben Te Rangi for NZ NBL )〕 On 3 June 2015, Anthony signed with the Plymouth Raiders for the 2015–16 British Basketball League season.〔(Plymouth Raiders sign New Zealand forward BJ Anthony )〕〔(Plymouth Raiders sign big-man 'BJ' from New Zealand )〕 However, he was released by the club on 7 November due to his "flagrant disregard for club rules, and for serious off court issues". Both he and teammate Richie Edwards had their contracts terminated after demonstrating poor behaviour off the court.〔(ANTHONY AND EDWARDS RELEASED BY RAIDERS FOR SERIOUS OFF COURT ISSUES )〕 He appeared in the team's first five games of the season, averaging 12.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「B. J. Anthony」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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