Ben Anderson (basketball)
Benjamin Paul Anderson is a professional basketball player in the National Basketball League in New Zealand. He currently plays for the McDonalds Manawatu Jets under Coach Ryan Weisenberg. He plays shooting guard and is 192 cm tall.
He currently resides in Sandy, Utah in the United States with his wife during the off-season as a Personal Trainer for Gold's Gym.
Anderson, born in Hamilton, New Zealand February 8, 1985, grew up in Melbourne, Australia. He played domestic basketball for teams: Thomastown Boomers, South Morang Lions and KPYC Hornets while also playing representative basketball for Whittlesea City Pacers and Bulleen Boomers mostly under coach Andrew Pisano. Anderson was also selected to play for the state of Victoria to compete in Newcastle at the 2002 School National Basketball Championships in which they finished 2nd overall to New South Wales in the championship game.
Anderson was picked up for the Jets in New Zealand by way of former New Zealand Basketball star Tony Smith who recommended Anderson to the league. After placing around the bottom in the 2010 NBL season, the Jets have added Anderson (and others) to their roster in hopes of a turn around season.
References
http://www.thejets.co.nz/cms/page.php?view=ben-anderson
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/4971913/Manawatu-Jets-serious-about-Auckland-Pirates
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/4971913/Manawatu-Jets-serious-about-Auckland-Pirates