
Photo: Jerome Carpenter from Chapel Hill, USA / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Justin Anderson interests me as a player who refuses to let geography define his ceiling. After sharpening his game at Virginia under a famously disciplined program and going 21st in the 2015 NBA draft, he kept his career alive by chasing the game wherever it led, all the way to Dubai Basketball in the EuroLeague. At 198 cm with real defensive energy, he reads to me as the kind of two-way connector every roster needs. There's something romantic about an American college standout becoming a true global basketball journeyman, and I respect athletes who value the game itself over the prestige of any single league.
Overview
Justin Lamar Anderson (born November 19, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers before being selected with the 21st overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Justin Anderson
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャスティン・アンダーソン
- Reading
- じゃすてぃん・あんだーそん
- Born
- November 19, 1993 (age 32)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rooster
- Origin
- Montross, Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 198 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Virginia
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.