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Minnesota Timberwolves | #1 | Forward-Guard

Kyle

Anderson

PPG

6.4

RPG

3.5

APG

4.2

PIE

9.7

HEIGHT

6'9" (2.06m)

WEIGHT

230lb (104kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

UCLA

AGE

30 years

BIRTHDATE

September 20, 1993

DRAFT

2014 R1 Pick 30

EXPERIENCE

9 Years

6'9" | 230lb | 30 years

DRAFT

2014 R1 Pick 30

BIRTHDATE

September 20, 1993

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

UCLA

EXPERIENCE

9 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Seven-year NBA veteran has appeared in 436 regular season games (237 starts) for the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies… Has averaged 6.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 20.9 minutes while shooting 48.3 percent from the field, 33.5 percent from 3-point range and 72.4 percent from the free throw line… Has officially missed 58 games due to injury or illness, one game due to rest, 25 games as a DNP (Coach’s Decision), seven games as a healthy scratch on the team’s inactive list and 29 games while on assignment to the NBA G League… Has scored in double figures 115 times, including nine 20-point performances… His longest streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures is six (Nov. 17-29, 2017)… Has grabbed double-digit rebounds 21 times… Has recorded double-digit assists twice… Has posted 12 double-doubles, including one triple-double.

BEFORE NBA

Played two seasons at UCLA (2012-14)… Appeared in 71 games (70 starts) and averaged 12.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.77 steals in 31.6 minutes while shooting 45.2 percent from the field, 37.5 percent from 3-point range and 73.6 percent from the free throw line… Helped lead UCLA to the 2012-13 Pac 12 regular season championship and to the 2013-14 Pac 12 Tournament title, where he was named the Most Outstanding Player… As a sophomore, was named 2013-14 All-Pac 12 First Team and Third Team AP All-American and was a finalist for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, awarded to the nation’s most outstanding player… Also became the first Pac 12 player to record at least 200 rebounds and 200 assists in a season and the first UCLA player since Bill Walton in 1973-74 to average at least 10 points, five rebounds and five assists per game… Named to the 2012-13 All-Pac 12 Second Team and Pac 12 All-Freshman Team in his first collegiate season… Scored in double figures 48 times, including eight games with at least 20 points… Recorded 24 double-doubles, including one triple-double (13 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists) on Nov. 22, 2013 vs. Morehead State.

PERSONAL LIFE

Born Sept. 20, 1993 in Fairview, N.J… Nickname is “Slo Mo”… Son of Kyle Sr. and Suzanne Anderson.