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JOEL ANTHONY: Complete Biography, History, Family, State Of Origin, Birth And Throwback Photos Of Joel Anthony

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Joel Anthony

FULL NAME: Joel Vincent Anthony
DATE OF BIRTH: August 9th, 1982.
RELIGION: Christianity.
STATE OF ORIGIN: Montreal, Quebec.
NATIONALITY: Canadian.
OCCUPATION: BasketBaller.
POSITION: Center
LANGUAGES: America English.
TEAM: NBA.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Selwyn House School (Westmount, Quebec)
Dawson College (Montreal, Quebec).
COLLEGE: Pensacola State (2002–2004)UNLV (2004–2007)NBA draft2007 / Undrafted.
PLAYING CAREER: 2007 – present.

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COMPLETE Biography, History, Family, State Of Origin, Birth And Throwback Photos Of Joel Anthony

Joel Vincent Anthony born on August 9, 1982 is a 35 years old Canadian professional basketball player who plays for San Lorenzo of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol . He is also a member of the Canadian national basketball team.

Joel Anthony

Joel Anthony signed a one-year deal (with an option for a second) with Miami in July 2007.He made 24 appearances that season, averaging 3.5 points and 3.9 rebounds. The following year Anthony made his NBA playoff debut during Miami’s first round series with the Atlanta Hawks. Miami lost the series 4–3. He was re-signed by the Heat in July 2009.

Joel Anthony‘s mother is Erene Anthony from the island of Antigua, who he listed on his biography as the person that made a difference in his life because she has been an inspiration to him. He also has a sister, Sherlette Pryce. He graduated from UNLV in December 2006 with a degree in university studies, and majoring in sociology and physical education.

Joel Anthony

He is commonly referred to as “The Warden” by fans. The nickname started gaining traction on Twitter after the Heat beat the Knicks in New York on December 17, 2010,and fans credited Anthony for “locking up” Amar’e Stoudemire. However, his teammates refer to him as “Doc”.

EDUCATIONAL CAREER

Joel Anthony after attending Selwyn House School and Dawson College in the Montreal, Quebec area, Anthony was recruited by Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Florida, United States. After two years, he transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He led the team in blocks in his junior season in 2004–05; fourth overall in the Mountain West Conference, but redshirted the next season and did not play.

Joel Anthony

Returning to help lead the Runnin’ Rebels to a 30–7 season his senior year (2006–07), he was named Mountain West Conference defensive player of the year after finishing second in the NCAA’s Division I in blocks-per-40-minutes (6.77), and first in the conference in blocked shots, blocks per game, and defensive win shares. (The D–I leader, Mickell Gladness, later became Anthony’s Miami Heat teammate.) The highlight in Anthony’s senior year was his only double-double of the season, a season-high 13-block, 11-rebound effort versus Texas Christian on February 7, 2007.

SKILLS

If there should be anything to at all mention as Joel Anhony‘s skill, then basket ball related stuffs should be at the helm(I mean number one).
Joel Anthony is but a proffessional basket ball player, whom has wins several NBA awards.Therefore Basket should be rated as his number skill.

NET WORTH

There’s no current estimated net worth for Joel Anhony. Meanwhile, if there’s later any, it’ll be updated as soon as it’s been discovered, so stay tune and never stop coming back!(**winks**).

MARRIAGE/RELATIONSHIP

Hmm! Joel Anhony‘s relationship affairs? Well, currently nothing has been gathered relating to his relatioship sector. Meanwhile he must definitely ghat a lot of girlfriends and crushers(as a star you know). More Loading….

AWARDS AND EVENTS

Miami Heat (2007–2014)

Anthony signed a one-year deal (with an option for a second) with Miami in July 2007. He made 24 appearances that season, averaging 3.5 points and 3.9 rebounds. The following year Anthony made his NBA playoff debut during Miami’s first round series with the Atlanta Hawks. Miami lost the series 4–3. He was re-signed by the Heat in July 2009.

Joel Anthony

With Miami’s high-profile free agent signings of LeBron James and Chris Bosh in July 2010 much hype surrounded the team with its new self-proclaimed “Big Three”. On July 16, 2010, Joel Anthony re-signed with the Miami Heat on a five-year, $18 million deal. Miami finished the 2010–11 NBA season second in the Eastern Conference behind the Chicago Bulls with a 58–24 record. The Heat cruised through the first three rounds of the playoffs before losing to the Dallas Mavericks 4–2 during the 2011 NBA Finals. Anthony averaged 1.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 20.5 minutes per game during the NBA Finals.

The following season, Joel won his first NBA title with the Miami Heat against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Anthony won his second championship on June 20, 2013, when the Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs in an intense seven game series.

Boston Celtics (2014)

On January 15, 2014, a three-team trade was completed involving the Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics, and the Golden State Warriors. The Heat sent Anthony, a protected future draft pick received from Philadelphia in an earlier trade, and a 2016 second-round draft pick to the Celtics. In exchange, the Heat received Toney Douglas from the Warriors. The Warriors also received Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks from the Celtics as part of the deal.

Joel Anthony

Detroit Pistons (2014–2016)

On October 17, 2014, Anthony was traded to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Will Bynum. In 49 games for the Pistons in 2014–15, he averaged 1.8 points and 1.9 rebounds in 8.3 minutes per game.

On July 20, 2015, Anthony re-signed with the Pistons. On February 18, 2016, Anthony was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-team trade involving the Pistons and the Houston Rockets, where Anthony and a 2017 second-round pick went to Philadelphia, Donatas Motiejūnas and Marcus Thornton to Detroit, and the rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum and a 2016 first-round pick to Houston.[16] However, four days later, the Pistons rescinded their trade following a failed physical by Motiejūnas, forcing Anthony to return to the Pistons. On July 10, 2016, he was waived by the Pistons.

San Antonio Spurs (2017)

After spending preseason with the San Antonio Spurs in October 2016, Anthony returned to the team in January 2017, signing a 10-day contract on January 23. He made his debut for the Spurs that night, recording four rebounds in five minutes off the bench in a 112–86 win over the Brooklyn Nets. He signed a second 10-day contract with the Spurs on February 2, then a rest-of-season contract on February 12.

2017–18 season

On September 24, 2017, Anthony signed with the Milwaukee Bucks. He was waived on October 14 as one of the team’s final preseason roster cuts.

On February 27, 2018, Anthony signed with San Lorenzo of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol as a temporary replacement for injured Power Forward Matías Sandes.

National team career

During the summer of 2006, Anthony was selected to join the Canadian senior national team and participated with the squad, touring three European countries: Italy, Germany and Slovenia.

Joel Anhony made his national team debut in the summer of 2008. He made a tremendous impact on the court for the Canadians, by setting both scoring and shot blocking records for an individual game. However, Canada failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.

Joel Anthony

The following summer, Anthony participated in the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship. He helped lead Canada to a 4th-place finish, losing in the bronze medal game to Argentina. Anthony had his best performance in Canada’s semi-final loss to Brazil, in which he posted team highs with 17 points and 8 rebounds.

In the summer of 2010, Anthony once again competed for Canada in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Canada lost all five of their games played, their worst ever performance in the international tournament.

In August 2013, Anthony was again named to the Canadian national team, playing in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship.

JOEL’s FAMILY

Joel Anhony‘s mother is Erene Anthony from the island of Antigua, who he listed on his biography as the person that made a difference in his life because she has been an inspiration to him. He also has a sister, Sherlette Pryce. He graduated from UNLV in December 2006 with a degree in university studies, and majoring in sociology and physical education. More Loading…..

JOEL ANTHONY PLAYOFFS

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009	Miami	6	2	14.7	.800	–	1.000	3.2	.3	.0	1.2	1.7
2010	Miami	5	0	15.8	.714	–	.750	1.8	.2	.4	1.0	2.6
2011	Miami	21	13	27.4	.367	–	.710	4.6	.5	.4	1.8	2.8
2012	Miami	17	1	19.4	.586	–	.800	3.2	.1	.3	.9	3.2
2013	Miami	14	0	5.1	.300	–	–	1.5	.0	.1	.3	.4
2017	San Antonio	3	0	5.2	.750	–	.000	1.3	.0	.0	.7	2.0
Career		66	16	17.5	.481	–	.746	3.1	.2	.3	1.1	2.2

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08	Miami	24	1	20.8	.467	–	.592	3.9	.1	.4	1.3	3.5
2008–09	Miami	65	28	16.1	.483	–	.652	3.0	.4	.3	1.4	2.2
2009–10	Miami	80	16	16.5	.478	–	.717	3.1	.2	.3	1.4	2.7
2010–11	Miami	75	11	19.5	.535	–	.644	3.6	.3	.1	1.2	2.0
2011–12	Miami	64	51	21.1	.559	–	.690	3.9	.1	.6	1.3	3.4
2012–13	Miami	62	3	9.1	.515	–	.607	1.9	.2	.2	.7	1.4
2013–14	Miami	12	0	3.1	.333	–	1.000	.6	.0	.0	.3	.5
2013–14	Boston	21	0	7.1	.385	–	.333	1.5	.1	.1	.4	1.0
2014–15	Detroit	49	0	8.3	.581	–	.682	1.9	.1	.2	1.0	1.8
2015–16	Detroit	19	0	5.1	.600	–	.750	1.1	.1	.1	.6	.9
2016–17	San Antonio	19	0	6.4	.625	–	.625	1.6	.2	.1	.3	1.3
Career		490	110	14.4	.513	–	.662	2.8	.2	.3	1.1	2.2