25Australian F Travis Outlaw competing for Portland Trail Blazers in NBA.
Anstey's first major documented breakthrough was his selection by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 18th pick in the 1997 NBA Draft, followed by a trade to the Dallas Mavericks. Before that, he had won gold with Australia's under-22 team at the 1997 FIBA World Championship and was named the tournament's most valuable player. Basketball Australia describes the NBA selection and the under-22 success as key early milestones.
NBA career: 155 regular-season games, 23 starts, 5.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. NBA teams: Dallas Mavericks and Chicago Bulls. Internationally, FIBA records him averaging 6.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game at the 2000 Olympic Games, 7.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per game at the 2008 Olympic Games, and 9.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game at the 1998 World Championship. He was a three-time NBL champion, won NBL MVP and NBL Grand Final MVP honours in 2006 and 2008, and was inducted into the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame in the 2022 class.
代表 Australia at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, where the Boomers finished fourth, their best Olympic result at the time. He also returned to the Olympic stage at Beijing 2008. Other defining moments include winning the 1997 FIBA Under-22 World Championship with Australia and being named tournament MVP, becoming the 18th pick in the 1997 NBA Draft, and captaining the Melbourne Tigers to NBL championships in 2006 and 2008 while earning MVP honours in both title-winning campaigns.