He attended and played collegiate basketball at the University of Houston, where he was one of the last original members of the famed Phi Slama Jama “fraternity”.

In 1989, Anderson was traded to the Bucks along with Alvin Robertson as part of the deal that sent all-star Terry Cummings to the Spurs.

[3] On January 8, 1990, Anderson scored a tenure high 28 points along with grabbing 12 rebounds in a 126–113 win over the Charlotte Hornets.

Anderson spent one year playing in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A with Phonola Caserta in 1992–93, leading the league in rebounding.

[5] In October 1998, Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in Biloxi, Mississippi and was sentenced to five months in prison.