Benjamin Paul Anderson is a professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player in the National Basketball League

National Basketball League (New Zealand)

The National Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NBL, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in New Zealand.There were 10 teams in the 2010 season with teams based in Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth, North Shore, Palmerston North,...

 in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. He currently plays for the McDonalds Manawatu Jets

Manawatu Jets

The Manawatu Jets, formerly referred to as the Palmerston North Jets, are a professional basketball team that play in the New Zealand National Basketball League. They play their home games at Arena Manawatu in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The biggest signed import to play for the Jets was Brandon...

 under Coach Ryan Weisenberg

Ryan Weisenberg

Ryan Weisenberg, is an American basketball coach.Weisenberg attended St. Francis High School, a catholic high school in La Cañada Flintridge, California, where he lettered in basketball, football, and baseball. Weisenberg attended Azusa Pacific University, receiving a master in education, and...

. He plays shooting guard

Shooting guard

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 and is 193 cm tall.

He currently resides in Sandy, Utah

Sandy, Utah

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 in the United States

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 with his wife during the off-season as a Personal Trainer for Gold's Gym

Gold's Gym

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.

Anderson, born in Hamilton, New Zealand

Hamilton, New Zealand

Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

 8 February 1985, grew up in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

Australia

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. He played domestic basketball for teams: Thomastown Boomers, South Morang Lions and KPYC Hornets while also playing representative basketball for Whittlesea City Pacers and Bulleen Boomers

Bulleen Boomers

-History:The Bulleen Templestowe Basketball Club was established in 1969 and after missing out in 1983 was accepted into the Women's National Basketball League, WNBL, in 1984. Applications were prepared and presented by Jan Collinson, who remained the club’s delegate to the League for many years...

 mostly under coach Andrew Pisano. Anderson was also selected to play for the state of Victoria to compete in Newcastle

Newcastle, New South Wales

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 at the 2002 School National Basketball Championships in which they finished 2nd overall to New South Wales

New South Wales

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 in the championship game.

Anderson was picked up for the Jets in New Zealand by way of former New Zealand Basketball star Tony Smith

Tony Smith (basketball)

Charles Anton Smith is a retired American professional basketball player.Smith played high school basketball at Wauwatosa East High School, which retired his number 34 jersey at ceremonies held in 2007...

who recommended Anderson to the league. After placing around the bottom in the 2010 NBL season, the Jets have added Anderson (and others) to their roster in hopes of a turn around season.