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{{Short description|Australian basketball player (born 1975)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Chris Anstey
| image = 
| position = 
| number = 
| team = 
| height_ft = 7
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 245
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|1|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia
| draft_year = 1997
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 18
| draft_team = [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
| career_start = 1994
| career_end = 2010
| career_position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| career_number = 11, 13, 22
| coach_start = 2012
| coach_end = 2014
| years1 = 1994
| team1 = [[Melbourne Tigers]]
| years2 = 1995–1997
| team2 = [[South East Melbourne Magic]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1997|start}}–{{nbay|1998|end}}
| team3 = [[Dallas Mavericks]]
| years4 = {{nbay|1999|full=y}}
| team4 = [[Chicago Bulls]]
| years5 = 2000–2002
| team5 = [[Victoria Titans]]
| years6 = 2002–2003
| team6 = [[PBC Ural Great|Ural Great]]
| years7 = 2003–2005
| team7 = [[UNICS Kazan]]
| years8 = 2005–2010
| team8 = Melbourne Tigers
| cyears1 = 2012–2014
| cteam1 = [[Melbourne United|Melbourne Tigers/United]]
| highlights = 
* 2x [[NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player|NBL MVP]] (2006, 2008)
* 2x [[NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player - Grand Final|NBL Grand Final MVP]] (2006, 2008)
* 3x [[NBL (Australia) Finals|NBL champion]] (1996, 2006, 2008)
* 5x [[All-NBL Team|All-NBL First Team]] (2002, 2006-2009)
* [[All-NBL Team|All-NBL Second Team]] (2001)
* [[NBL Best Defensive Player Award|NBL Best Defensive Player]] (2008)
* 2x [[National Basketball League (Australia)|NBL]] Leading Rebounder (2008, 2009)
* 4x [[National Basketball League (Australia)|NBL]] Leading Shot Blocker (2006-2009)
* [[NBL (Australia) Most Improved Player|NBL's Most Improved Player]] (1996)
* [[NBL (Australia) Best Sixth Man|NBL Best Sixth Man]] (2001)
* [[Australian International Player of the Year|Gaze Medal]] winner (2002)
* [[FIBA Under-21 World Championship|FIBA 22 & Under World Championships MVP]] (1997)
}}
'''Christopher John Anstey''' (born 1 January 1975) is an Australian former professional [[basketball]] player. His career included stints in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] in the first round (18th pick overall) of the [[1997 NBA draft]]. He also played for the [[Melbourne United|Melbourne Tigers]], [[South East Melbourne Magic]] and [[Victoria Titans]] in the NBL. He retired at the end of the [[2009–10 NBL season|2009–10 season]] while with the Tigers and later became the team's head coach in 2012.

==Professional career==
===Early NBL years===
Anstey took up basketball at the relatively late age of 17. Before that he was a promising tennis player, peaking at rank number 2 amongst Australia's 15-year-old players and regularly playing doubles with [[Mark Philippoussis]]. In 1994, he joined the [[Melbourne Tigers]] and was teammates with some of the most recognisable names in Australian basketball, such as [[Andrew Gaze]], [[Mark Bradtke]], and [[Lanard Copeland]], as well as head coach [[Lindsay Gaze]]. After one season with the Tigers, Anstey was signed by [[South East Melbourne Magic]] coach [[Brian Goorjian]]. He played for the Magic from 1995 to 1997, earning [[NBL (Australia) Most Improved Player|NBL's Most Improved Player]] award in 1996 as well as the [[NBL (Australia) Finals|1996 NBL Championship]], before going to the NBA.

===NBA===
Anstey was the 18th overall selection of the [[1997 NBA draft]] by the [[Portland Trail Blazers]]. His draft rights were traded by the Blazers with cash to the [[Dallas Mavericks]] for the draft rights to [[Kelvin Cato]] in June 1997.  His rookie year, [[1997-98 NBA season|1997–98]], he averaged 5.9 PPG and 3.8 RPG in 16.6 MPG.  He scored a career-high 26 points against the [[Boston Celtics]] on 17 March. The [[1998–99 NBA season|next year]], his numbers dropped to 3.3 PPG and 2.4 RPG.  He was traded by the Mavericks to the [[Chicago Bulls]] for a second-round draft pick in 2000 in September 1999.  He averaged 6.0 PPG and 3.8 RPG on 44.2 FG% in his [[1999-2000 NBA season|last NBA season]] with the Bulls.  Anstey owns career NBA averages of 5.2 PPG, 3.4 RPG and 0.4 BPG in 155 games with 23 starts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/anstech01.html|title=Chris Anstey Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>

===Europe and return to NBL===
Anstey returned to the NBL with the [[Victoria Titans]] in 2000–01, winning Best Sixth Man. In 2003, Anstey led [[Russian Super League|Russian club]] [[Ural Great Perm]] to runners up in the Russian Championship, and was named ULEB Cup MVP. In 2004, Anstey signed with [[UNICS Kazan]], and had an All-Star season, leading the team to a EuroChallenge Championship, the first in Russian history. Anstey was a Euroleague All-Star again in 2005. Anstey returned to his native Australia with his original team, the Melbourne Tigers, in 2006. After returning, Anstey enjoyed plenty of success, leading the NBL in blocks in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and in rebounding in 2008 and 2009; earning the MVP in 2006 and 2008; Grand Finals MVP in 2006 and Best Defensive Player in 2008.

Chris Anstey retired from playing at the conclusion of the [[2009–10 NBL season]]. In his final NBL game against the [[Gold Coast Blaze]] at the [[State Netball and Hockey Centre]] in Melbourne, Anstey scored 13 points, had 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block though the Blaze defeated the Tigers 91–73.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/round_info.cgi?action=MATCH&fixture=267100490&client=1-8739-124032-199574-16567347|title=NBL Archive Match Centre|website=SportsTG}}</ref>

===Olympics and World championships===
Anstey was a member of the [[Australian boomers]], competing in the [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000 Sydney Olympics]] and the [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Beijing Olympics]], though unfortunately he missed the [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004 Athens Olympics]] due to injury. He was also a member of the Boomers at the [[1998 FIBA World Championship]] in Athens.

Anstey won Gold with the [[Australia national under-19 basketball team|Australian Emus]] at the [[FIBA Under-21 World Championship|1997 22 & Under World Championships]] played in his home town of Melbourne where was named as tournament MVP.

===Coaching===
Anstey was appointed head coach of [[Caulfield Grammar School]]'s first boys' team in 2010 and still holds that position today.  His team won 3 APS titles, 2 McDonald's Cups and  1 National Championship.

Anstey coached the Camberwell Dragons senior Men at [[Big V]] level in 2011 and 2012, guiding them to consecutive semi-finals appearances, representing the most successful period of time in club history.

Anstey was appointed head coach of the Melbourne Tigers for the [[2012–13 NBL season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/new-coach-anstey-vows-tigers-will-challenge-20120604-1zrnf.html|title=New coach Anstey vows Tigers will challenge|first=Jon|last=Pierik|date=4 June 2012|website=The Age}}</ref> He was subsequently re-signed as the head coach for 2013–14 for his efforts during 2012–13.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tigers.com.au/article/id/ico0hdg865cl1p7w1612wg921 |title=TIGERS RE-SIGN LEGEND COACHING PANEL |access-date=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426190948/http://www.tigers.com.au/article/id/ico0hdg865cl1p7w1612wg921 |archive-date=26 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 13 October 2014, he stepped down as head of Melbourne following United's 2014–15 season opening loss to Cairns.<ref>[http://www.nbl.com.au/article/id/1bo4sw7nh1ynd19268bxis18fm Statement from Melbourne United] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015095720/http://www.nbl.com.au/article/id/1bo4sw7nh1ynd19268bxis18fm |date=15 October 2014 }}</ref>

===Career highlights===
* 1994 – [[Melbourne Tigers]].
** [[National Basketball League (Australia)|NBL]] Semi-finals.
* 1995 – 97 [[South East Melbourne Magic]].
**NBL Semi-finals (1995).
**NBL Championship, Most Improved Player. (1996).
** NBL Championship runners up (1997).
* 1997
** Australian National (22&U) team.
*** Won world championships.
*** Named tournament MVP.
**Selected 18th in the [[NBA]] draft.
* 1998
** [[Dallas Mavericks]]
** Represented Australia at the [[Goodwill Games]].
* 1999
** Traded to [[Chicago Bulls]] in the NBA's offseason.
* 2000
** [[Australia men's national basketball team|Boomers]]
*** Won [[Hong Kong Diamond Ball Classic]].
*** 4th in the [[Sydney Olympics]].
* 2001
** [[Victoria Titans]]
* 2002
** NBL All Star Five
** Australian International Player of the Year
* 2003
** [[PBC Ural Great|Ural Great Perm]]
*** Runner-up to [[Russian Basketball Super League|Russian Championship]].
*** Russian Championship All Star Five.
*** Russian Championship All Import Team.
*** Russian Championship Best Centre.
* 2004
** [[UNICS Kazan]]
*** [[FIBA]] [[EuroChallenge|EuropeLeague]] Champions.
*** FIBA EuropeLeague All Star.
*** Russian Championship Runner-up.
* 2005
** UNICS Kazan.
*** FIBA EuropeLeague All Star
* 2006
** Melbourne Tigers
*** NBL Pre-season MVP
*** NBL Regular Season MVP
*** NBL Champions
*** NBL Grand Final Series MVP
* 2008
** Melbourne Tigers
*** NBL Regular Season MVP
*** NBL Champions
*** NBL Grand Final Series MVP
*** NBL Best Defensive Player
***1st place NBL rankings for defensive and total rebounds, and blocks

On 13 September 2000, Anstey was awarded the [[Australian Sports Medal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Anstey|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/976610|publisher=[[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]]|access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref>

==Corporate==
In 2010, Anstey founded the TLC Group, which comprises TLC Mentoring, TLC Management and TLC Events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tlcmentoring.com.au|title=TLC Group|access-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513134111/http://tlcmentoring.com.au/|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of September 2023, Anstey was in charge of Media8 Sports, a sports media company based on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]. The company acquired the [[Taranaki Airs]] of the New Zealand NBL, with Anstey becoming the leader of the team's basketball programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nznbl.basketball/media8-sports-to-acquire-taranaki-airs/|title=MEDIA8 SPORTS TO ACQUIRE TARANAKI AIRS|work=nznbl.basketball|date=18 September 2023|access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=McLean|first=Glenn|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/132974405/taranaki-airs-nbl-side-sold-to-australian-media-company|title=Taranaki Airs NBL side sold to Australian media company|work=Stuff.co.nz|date=21 September 2023|access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Anstey has three children, Isobel ("Izzy"), Ethan and Hunter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pickandroll.com.au/chris-anstey-interview/|title=In the paint with Chris Anstey|date=9 December 2013|website=The Pick and Roll}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Izzy Anstey - Women's Basketball |url=https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/izzy-anstey/12995 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=UCLA |language=en}}</ref>
Isobel has been selected for the Australian women's under-17 and under-19 teams,<ref>{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Roy |date=25 July 2018 |title=Heal, Anstey write new chapter as Sapphires reach World Cup knockouts |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/heal-anstey-write-new-chapter-as-sapphires-reach-world-cup-knockouts-20180725-p4ztlm.html |access-date=31 December 2021 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> and, since 2021, has played for the [[UCLA Bruins women's basketball]] team.<ref name=":0"/>

==Career statistics==
===Player===
====NBA====
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 41 || 8 || '''16.6''' || .398 || '''.188''' || .716 || '''3.8''' || '''0.9''' || '''0.8''' || '''0.7''' || 5.9
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[1998–99 NBA season|1998–99]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998–99 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 41 || 4 || 11.5 || .360 || .000 || .708 || 2.4 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 3.3
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[1999–2000 NBA season|1999–2000]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999–2000 Chicago Bulls season|Chicago]]
| '''73''' || '''11''' || 13.8 || '''.442''' || .167 || '''.789''' || '''3.8''' || '''0.9''' || 0.4 || 0.3 || '''6.0'''
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | '''Career'''
| 155 || 23 || 13.9 || .413 || .138 || .789 || 3.4 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 5.2
|}

====NBL====
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes season(s) in which Anstey won an [[List of NBL champions|NBL championship]]
|}

{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[1994 NBL season|1994]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Melbourne Tigers]]
| 20 || ''NA'' || 6.7 || .490 || .000 || .737 || 2.6 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 3.1
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[1995 NBL season|1995]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[South East Melbourne Magic]]
| 26 || ''NA'' || 9.6 || .493 || .000 || .607 || 3.3 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 3.3
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"| [[1996 NBL season|1996]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[South East Melbourne Magic]]
| 32 || ''NA'' || 21.9 || '''.607''' || .000 || .730 || 7.8 || 0.6 || 1.2 || 1.5 || 11.8
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[1997 NBL season|1997]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[South East Melbourne Magic]]
| 33 || 33 || 30.5 || .479 || .154 || .675 || 9.8 || 0.8 || '''1.6''' || 1.8 || 13.8
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[2000–01 NBL season|2000–01]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Victoria Titans]]
| 28 || 28 || 26.1 || .499 || .240 || .718 || 9.4 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 2.0 || 16.4
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[2001–02 NBL season|2001–02]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Victoria Titans]]
| 34 || 34 || 31.3 || .480 || .160 || .751 || 10.5 || 1.3 || 1.4 || 1.3 || 16.8
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"| [[2005–06 NBL season|2005–06]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Melbourne Tigers]]
| 37 || 37 || '''39.2''' || .455 || '''.359''' || .741 || 10.0 || '''3.8''' || 1.1 || '''2.1''' || '''22.5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[2006–07 NBL season|2006–07]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Melbourne Tigers]]
| '''38''' || '''38''' || 34.8 || .438 || .229 || '''.808''' || 9.3 || 2.8 || 1.2 || 1.8 || 19.4
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"| [[2007–08 NBL season|2007–08]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Melbourne Tigers]]
| 37 || 37 || 35.6 || .480 || .311 || .771 || '''11.6''' || 2.6 || 1.5 || 2.0 || 21.8
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[2008–09 NBL season|2008–09]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Melbourne Tigers]]
| 35 || 35 || 35.8 || .433 || .250 || .743 || 10.5 || 2.1 || '''1.6''' || 1.6 || 18.6
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[2009–10 NBL season|2009–10]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Melbourne Tigers]]
| 16 || ''NA'' || 23.5 || .352 || .268 || .761 || 9.8 || 1.9 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 9.8
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | '''Career'''
| 336 || ''NA'' || 28.4 || .468 || .303 || .744 || 8.8 || 1.7 || 1.1 || 1.5 || 15.5
|}

===Coach===
====NBL====
{{NBA coach statistics legend}}
{{NBA coach statistics start}}
|- 
| align="left" |[[Melbourne Tigers]]
| align="left" |[[2012–13 NBL season|2012–13]]
|28||12||16||{{Winning percentage|12|16}}|| align="center" |5th ||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
| align="center" |Missed playoffs
|- 
| align="left" |[[Melbourne Tigers]]
| align="left" |[[2013–14 NBL season|2013–14]]
|28||15||13||{{Winning percentage|15|13}}|| align="center" |3rd ||3||1||2||{{Winning percentage|1|2}}
| align="center" |Semi-finalists
|- 
| align="left" |[[Melbourne United]]
| align="left" |[[2014–15 NBL season|2014–15]]
|1||0||1||{{Winning percentage|0|1}}|| align="center" | || || || || 
| align="center" |
|-class="sortbottom"
| align="left" |'''Career'''
| ||57||27||30||{{Winning percentage|27|20}}|| ||3||1||2||{{Winning percentage|1|2}}
{{s-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Basketballstats |nba= 1512 |bbr= a/anstech01 }}
*[http://basketball.australiabasket.com/coach/Chris_Anstey/34822 Eurobasket.com Profile]

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