Cole Anthony

Cole Anthony

Cole Hinton Anthony is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. He was rated a consensus five-star recruit and the best point guard in the 2019 class.

About Cole Anthony in brief

Summary Cole AnthonyCole Hinton Anthony is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 190 pounds, he plays the point guard position. His umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck at birth, affecting his heart rate at the time but not leading to further complications. He grew up in Manhattan, New York and attended Archbishop Molloy High School before transferring to Oak Hill Academy for his final year. In 2018, Anthony led the United States to a gold medal and was named to the all-tournament team at the FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship in St. Catharines, Ontario. In June 2017, he played for the PSA Cardinals at the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League, a noted amateur circuit. In July 2018, he won the most valuable player award with the P SA Cardinals after averaging 26.9 points, 6 rebounds, and 3.8 assists over 16 games.

He joined the team with Kofi Cockburn, another highly regarded prospect in the class of 2019, on July 28, 2018. He led his high school team to the semifinals of the GE Nationals, where he averaged 18 points and 6. 7 rebounds per game. He was rated a consensus five-star recruit and the best point guard in the 2019 class. In his junior season, Anthony and Brown formed one of the top duos in high school basketball. As team co-captain, Anthony averaged a league-high 23. 4 points, 7. 8 rebounds, and 4. 1 assists per game in the Palms Classic in July 2018. His father, Greg Anthony, was playing for the Portland Trail Blazers in the National NBA Association when his son was born in Portland, Oregon. He later commented, ‘They don’t hand anything to me in life. What they do hand to me is knowledge’