Sean Anthony (basketball)

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Sean Anthony
No. 10 – NLEX Road Warriors
PositionPower forward / small forward
LeaguePBA
Personal information
Born (1986-01-26) January 26, 1986 (age 38)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityFilipino / Canadian
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight202 lb (92 kg)
Career information
CollegeMcGill (2004–2008)
PBA draft2010: 1st round, 6th overall pick
Selected by the Air21 Express
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2012Powerade Tigers
2012–2013Barako Bull Energy Cola
2013–2014Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2014Air21 Express
2014–2015Meralco Bolts
2015–2017NLEX Road Warriors
2017–2021GlobalPort / NorthPort Batang Pier
2022Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
2023–presentNLEX Road Warriors
Career highlights and awards

Sean Michael Dee Anthony (born January 26, 1986) is a Filipino-Canadian professional basketball player for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted sixth overall in 2010 by the Air21 Express but was immediately shipped to the Powerade Tigers on draft night. In his rookie year, he won the Rookie Sophomore Blitz game MVP.

College career[edit]

Sean Anthony finished his varsity career at McGill where he was a physical education major. At McGill, Anthony had a reputation as a defensive stopper and slasher.[1]

Professional career[edit]

After two seasons with the Tigers, he was then traded to Barako Bull Energy Cola on 2012 PBA draft night in exchange for Aldrech Ramos, who was the 5th pick by Barako Bull.[2]

After a season with Barako Bull, he was again traded to Talk 'N Text in exchange for Jared Dillinger.[3] And just recently, before the end of the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup elimination round, he was traded again along with Eliud Poligrates and a 2016 first-round pick to Air21 Express in exchange for Niño Canaleta.[4]

On September 12, 2014, he was sent to Meralco Bolts in a three-way trade involving NLEX Road Warriors and Blackwater Elite. NLEX obtained Blackwater's 2016 and 2017 2nd round pick along with the draft rights for Juneric Baloria. Blackwater received Sunday Salvacion and Jason Ballesteros.[5]

On September 30, 2015, Anthony was traded by the Meralco Bolts to the Mahindra Enforcer for 2016 and 2017 2nd round picks and then he was immediately traded to the NLEX Road Warriors for Juneric Baloria & 2016 2nd round pick. On October 28, 2015, Anthony scored 11 points and grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds in a 93–85 win over his former team, the Barako Bull.[6] In a game against TNT, he had a career-high 32 points.[7]

On October 14, 2016, Anthony was recognized during the PBA Leo Awards Night as he was named to the PBA Mythical Second Team.[8]

In the 2017 Commissioner's Cup, Anthony was traded with Bradwyn Guinto for draft picks to the GlobalPort Batang Pier in a four-team trade.[9] He debuted for GlobalPort with 18 points.[10] In the 2019 Philippine Cup, he had 7 steals to go with his 22 points and 9 rebounds in a win against NLEX.[11] He finished that season with Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the Mythical First Team.[12] During the 2020 PBA season, he had a triple-double against Phoenix.[13]

On November 5, 2021, Anthony, along with Sean Manganti, was traded to the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters for Vic Manuel and Michael Calisaan.[14]

On January 18, 2023, Anthony was traded back to the NLEX Road Warriors in a three-team trade involving NLEX, Phoenix, and TNT Tropang Giga.[15]

PBA career statistics[edit]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

As of the end of 2022–23 season[16][17]

Season-by-season averages[edit]

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Powerade 21 19.6 .421 .233 .618 5.4 1.7 .7 .2 7.6
2011–12 Powerade 48 25.0 .383 .283 .642 6.3 2.4 1.1 .1 9.1
2012–13 Barako Bull 33 23.3 .423 .333 .699 5.1 1.9 .9 .1 9.0
2013–14 Talk 'N Text 23 21.4 .417 .309 .762 5.0 .9 .9 .1 8.6
Air21
2014–15 Meralco 40 21.2 .363 .255 .680 5.3 1.9 1.0 .1 7.2
2015–16 NLEX 35 31.8 .465 .287 .704 9.2 2.4 .8 .1 15.0
2016–17 NLEX 31 27.5 .403 .319 .669 8.8 2.5 1.0 .2 11.4
GlobalPort
2017–18 GlobalPort / NorthPort 33 31.8 .421 .356 .700 8.4 3.8 2.0 .4 16.3
2019 NorthPort 35 33.6 .410 .291 .759 7.6 3.8 2.4 .3 16.4
2020 NorthPort 4 28.0 .357 .316 .710 8.5 5.5 1.8 .0 14.5
2021 NorthPort 8 24.5 .394 .185 .778 6.8 2.1 1.5 .0 10.6
2022–23 Phoenix Super LPG 26 23.6 .428 .365 .606 5.9 2.6 1.2 .0 10.2
NLEX
Career 337 26.2 .412 .307 .693 6.8 2.5 1.2 .1 11.2

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Loading..." www.news.nfo.ph.
  2. ^ "'Surprised' rookie Ramos takes draft-day trade like a pro".
  3. ^ "New acquisition Anthony vows to be Talk 'N Text's new energizer".
  4. ^ "Talk 'N Text gets boost for playoffs by acquiring Canaleta in three-player trade". Spin.ph.
  5. ^ "Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer".
  6. ^ "Barako Bull 85 – NLEX Road Warriors 93". RealGM. October 28, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "NLEX forward Sean Anthony's career game earns him PBA Player of the Week honor". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  8. ^ "PBA Leo Awards 2016 Winners & Nominees (Complete List)". PinoyBoxBreak. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  9. ^ Ramos, Gerry (2017). "PBA approves trade that sends Fonacier, Quinahan to NLEX, Lanete to Meralco, Semerad to TNT, Guinto, Grey, Anthony to GlobalPort". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "New boy Sean Anthony quick to make presence felt as GlobalPort stuns Meralco". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  11. ^ Terrado, Reuben (January 20, 2019). "Anthony deflects credit after another workmanlike effort highlighted by seven steals". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  12. ^ "Two PBA trophies warm perennial snub Sean Anthony's heart during stoppage". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  13. ^ Ramos, Josef (October 16, 2020). "Perkins, Wright come up big for Phoenix | Josef Ramos". BusinessMirror. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  14. ^ Ramos, Gerry (November 5, 2021). "Vic Manuel-Sean Anthony trade gets PBA approval after a little tweak". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  15. ^ Ramos, Gerry (January 18, 2023). "Jake Pascual, Frankie Lim reunite at NLEX as PBA approves three-team trade". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  16. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20161112095908/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Sean-Anthony/393 PBA-Online.net
  17. ^ https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Sean-Anthony/Summary/40329#International Real GM
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