anderson signed with the new york knicks for the 1992–93 nba season as an undrafted free agent. as the team's twelfth man, he played only 44 total minutes in sixteen games, and 39 minutes in eleven games the following season before being waived. he received a loud ovation by fans when inserted in the final six minutes of the knicks' 114–79 home blowout over the boston celtics on february 2, 1994, in which he went scoreless with four personal fouls while the knicks bench later stood and cheered his drawing an offensive foul. anderson held nba career averages of 1.6 points and 1.1 rebounds, and 2-for-2 on three-point field goals. he spent the remainder of his career playing in europe and with the fort wayne fury of the continental basketball association until retiring in 1998.