“The day the trade went down, I heard Detroit, I heard Toronto,” Anderson recalled, “and then I just kind of shut everything off and told me agent, ‘Call me in the morning and let me know what team we’re going to.’” Anderson had just one important stipulation, as he waited to see where his next NBA home would be. “I just wanted to make sure I was going somewhere where I’m appreciated and wanted,” Anderson said. “I didn’t want to go somewhere where the front office doesn’t really want me. So yeah, I just wanted to get on top of that.”