{{Short description|Swiss basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Anthony Polite | image = Anthony Polite (cropped).jpg | caption = Polite with Florida State in 2020 | number = | position = Small forward | league = | team = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|6|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Lugano, Switzerland | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 214 | high_school = Saint Andrew's School<br>(Boca Raton, Florida) | college = Florida State (2017–2022) | draft_year = 2022 | career_start = 2022 | years1 = 2022–2023 | team1 = ASVEL | years2 = 2023 | team2 = Hamburg Towers | years3 = 2023–2024 | team3 = Río Breogán | years4 = 2024–2025 | team4 = Did not play | years5 = 2025–2026 | team5 = | highlights = }} '''Anthony Michael Lewis Polite''' (born 21 June 1997) is a Swiss professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles.
==Early life== Polite was born in Lugano, Switzerland, where his father was playing basketball professionally.<ref name=tully>{{cite web |last1=Tully |first1=Jonathan |title=FSU's Anthony Polite hits career scoring high as Seminoles begin pulling away |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/mensbasketball/2021/03/22/fsu-florida-state-seminoles-basketball-colorado-buffaloes-ncaa-tournament-march-madness/4792892001/ |website=Tallahassee Democrat |access-date=25 March 2021 |date=22 March 2021}}</ref> He grew up playing football and basketball. He moved to the United States to attend high school at Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton, Florida.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nadelman |first1=Jesse |title=Anthony Polite: Saint Andrews’ Swiss Machine Has Taken South Florida by Storm |url=http://rmfmag.com/anthony-polite-saint-andrews-swiss-machine-taken-south-florida-storm/ |website=RMF Magazine |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> As a senior, Polite averaged 20 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, earning All-Palm Beach 6A-1A Player of the Year honors for a second straight year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lammer |first1=Pat |title=St. Andrew's Anthony Polite: 2017 All-Palm Beach 6A-1A basketball Player of the Year |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/highschool/all-county/fl-smbbp-poy-acw17-0322-20170321-story.html |website=Sun-Sentinel |access-date=25 March 2021 |date=21 March 2017}}</ref> He committed to playing college basketball for Florida State over an offer from Miami (Florida), among others.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lammer |first1=Pat |title=St. Andrew's basketball star Anthony Polite picks FSU over Miami |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/highschool/basketball-boys/sfl-st-andrew-s-basketball-star-anthony-polite-picks-fsu-over-miami-20160830-story.html |website=Sun-Sentinel |access-date=25 March 2021 |date=30 August 2016}}</ref>
==College career== Polite redshirted his first season at Florida State due to knee injuries.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wynn |first1=Lana |title=4 things to know about Florida State men's basketball guard Anthony Polite |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/nolesports/2020/01/28/anthony-polite-florida-state-fsu-basketball-guard-facts-michael-polite/4244204002/ |website=Tallahassee Democrat |access-date=25 March 2021 |date=28 January 2020}}</ref> As a freshman, he averaged 2.7 points per game. Polite averaged 5.8 points in his sophomore season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schoffel |first1=Ira |title=Anthony Polite: FSU's overnight sensation four years in the making |url=https://floridastate.rivals.com/news/anthony-polite-fsu-s-overnight-sensation-four-years-in-the-making |website=Rivals |access-date=25 March 2021 |date=23 March 2021}}</ref> On 22 March 2021, he scored a career-high 22 points in a 71–53 win over Colorado at the second round of the NCAA tournament.<ref name=tully/> As a junior, Polite averaged 10.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, shooting 43.6 percent from three-point range.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weiler |first1=Curt |title=Five storylines to follow as Florida State men's basketball opens preseason practice |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/mensbasketball/2021/09/30/florida-state-fsu-mens-basketball-seminoles-leonard-hamilton-preseason-storylines-matthew-cleveland/5880633001/ |access-date=October 14, 2021 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=September 30, 2021}}</ref>
On 5 April 2022, Polite declared for the 2022 NBA draft, forgoing his remaining college eligibility.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smarr |first=Emilee |title=FSU's Anthony Polite is second former St. Andrew's star to declare for NBA draft |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2022/04/07/florida-state-university-guard-anthony-polite-declares-nba-draft/7272089001/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=The Palm Beach Post |language=}}</ref>
==Professional career== On July 13, 2022, he has signed with ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/asvel-lands-rookie-anthony-polite/|title=Asvel lands rookie Anthony Polite|last=|first=|date=July 13, 2022|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref>
On January 14, 2023, he signed with Hamburg Towers of the German Basketball Bundesliga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/veolia-towers-hamburg-lands-anthony-polite/|last=|first=|title=Veolia Towers Hamburg lands Anthony Polite|date=January 14, 2023|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=en|access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref>
On June 20, 2023, he signed with CB Breogán of the Spanish Liga ACB and Basketball Champions League.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CBBreogan |date=2023-06-20 |title=Anthony Polite, nuevo jugador del Río Breogán - CB Breogán |url=https://www.cbbreogan.com/es/anthony-polite-nuevo-jugador-del-rio-breogan |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=CBBreogan |language=es}}</ref>
On June 19, 2024, Polite signed with Fukushima Firebonds of the Japanese B.League.<ref>{{cite web |title=【新規】B.LEAGUE 2024-25 シーズン 選手契約締結（アンソニーポライト選手）のお知らせ |url=https://firebonds.jp/news/detail/id=15098 |publisher=福島ファイヤーボンズ |access-date=29 September 2024 |date=19 June 2024}}</ref> On August 23, 2024, his contract was terminated due to being diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.<ref>{{cite web |title=B.LEAGUE 2024-25 シーズン 選手契約解除（アンソニー・ポライト選手）のお知らせ |url=https://firebonds.jp/news/detail/id=15263 |publisher=福島ファイヤーボンズ |access-date=29 September 2024 |date=23 August 2024}}</ref>
==National team career== Polite represented Switzerland at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B and the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=Anthony Polite |url=https://seminoles.com/anthony-polite/ |website=Florida State University |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===College=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| Florida State | 1 || 0 || 4.0 || – || – || – || 1.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| Florida State | 30 || 0 || 10.6 || .382 || .239 || .773 || 1.6 || .6 || .6 || .0 || 2.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20 | style="text-align:left;"| Florida State | '''31''' || 8 || 19.7 || .406 || .354 || .679 || 2.9 || 1.1 || 1.2 || .2 || 5.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21 | style="text-align:left;"| Florida State | 21 || 16 || 26.6 || '''.500''' || '''.436''' || .667 || 4.5 || 1.8 || 1.4 || .4 || '''10.1''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22 | style="text-align:left;"| Florida State | 24 || '''24''' || '''27.9''' || .429 || .321 || '''.800''' || '''5.6''' || '''2.5''' || '''1.5''' || '''.5''' || 9.9 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 107 || 48 || 20.2 || .436 || .349 || .741 || 3.4 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .3 || 6.6 {{S-end}}
==Personal life== Polite's father, Michael, played college basketball for Florida State before embarking on a professional career in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lincoln |first1=Matthew |title=Like Father Like Son: Polite commits to play hoops at FSU |url=https://cbs12.com/sports/like-father-like-son-polite-commits-to-play-hoops-at-fsu |website=WPEC |access-date=25 March 2021 |date=30 August 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://seminoles.com/sports/basketball/roster/anthony-polite/ Florida State Seminoles bio] *{{commonscatinline}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Polite, Anthony}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:ASVEL Basket players Category:CB Breogán players Category:Florida State Seminoles men's basketball players Category:Hamburg Towers players Category:Liga ACB players Category:Small forwards Category:Sportspeople from Lugano Category:Swiss expatriate basketball people in France Category:Swiss expatriate basketball people in the United States Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Swiss men's basketball players Category:Swiss people of American descent Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen Category:Saint Andrew's School (Florida) alumni