| Anthony Polite | |
| Position: | Small forward |
| Birth Date: | 21 June 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Lugano, Switzerland |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lb: | 214 |
| High School: | Saint Andrew's School (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 |
Anthony Michael Lewis Polite (born 21 June 1997) is a Swiss professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles.
Polite was born in Lugano, Switzerland, where his father was playing basketball professionally.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] He committed to playing college basketball for Florida State over an offer from Miami (Florida), among others.[4]
Polite redshirted his first season at Florida State due to knee injuries.[5] As a freshman, he averaged 2.7 points per game. Polite averaged 5.8 points in his sophomore season.[6] 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.[1] As a junior, Polite averaged 10.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, shooting 43.6 percent from three-point range.[7]
On 5 April 2022, Polite declared for the 2022 NBA draft, forgoing his remaining college eligibility.[8]
On July 13, 2022, he has signed with ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A.[9]
On January 14, 2023, he signed with Hamburg Towers of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[10]
On June 20, 2023, he signed with CB Breogán of the Spanish Liga ACB and Basketball Champions League.[11]
On June 19, 2024, Polite signed with Fukushima Firebonds of the Japanese B.League.[12] On August 23, 2024, his contract was terminated due to he was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.[13]
Polite represented Switzerland at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B and the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B.[14]
|-| 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
Polite's father, Michael, played college basketball for Florida State before embarking on a professional career in Europe.[15]