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Christopher John (Chris) Anstey (born 1 January 1975 in Melbourne) is one of Australia's premier basketball players. At 7'0" (2.13 m) and over 260 lbs., Anstey is usually a starter at center on the Australian national team. He is known for his all-around skill on the court and has had a very successful career including stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Chris was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round (18th pick overall) of the 1997 NBA Draft. Draft rights were traded by the Blazers with cash to the Dallas Mavericks for the draft rights to Kelvin Cato in June 1997. Traded by the Mavericks to the Chicago Bulls for a second round draft pick in 2000 in September 1999. He is currently playing for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL.
Anstey took up basketball at the relatively late age of 17, Before that he was a promising tennis player, peaking at number 2 ranked amongst Australia's 15 year old players. In 1994 he joined the Melbourne Tigers and was teammates with some of the most recognizable names in Australian basketball, such as Andrew Gaze, Lindsay Gaze, Lanard Copeland and Stephen Hoare.

The "finger" controversy
Following his side's 115-112 overtime win over the Brisbane Bullets at the Brisbane Convention Centre in Game 2 of the Semi Finals on 28 February 2008, he was fined AU $2000 for giving Bullets fans Josh Hanson and Scott Buchbach the "finger". He even accused them of being "sore losers" after he was given a verbal lashing by the two during the game. Six nights later, coach Al Westover was hit with a AU$2000 fine for the same thing to the Sydney Kings fans following their 95-74 loss in Game 1 of the 5-match Grand Final Series.