Chris Andersen is a professional basketball player. He is one of the most experienced players at the Cleveland Cavaliers Club. He has a champion title in the list of achievements, which he won in 2013, being a Miami Heat striker. In the NBA League, the player is known by the nickname "Birdman", which he received thanks to the available tattoos.
Chris Andersen: biography
The future player was born on July 7, 1978 in the California city of Long Beach. However, Chris spent his childhood in Iola, Texas. After graduating from high school, he was enrolled in Blinn College, where he played for the local team.
In 1999, Chris Andersen decided to submit his own candidacy for the annual draft in the clubs of the National Basketball Association. Since no team from the major American league accepted the player into their ranks, the young basketball player soon signed a contract with the Chinese professional team, Jiangsu Dragons. After playing several seasons for a club from the Middle Kingdom, Chris Andersen returned to the States, where for some time he played for teams from the lower divisions.
To make his cherished dream a reality, the basketball player was lucky in 2001. The player received a long-awaited offer from the club from the NBA Denver Nuggets. Having fully demonstrated his own talents in the club from the leading division, in the 2003/2004 season the striker moved to another New Orleans Hornets team. Here the player’s affairs went up. The very next year, Andersen Chris was invited to participate in the NBA All-Star Game, where a talented basketball player competed in slam dunk competitions.
Career break
Already at the start of his NBA career, Chris Andersen had drug problems. For the use of illegal drugs, the basketball player was suspended from the game for a rather long time. Disqualification took place on January 25, 2006 after the doping test of the Hornets striker yielded positive results.
A year later, Andersen obtained from the leadership of the Association of Professional Players permission to return to the NBA. Already a free agent, Chris renewed his contract with his first Denver Nuggets club in the 2008/2009 season.
Andersen later played for the Miami Heat for several years, and also became part of the club’s transfer exchange with the Memphis Grizzlies team, where he ended up in early 2016. On July 22 of the same year, Chris Andersen signed an agreement with the Cleveland Cavaliers club, whose colors defend to this day.
Player stats
During a long speech for various NBA clubs, Chris Andersen secured such indicators:
- participation in matches - 663;
- the average number of points earned per game is 5.5;
- hitting the opponent’s ring from the game - 53.3%;
- accuracy from free throws - 65.3%;
- Assists - an average of 0.5 per match;
- the number of goals taken from the opponent is on average 5.1 per game.
Finally
Chris Andersen is a dimensional forward. Therefore, most often it is used at the opponent’s ring as a ram striker. The basketball player is distinguished by good jumping data, and has also established himself as one of the best blocking shots of the opponent.
Andersen is good not only in attack, but also in the defensive actions of the team. In defense, he often insures partners, preventing the opponent from moving to his own ring.