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#11 CHRIS ANDERSEN FORWARD/CENTER
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6-10 / 228
9 th season
7/7/78 in Long Beach, CA
Iola High School (Iola, TX)
Blinn (Texas) JC
Not drafted by an NBA franchise.
Signed as free agent on 7/8/09.
Signed through the 2013-14 season.
PPG: 5.6 RPG: 4.9 BPG: 1.29 MPG: 16.3
10+PTS: 9 10+REBS: 6 10/10: 2
Appeared in 45 games, all coming off the Nuggets bench, averaging 5.6 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, and 1.29 blocks per game … Posted 14
points, 12 rebounds and two blocks in 22 minutes vs. Golden State on 4/11 … Registered a season-high 17 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks in 21
minutes vs. Washington on 3/25 … Moved into 7 th on the Nuggets all-time blocks list past Raef LaFrentz (557) at Orlando on 3/18. Registered 15 points
(9-12 FT) vs. Memphis on 2/22, while his 9 FT makes and 12 FT attempts both tied career-highs … Collected 11 rebounds, seven points and a seasonhigh
three assists vs. Sacramento on 1/1 … Scored a season-high 11 points (5-8 FT) to go along with seven rebounds and two blocks in a season-high 30
minutes at Minnesota on 12/29 … Posted eight points and a season-high 12 rebounds vs. Portland on 12/28 … Grabbed 11 rebounds vs. Philadelphia on
12/26 … Blocked a season-high six shots to go along with seven points and four rebounds vs. L.A. Clippers on 12/3 … Andersen suffered an injury
plagued season, listed as inactive a total of 26 times, five times from 4/3 to 4/9 with a right ankle sprain, all but one game from 1/13 to 1/31 with right
knee/lower back issues, 1/9 scheduled rest, eight times from 12/5 to 12/18 with a lower back fracture, and 13 times recovering from right knee surgery
from 10/27 to 11/20.
CAREER:
NBA: Has 20 career double-doubles, including 13 as a Nugget … 2009-10(Denver): Played in a career-high 76 games, averaging 5.9 points, a career-high
6.4 rebounds, 1.88 blocks and a career-high 22.3 minutes … Ranked sixth in the NBA in blocked shots per game (1.88), seventh in total blocks (143) and
first in blocks per 48 minutes (4.06) … He also ranked 21 st in the NBA in rebounds per 48 minutes (13.7) … Scored in double figures 11 times and
grabbed 10+ rebounds 16 times … Collected four double-doubles on the year … Blocked his 500 th shot as a Nugget vs. Milwaukee on 3/20 … Blocked a
season-high-tying five shots (4 th time) at Memphis on 3/13 … Moved into 8 th on the Nuggets all-time blocks list past Dan Schayes (498) at Memphis on
3/13 – now has 520 blocks as a Nugget … Registered 14 points (6-7 FT), 10 rebounds and three blocks at Minnesota on 3/10 … Posted 13 points (7-10
FT), 10 rebounds and three blocks vs. Indiana on 3/5 … Grabbed his 2,000 th career rebound at Golden State on 2/25 … Pitched in 14 points (4-6 FG, 6-7
FT), 10 rebounds and two steals vs. Dallas on 2/9 … Scored a season-high-tying 15 points (3 rd time) at Utah on 2/6 … Pulled down a season-high 15
rebounds at L.A. Lakers on 2/5 … Scored his 2,000 th career point at Houston on 1/27 … Registered 15 points, 11 rebounds, three blocks and a season-high
three steals vs. Oklahoma City on 12/14 … Shot 9-10 FT vs. Oklahoma City on 12/14, setting a new career-high for FT makes … Recorded 14 points (5-6
FG), eight rebounds and five blocks vs. Golden State on 12/1 … Missed four games (1/5, 3/16, 4/3-4/7) due to a left ankle sprain … Also missed one
game (2/19) due to a low back strain and one game (11/20) due to right knee patella tendinitis. 2008-09 (Denver): Played in 71 games (one start),
averaging 6.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, a career-high 2.46 blocks and 20.6 minutes … Finished eighth in voting for both the NBA Defensive Player of the
Year and the NBA Sixth Man of the Year awards … Ranked second in the NBA in blocked shots per game and first in blocks per 48 minutes (5.76) …
Scored in double figures 15 times and grabbed double-digit rebounds 11 times … Posted five double-doubles … Led the Nuggets in rebounding 23 times
… Totaled eight points, nine rebounds and seven blocks vs. Oklahoma City on 4/8 … Swatted a career-high eight shots to go along with 10 rebounds vs.
Utah on 4/2 … Registered a career-high 18 points (7-8 FG), 11 rebounds and six blocks vs. Washington on 3/20 … Recorded 11 points, a season-hightying
12 rebounds (3 rd time) and seven blocks vs. L.A. Lakers on 2/27 … Missed one game (2/11) due to a left wrist sprain and left hip contusion …
Totaled 15 points (7-8 FG), 10 rebounds and a season-high three steals vs. Dallas on 1/13 … DNP-CD twice … Missed nine games (11/11-11/26) due to a
seventh rib fracture in his left rib cage (Inactive eight times, DNP-CD once) … 2007-08 (New Orleans): Played in five games for the Hornets, averaging
1.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in 6.8 minutes … Re-signed by the Hornets on 3/5 after being reinstated by the NBA following a two-year suspension for
violating the NBA’s substance abuse policy … 2005-06 (New Orleans/Oklahoma City): Averaged 5.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.28 blocks in 32 games
(two starts) before being suspended by the league in January … 2004-05 (New Orleans/Oklahoma City): Ranked 22 nd in the NBA and led team in blocks
(1.49) despite playing just 21.3 minutes … Team leader in field-goal percentage (.689) and was the team’s leading scorer off the bench (7.7 ppg) …
Scored in double figures 22 times and reached double figures in rebounds 13 times … Led or tied for the team lead in rebounds 22 times … Had six
double-doubles … Posted career-high totals in virtually every offensive category … Finished fourth in the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest at All-
Star Weekend … Had his best stretch of the season from 1/14-22 when he averaged 11.4 points and 10.2 rebounds while shooting .568 (21-37) from the
floor over six games … Missed the last eight games of the season due to a sprained right ankle … Missed six games from 3/14-23 with an infected right
elbow … Missed one game 12/26 at Cleveland due to food poisoning … 2003-04 (Denver): Appeared in 71 games and averaged 3.4 points, 4.2 rebounds
and 14.5 minutes … Averaged 1.61 blocks, ranking him 19 th in the NBA and second in blocks per 48 minutes … Finished third in the Sprite Rising Stars
Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend … Had two double-doubles on the season … Scored in double figures four times and had double figure rebounds
five times … 2002-03 (Denver): Averaged 5.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.02 blocks and 15.4 minutes in 59 games, including 7.7 points and 9.3 rebounds in
three starts … Scored in double figures seven times and had at least 10 rebounds three times … Led Nuggets in scoring twice and in rebounding nine