#11 CHRIS ANDERSEN
Birthdate: 7/7/78 in Long Beach, Calif.
High School: Iola H.S. (Iola, Texas)
Drafted: Not drafted by an NBA franchise
How Acquired: Signed as a free agent on 7/24/08
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PPG: 6.4
RPG: 6.2
BPG: 2.46
10+PTS: 15
10+REBS: 11
10/10: 5
Played in 71 games (one start), averaging 6.4 ppg, a career-high 6.2 rpg and a career-high 2.46 bpg in 20.6 mpg … Games played matched a career-best … Ranked second in the NBA in blocked shots 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 … Collected a season-high-tying 12 rebounds (3rd time) at Indiana on 3/1 … Recorded 11 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks vs. L.A. Lakers on 2/27 … Missed one game due to a left wrist sprain and left hip contusion (2/11) … 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) … Finished eighth in voting for both NBA Defensive Player of the Year and NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
Nicknamed “Birdman” … Bought $25,000 in tickets for the 2005-06 season that were distributed among several different charities throughout the year … Was the 2005 Hornets Books & Bugs spokesperson … Participated in the Hornets 12 Days of Giving by handing out gifts to children at the Second Harvest Kids’ Café (also funded a Kids Café website with his proceeds from the Slam Dunk Contest) … Had his artwork auctioned off for $3,500 at the 2005 Top Hats & High Tops benefit for Hornets children’s charities … Has two sisters, one older, April, and one younger, Tamie … Enjoys fishing, going to the movies, playing video games and golf … Played several instruments growing up, including trumpet, saxophone and baritone … Had 34 members in his high school senior class in Iola, Texas, 120 miles north of Houston … Named All-State in Texas three seasons, including First Team as a senior … Accompanied the Nuggets on the Goodwill Tour to Europe in May 2002, where he toured six U.S. military bases in Italy, Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina and rode in a Blackhawk helicopter … Purchased tickets to every home game in 2003-04 for less fortunate families.