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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1980-06-23)23 June 1980 (age 44) Melbourne,Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian / Danish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lake Ginninderra (Canberra,ACT) |
| NBA draft | 2002: 2nd round, 37th overall pick |
| Selected by theAtlanta Hawks | |
| Playing career | 1995–2021 |
| Position | Power forward /centre |
| Career history | |
| 1995 | Frankston Blues |
| 1996–1998 | Australian Institute of Sport |
| 1998–1999 | Wollongong Hawks |
| 1999–2003 | Virtus Bologna |
| 2003–2004 | Montepaschi Siena |
| 2004–2008 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2008–2009 | FC Barcelona |
| 2009–2010 | Houston Rockets |
| 2010 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2010–2011 | New Orleans Hornets |
| 2011–2012 | Montepaschi Siena |
| 2012–2013 | Fenerbahçe |
| 2014 | SIG Strasbourg |
| 2014–2016 | ASVEL |
| 2016–2018 | Melbourne United |
| 2017 | ASVEL |
| 2018–2020 | Illawarra Hawks |
| 2019 | SIG Strasbourg |
| 2021 | Frankston Blues |
| 2021 | Melbourne United |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
David Emil Andersen (born 23 June 1980) is an Australian-Danish former professionalbasketball player. One of Australia's most experienced and successful players, Andersen won 12 league championships (9 European national domestic league championships and 3EuroLeague championships) abroad and played in Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey and France. He also played in theNBA, spending two years in the league between 2009 and 2011. In 2018 and 2021, he won championships withMelbourne United in theNational Basketball League (NBL).
Andersen was born to parents Mary and Danny inMelbourne where he started playing basketball at Frankston East Primary School. His mother coached him and his brother, Stuart, at Frankston East and because there was only one team at the school, Andersen always played a year above his age.[1]
At the age of 11, Andersen joined his local basketball association, theFrankston Blues, and in his first year at the club, the under 12 team he played in, won the championship. He played with the Frankston Blues Junior Program until he was 15 years old and then joined the Frankston Blues men's team, going on to play in the 1995CBA Grand Final. After a successful Under 16 Australian Junior Championships with Victoria, Andersen was selected to join theAustralian Institute of Sport Basketball Development Program.[1] He subsequently moved to Canberra and in conjunction with the AIS, he attendedLake Ginninderra Secondary College. A three-year scholarship holder, Andersen played for the AIS in theContinental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1996 to 1998 where he was named the Australian Junior Male Basketballer of the Year in 1998.[1][2]
Following the conclusion of his time at the Australian Institute of Sport, Andersen signed a two-year deal with theWollongong Hawks of the AustralianNational Basketball League.[1] In1998–99, he played 25 games while averaging 6.2 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.[3]
In 1999, Andersen left Wollongong and signed a multi-year deal withKinder Bologna of the ItalianLBA. In the 2000–01 season, he helped Kinder Bologna win theItalian Cup, the LBA championship, and theEuroLeague2000–01 season championship.[1]
On 26 June 2002, Andersen was selected with the 37th overall pick in the2002 NBA draft by theAtlanta Hawks. He returned to Kinder Bologna for the 2002–03 season, where he was named to theLBA All-Star Game for the first time.[1]
In 2003, Andersen was forced to leave Bologna, after the club went into bankruptcy. He subsequently signed withMontepaschi Siena for the2003–04 season, and went on to win theLBA Finals MVP award, after helping Montepaschi Siena win their first title. He also helped the club reach theEuroLeague Final Four, for the first time as well.[1]
In 2004, Andersen signed a two-year deal withCSKA Moscow, then of theRussian Basketball Super League. In his first season with CSKA, the team were crownedRussian League champions andRussian National Cup champions, along with also making the2005 Final Four of the EuroLeague. Andersen was also named to theAll-EuroLeague First Team of the2004–05 season. In January of the 2005–06 season, Andersen dislocated his ankle and fractured his fibula, forcing him to return to Australia for surgery, specialist treatment and rehabilitation, before heading back to Russia to continue rehab and to support his team for their2006 EuroLeague Final Four campaign. Andersen went on to re-sign with CSKA Moscow, and subsequently helped them win the 2007 and 2008 Russian Super League championships, as well as the2008 EuroLeague championship.[1]
In June 2008, Andersen signed a three-year deal withFC Barcelona of the SpanishLiga ACB.[4] Barcelona went on to win the2008–09 ACB season championship.
On 14 July 2009, the Atlanta Hawks traded Andersen's rights to theHouston Rockets in exchange for cash and future draft considerations.[5] On 11 August 2009, he signed a multi-year deal with the Rockets.[6]
Although being drafted in 2002, Andersen did not play in an NBA game until October 27, 2009, where he recorded 11 points and 5 rebounds in his debut against thePortland Trail Blazers. On 15 November 2009, he scored a career-high 19 points in a 101–91 win over theLos Angeles Lakers.[7]
On 28 July 2010, Andersen was traded, along with cash considerations, to theToronto Raptors in exchange for a 2015 protected second-round pick.[8] On 20 November 2010, he was traded, along withJarrett Jack andMarcus Banks, to theNew Orleans Hornets in exchange forJerryd Bayless andPeja Stojaković.[9] On 2 February 2011, he scored a season-high 13 points in a 104–93 loss to theOklahoma City Thunder.[10]
Andersen's final NBA game was on April 1, 2011, in an 81–93 loss to theMemphis Grizzlies where he recorded 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
On 28 June 2011, Andersen signed a three-year deal with Montepaschi Siena, returning to the club for a second stint.[11] On 19 December 2011, he was formally waived by the New Orleans Hornets following the conclusion of theNBA lockout.[12]
In August 2012, Andersen and Montepaschi agreed on a €800,000 buyout, and he subsequently signed a two-year deal withFenerbahçe of theTurkish Super League (BSL).[13][14] On 12 June 2013, he parted ways with Fenerbahçe.[15]
On 22 January 2014, Andersen signed withSIG Strasbourg of the FrenchLNB Pro A for the rest of the2013–14 season.[16]
On 11 September 2014, Andersen signed a two-year deal withASVEL Basket of the LNB Pro A.[17] He helped ASVEL win the championship for the2015–16 season.[18]
On 16 July 2016, Andersen signed a two-year deal withMelbourne United, returning to theNBL for the first time since 1999.[19][20] For his return season in the NBL, he was namedcaptain of United.[21] In December and January of the2016–17 season, he was sidelined for roughly six weeks with a knee injury.[22] Following the NBL season, he returned to ASVEL Basket for the rest of the2016–17 Pro A season.[23]
In the2017–18 NBL season,[24] Andersen helped United win the championship with a 3–2 grand final series win over theAdelaide 36ers. At 37 years old, he became the oldest player to win his first NBL championship.[25]
On 4 June 2018, Andersen signed with theIllawarra Hawks for the2018–19 NBL season, returning to the franchise for a second stint, a full twenty years after his first.[26] Following the NBL season, he joined SIG Strasbourg for the rest of the2018–19 Pro A season, returning to the team for a second stint.[27]
On 15 July 2019, Andersen re-signed with the Hawks for the2019–20 season.[28]
In April 2021, Andersen joined theFrankston Blues for theNBL1 South season.[29]
On 8 May 2021, Andersen signed with Melbourne United as an injury replacement forJack White.[30] The following month, he won his second NBL championship after United defeated thePerth Wildcats 3–0 in the grand final series.[31]
On 27 October 2021, Andersen announced his retirement from basketball after 23 professional seasons and 22 league/cup championships.[32]
Andersen has represented the national teams ofAustralia on many occasions. As a junior national team member in 1996 and in 1998, he played at theAlbert Schweitzer Tournament, where he was voted the tournament MVP. In 1999, he travelled to Portugal with the Australian men's Under-19 team to play in theFIBA Under-19 World Championship for Junior Men, and then to Japan in 2001, for theFIBA Under-21 World Championship for Junior Men.[1]
In the 2003 off-season, Andersen was selected to play for the Australian Boomers in the Olympic QualifyingFIBA Oceania Championship againstNew Zealand. The Boomers won the series, and secured a place in the2004 Summer Olympics. He went on to play for Australia in Athens, where the Boomers finished in ninth place.[1]
Andersen went on to win gold at the2005 and2007 FIBA Oceania Championships. He also represented Australia at both the2008 Summer Olympics and the2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.
WithAndrew Bogut missing the2012 London Olympics due to injury, Andersen became the Boomers' startingcentre at the2012 Summer Olympics. He was the Boomers' third-leading scorer, behindPatty Mills andJoe Ingles, and in six games, he had averages of 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game, and an impressive 40% three-point field goal percentage.[33]
As a member of the Boomers'2014 FIBA World Cup squad, Andersen averaged 6.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.2 assists in six games.[34]
In 2016, Andersen made the Boomers Olympic team for the fourth straight time and he played at the2016 Summer Olympics.[35]
After announcing his retirement as a basketball player in October 2021,[36] Andersen starting working for the NBL, taking care of Player Liaison and Special Projects.[32]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Houston | 63 | 0 | 14.1 | .432 | .346 | .687 | 3.3 | .7 | .2 | .2 | 5.8 |
| 2010–11 | Toronto | 11 | 0 | 13.6 | .489 | .300 | 1.000 | 3.1 | .6 | .3 | .3 | 5.1 |
| 2010–11 | New Orleans | 29 | 0 | 7.7 | .446 | .385 | .467 | 1.7 | .2 | .1 | .2 | 2.7 |
| Career | 103 | 0 | 12.3 | .440 | .347 | .674 | 2.8 | .6 | .2 | .2 | 4.9 | |
| † | Denotes season in which Andersen won theEuroLeague |
| * | Led the league |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01† | Bologna | 22 | 7 | 18.1 | .550 | .250 | .828 | 3.7 | .5 | .5 | .5 | 7.3 | 8.5 |
| 2001–02 | 22 | 11 | 21.5 | .483 | .000 | .671 | 4.3 | .4 | .9 | .2 | 8.7 | 9.3 | |
| 2002–03 | 8 | 5 | 24.4 | .415 | .000 | .842 | 4.8 | .6 | .5 | .9 | 8.8 | 10.1 | |
| 2003–04 | Mens Sana | 21 | 8 | 20.0 | .503 | .000 | .641 | 4.6 | .7 | .6 | .3 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| 2004–05 | CSKA Moscow | 23 | 20 | 24.1 | .573 | .000 | .828 | 7.0 | .8 | .8 | .5 | 12.4 | 17.7 |
| 2005–06† | 12 | 12 | 28.1 | .512 | .500 | .917 | 7.7 | 1.1 | .8 | .2 | 14.8 | 17.9 | |
| 2006–07 | 25 | 6 | 22.4 | .463 | .486 | .776 | 5.0 | .9 | .5 | .4 | 9.8 | 11.0 | |
| 2007–08† | 25* | 20 | 24.5 | .463 | .510 | .847 | 5.8 | 1.2 | .6 | .4 | 12.8 | 14.7 | |
| 2008–09 | Barcelona | 23* | 9 | 21.0 | .508 | .404 | .800 | 4.1 | .8 | .4 | .6 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| 2011–12 | Mens Sana | 20 | 19 | 25.7 | .433 | .333 | .738 | 6.2 | .9 | .4 | .4 | 11.7 | 11.9 |
| 2012–13 | Fenerbahçe | 23 | 15 | 20.2 | .429 | .342 | .800 | 4.0 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 7.3 | 6.6 |
| Career | 224 | 132 | 22.4 | .491 | .413 | .788 | 5.1 | .8 | .6 | .4 | 10.3 | 11.5 | |
| Season | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | Wollongong Hawks | Australia NBL | 23 | ? | .452 | -- | .638 | 3.9 | .7 | .4 | .6 | 6.2 |
| 1999–2000 | Kinder Bologna | LBA | 33 | 20.2 | .593 | .000 | .692 | 4.1 | .4 | .8 | .4 | 6.1 |
| 2000–01 | 41 | 18.0 | .578 | .333 | .725 | 4.3 | .3 | 1.0 | .3 | 8.3 | ||
| 2001–02 | 43 | 21.5 | .542 | .000 | .715 | 5.5 | .4 | 1.0 | .4 | 8.2 | ||
| 2002–03 | 14 | 24.9 | .525 | .000 | .754 | 5.3 | .5 | 1.6 | .4 | 10.7 | ||
| 2003–04 | Montepaschi Siena | 42 | 19.0 | .537 | .000 | .738 | 4.8 | .6 | 1.3 | .5 | 8.8 | |
| 2004–05 | CSKA Moscow | Superleague A | 29 | 22.2 | .543 | -- | .791 | 7.7 | 1.0 | .5 | .4 | 13.6 |
| 2005–06 | 14 | 24.1 | .550 | .000 | .778 | 6.4 | 1.0 | .2 | .2 | 15.6 | ||
| 2006–07 | 33 | 19.6 | .566 | .500 | .708 | 3.9 | 1.0 | .6 | .5 | 11.0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 26 | 18.0 | .566 | .548 | .765 | 6.4 | 1.4 | .7 | .6 | 9.8 | ||
| 2008–09 | FC Barcelona | ACB | 40 | 22.3 | .496 | .385 | .805 | 4.2 | 1.3 | .5 | .3 | 10.4 |
| 2011–12 | Montepaschi Siena | LBA | 38 | 24.0 | .521 | .429 | .855 | 5.1 | 1.4 | .4 | .3 | 13.9 |
| 2012–13 | Fenerbahçe | BSL | 26 | 16.5 | .480 | .466 | .886 | 2.9 | .8 | .2 | .1 | 8.0 |
| 2013–14 | SIG Strasbourg | LNB Pro A | 25 | 27.0 | .458 | .468 | .849 | 5.0 | 2.1 | .6 | .2 | 13.1 |
| 2014–15 | ASVEL | 32 | 19.8 | .465 | .349 | .929 | 4.3 | 1.3 | .3 | .3 | 9.3 | |
| 2015–16 | ASVEL | 45 | 23.8 | .448 | .411 | .832 | 6.0 | 1.5 | .4 | .2 | 10.8 |
Andersen is of European heritage, with his father being Danish and his mother being English.[37] He has dual Australian-Danish citizenship[38] and holds aDanish passport.[37]
Utilising his dual citizenship - his father is Danish - Andersen's extraordinary international career was off.
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