Christopher Claus Andersen (born July 7, 1978) is an American former professional
basketball
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player. Nicknamed "Birdman", Andersen was born in
Long Beach, California
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, grew up in
Iola, Texas
Iola is a city in Grimes County, Texas, United States, on Farm Road 39 and the Burlington-Rock Island Railway, at the headwaters of Ragan Creek in northwest Grimes County. As of the 2010 census the population was 401.
History
On November 6, 2007 ...
, and played one year at
Blinn College
Blinn College is a public junior college in Brenham, Texas, with additional campuses in Bryan, Schulenburg, and Sealy. Brenham is Blinn's main campus, with dormitories and apartments.
History
Blinn was established as Mission Institute in 1 ...
.
Andersen began his professional career in the
Chinese Basketball Association
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The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...
and the American minor leagues. He then played in the NBA for the
Denver Nuggets
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and the
New Orleans Hornets
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. He received a
two-year ban from the NBA in
2006
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for violating the league's drug policy,
but was reinstated on March 4, 2008, and re-signed with the Hornets the next day. He returned to Denver later in 2008, and remained with the team until 2012. He signed with the
Miami Heat
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in January 2013 and won a championship with them that same year. He and
Oliver Lafayette
Oliver Lafayette (born May 6, 1984) is an American-born Croatian former professional basketball player. Standing at , he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
High school and college career
Lafayette attended Capitol High School i ...
are the only Blinn students to ever play in the NBA. He most recently played for
Power
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in the
Big3
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league.
Early life
Andersen is the second of the three children of corrections officer and
Danish
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immigrant Claus Andersen and Linda Holubec, a
Tennessee
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native who worked as a waitress at the
Port Hueneme
Port Hueneme ( ; Chumash: ''Wene Me'') is a small beach city in Ventura County, California, surrounded by the city of Oxnard and the Santa Barbara Channel. Both the Port of Hueneme and Naval Base Ventura County lie within the city limits.
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naval base and played basketball in high school.
In 1982, when Andersen was four, his family moved to
Texas
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, using a loan from the
Texas Veterans Land Board to purchase a 10-acre plot in unincorporated
Iola, about 100 miles northwest of
Houston
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. The Andersens then
lived off the land, with Linda working in low-end jobs and relying on the help of neighbors and Linda's brother, who was a Navy supply boat captain. During Andersen's
middle school
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years, he and his siblings were sent to a group home in
Dallas
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for three years.
College career
During high school, Andersen was convinced to take up basketball by the varsity basketball coach, who said the sport could give him a chance at a college scholarship. Andersen could not get the grades to attend the
University of Houston
The University of Houston (UH) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the List of universities in Texas by enrollment, university in Texas ...
, but went to
Blinn College
Blinn College is a public junior college in Brenham, Texas, with additional campuses in Bryan, Schulenburg, and Sealy. Brenham is Blinn's main campus, with dormitories and apartments.
History
Blinn was established as Mission Institute in 1 ...
in
Brenham
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Washington County is known as the "Birthplace of Texas, ...
, where the coach was the father of Andersen's high school coach. He played one season with the Blinn Buccaneers, leading the
National Junior College Athletic Association
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players in blocks.
[
]
Professional career
Jiangsu Dragons (1999–2000)
Convinced that he could play professionally, Andersen dropped out of Blinn in 1999, not knowing he had to officially apply for the NBA draft to get picked up. Andersen's high school coach arranged for him to play a series of exhibition games with the semi-professional Texas Ambassadors, and a game in China led Andersen to get an offer to join the Jiangsu Nangang Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association
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The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...
.[
]
New Mexico Slam (2000)
In March 2000, Andersen joined the New Mexico Slam of the International Basketball League
The International Basketball League (IBL) was a semi-professional men's basketball league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States. In 2010 the Albany Legends became the first team in the Northeastern United States to join. The ...
where he averaged just 1.1 points and 1.6 rebounds in six regular-season games and four playoff games.
Fargo-Moorhead Beez (2000–2001)
Later that year, Anderson joined the Dakota Wizards of the IBA but left before the season started. He then joined the Fargo-Moorhead Beez
The Fargo-Moorhead Beez was a professional basketball club based in Fargo, North Dakota that competed in the International Basketball Association beginning in the 1995-1996 season. They were the 1995-1996 and the 1997-1998 International Basketbal ...
also of the IBA where he played seven games before being released in January 2001.
Sugarland Sharks (2001)
After his stint in the IBA, Andersen joined the Sugarland Sharks of the Southwest Basketball League later on in 2001.
Fayetteville Patriots (2001)
In July 2001, Andersen joined the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2001 NBA Summer League. On September 28, 2001, he signed with the Phoenix Suns. However, he was later waived by the Suns on October 7, 2001. On October 31, 2001, he was selected with the first overall pick by the Fayetteville Patriots
The Fayetteville Patriots were an NBA Development League team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Its logo design features a bald eagle's head and a basketball in the middle of a capital letter "P" with stars and stripes filling ...
in the NBA Development League
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's inaugural draft.
Denver Nuggets (2001–2004)
Andersen became the first D-League player called up by an NBA team, signing with the Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the D ...
on November 21, 2001 after just two games for Fayetteville. He quickly became one of the top per-minute rebounders and shot-blockers in the league. During the 2002 Rocky Mountain Revue
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, teammates Junior Harrington
Lorinza "Junior" Harrington Jr. (born October 2, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player.
Pro career
The 6'4" (1.93 m) guard (basketball), guard from North Carolina's Wingate University began his professional career as an undr ...
and Kenny Satterfield
Kenneth Alexander Satterfield (born April 10, 1981) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Cincinnati Bearcats beginning in 1999. In 2001, after a successful sophomore ...
nicknamed Andersen "Birdman" for his arm span and penchant for aerial acrobatics.
On September 29, 2003, he re-signed with the Nuggets.
New Orleans Hornets (2004–2006)
On July 19, 2004, Andersen signed a multi-year deal with the New Orleans Hornets
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. He appeared in the NBA
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Slam Dunk Contest
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during the 2005
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All-Star Weekend for the second year in a row, where he unsuccessfully tried the same dunk eight times at the Pepsi Center
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.
Following the effects of Hurricane Katrina
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in August 2005, the Hornets moved to Oklahoma City for the 2005–06 season and temporarily became the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. In 2005–06, Andersen managed just 32 games (two starts), averaging 5.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
Expulsion and reinstatement
On January 25, 2006, Andersen was disqualified from the NBA for violating the league's anti-drug policy by testing positive for a banned substance. Andersen's suspension fell under the league's category of "drugs of abuse", violation of which is possible grounds for expulsion from the NBA under the league's collective bargaining agreement. Andersen attempted to appeal the ruling through arbitration
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, but the arbitrator ruled to uphold his dismissal in March 2006.[ As Andersen waited for his reinstatement, effective January 2008, he was helped by a lawyer friend in Denver, Mark Bryant, who became his adviser. Andersen spent a month in a rehab clinic in Malibu, worked out and coached a boys' basketball team in Denver.
On March 4, 2008, the ]NBA Players Association
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granted Andersen's request to be reinstated as an NBA player. The reinstatement was effective immediately, and the rights to his services belonged to his former team, the New Orleans Hornets, who re-signed him on March 5, 2008 for the rest of the 2007–08 season.
Return to Denver (2008–2012)
On July 24, 2008, Andersen signed a one-year deal with the Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the D ...
. Andersen finished the 2008–09 season second in the league in blocks per game with 2.5 despite playing only 20.6 minutes per game.
On July 8, 2009, Andersen re-signed with the Nuggets on a five-year deal.
On July 17, 2012, the Nuggets waived Andersen via the amnesty clause
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. Nuggets General Manager Masai Ujiri
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After a m ...
, a friend of Andersen, reluctantly made the transaction in order to remove $9 million from the team's payroll cap to avoid the luxury tax.
Miami Heat (2013–2016)
Before he was waived by the Nuggets, Miami Heat
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head coach Erik Spoelstra
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had repeatedly lobbied Pat Riley
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to acquire Andersen.
On January 20, 2013, Andersen signed a 10-day contract with the Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Southe ...
. He was signed to a second 10-day contract on January 30, and signed for the remainder of the season on February 8, 2013.
Andersen played in only 42 games during the 2012–13 season but still contributed to the Heat's success by putting up 4.9 points per game on 57.7 FG% and 4.1 rebounds in 14.9 minutes of play. After he joined the Heat, his team went on a 27-game winning streak, overall going 37–3 in regular-season games in which Andersen played. Andersen also gained legions of fans inspired by his head-to-toe tattoos, Mohawk haircut, and trademark hustle.
Andersen shot 15–15 in Games 1–5 against the Indiana Pacers
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in the Eastern Conference Finals, including a 7-for-7 performance in Game 1 that set a franchise playoff record, besting the 6-for-6 mark by Alonzo Mourning in 2007. Andersen was suspended for Game 6 of the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals without pay for committing a flagrant foul
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on Tyler Hansbrough
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in Game 5.
At age 34, he reached the NBA Finals for the first time in his career. Against the San Antonio Spurs
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in the deciding Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals
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, Andersen recorded three points, four rebounds, and a block en route to his first NBA championship. With a field goal percentage of 80.7%, Andersen finished the 2013 NBA Playoffs with an NBA Playoffs record for the highest field goal percentage.
On July 10, 2013, Andersen re-signed with the Miami Heat. He played 72 games during the 2013–14 regular season, averaging 6.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. On May 26, 2014, before Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, it was announced that Andersen would miss Game 4 and subsequently Game 5 due to an array of nagging aches and pains which he had been suffering for some time. Andersen returned for Game 6, recording 9 points and 10 rebounds as the Heat went on to advance to their fourth straight NBA Finals and Andersen's second. The Heat again faced the Spurs in the 2014 NBA Finals
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but were defeated in five games.
On July 19, 2014, Andersen again re-signed with the Heat. Over the course of the 2014–15 regular season, Andersen started 20 games, the most in a single season of his career.
Memphis Grizzlies (2016)
On February 16, 2016, the Heat traded Andersen and two second-round picks to the Memphis Grizzlies
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in a three-team trade also involving the Charlotte Hornets
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. Three days later, he made his debut for the Grizzlies in a 109–104 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves
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, recording four points, three rebounds and one block in 11 minutes. In what would be the final postseason of his career, Andersen made his first career playoff start in a first round sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs.
Cleveland Cavaliers (2016–2017)
On July 22, 2016, Andersen signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers
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. On December 16, 2016, he was ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering an ACL tear that required season-ending surgery.
On February 13, 2017, the Cavaliers traded Andersen and cash considerations to the Charlotte Hornets
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in exchange for a 2017 protected second-round pick. He was immediately waived by the Hornets upon being acquired.
BIG3 career
On March 23, 2018, Andersen was reported to have signed a contract with the BIG3
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to join the draft pool, making Andersen draft eligible in the BIG3
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.
He was selected in the 2018 BIG3 draft by Power
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, and helped them win the 2018 BIG3 championship.
Personal life
Andersen is known for brightly colored tattoos on his arms, chest, neck, back, hands, and legs. His first tattoo was given as an eighteenth birthday gift by his mother, who has some body art of her own from her days associating with the Bandidos Motorcycle Club
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.[ Andersen's regular ]tattoo artist
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, Denver-based John Slaughter, estimates he has inked 65 percent of his body. He showed off those tattoos in PETA
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's "Ink Not Mink" ad campaign to protest the fur industry.
On May 10, 2012, Denver NBC
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affiliate KUSA Kusa or KUSA may refer to:
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reported that Andersen's home was the target of an investigation of a suspected internet criminal case by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit. Andersen was not charged with any crimes. In September 2013, it was revealed that Andersen, along with Internet model Paris Dunn, were victims of an elaborate catfishing
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hoax, orchestrated by Canadian woman Shelly Chartier, in Easterville, Manitoba
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. The story was covered by ABC News
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's ''20/20
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'' and MTV
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's '' Catfish: The TV Show''.
NBA career statistics
Regular season
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, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
, 72 , , 0 , , 19.4 , , .664 , , .250 , , .710 , , 5.3 , , .3 , , .4 , , 1.3 , , 6.6
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
, 60 , , 20 , , 18.9 , , .580 , , .308 , , .667 , , 5.0 , , .7 , , .4 , , 1.0 , , 5.3
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
, 7 , , 1 , , 5.1 , , .400 , , .400 , , .750 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , .1 , , .4 , , 1.9
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Memphis
Memphis most commonly refers to:
* Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt
* Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city
Memphis may also refer to:
Places United States
* Memphis, Alabama
* Memphis, Florida
* Memphis, Indiana
* Memp ...
, 20 , , 14 , , 18.3 , , .548 , , .222 , , .688 , , 4.5 , , .5 , , .7 , , .5 , , 4.6
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
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, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career
, 695 , , 45 , , 17.7 , , .532 , , .221 , , .654 , , 5.0 , , .5 , , .4 , , 1.4 , , 5.4
Playoffs
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
, style="text-align:left;", Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
, 5 , , 0 , , 6.8 , , .333 , , – , , .000 , , 2.8 , , .4 , , .2 , , .4 , , 1.2
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
, style="text-align:left;", Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
, 15 , , 0 , , 21.9 , , .630 , , .000 , , .659 , , 6.3 , , .6 , , .3 , , 2.1 , , 6.5
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2010
File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
, style="text-align:left;", Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
, 6 , , 0 , , 19.3 , , .529 , , – , , .643 , , 4.5 , , .2 , , .2 , , 1.0 , , 4.5
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
, style="text-align:left;", Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
, 5 , , 0 , , 14.6 , , .636 , , – , , .714 , , 2.8 , , .6 , , .6 , , 1.4 , , 4.8
, -
, style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", 2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
†
, style="text-align:left;", Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
, 20 , , 0 , , 15.2 , , .807 , , – , , .735 , , 3.8 , , .2 , , .5 , , 1.1 , , 6.4
, -
, align="left" , 2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
, align="left" , Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
, 18 , , 0 , , 17.6 , , .579 , , .000 , , .684 , , 5.9 , , .3 , , .3 , , 1.0 , , 5.1
, -
, align="left" , 2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
, align="left" , Memphis
Memphis most commonly refers to:
* Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt
* Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city
Memphis may also refer to:
Places United States
* Memphis, Alabama
* Memphis, Florida
* Memphis, Indiana
* Memp ...
, 4 , , 2 , , 19.8 , , .417 , , – , , .625 , , 7.8 , , .8 , , .5 , , .8 , , 3.8
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career
, 73 , , 2 , , 17.1 , , .631 , , .000 , , .689 , , 5.0 , , .4 , , .4 , , 1.2 , , 5.3
See also
* List of doping cases in sport
The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken Doping (sport), illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recrea ...
Notes
References
External links
*
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1978 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in China
American men's 3x3 basketball players
American men's basketball players
American people of Danish descent
American sportspeople in doping cases
Basketball players from Long Beach, California
Basketball players from Texas
Big3 players
Blinn Buccaneers men's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Cleveland Cavaliers players
Denver Nuggets players
Doping cases in basketball
Fayetteville Patriots players
Jiangsu Dragons players
Memphis Grizzlies players
Miami Heat players
National Basketball Association players banned for drug offenses
New Mexico Slam players
New Orleans Hornets players
People from Grimes County, Texas
Power forwards (basketball)
Sportspeople from the Houston metropolitan area
Undrafted National Basketball Association players