David Emil Andersen (born June 23, 1980 in Carlton, Victoria) is an Australian professional basketball player. He also holds a Danish passport. He is 7 ft (2.13m) tall.[1][2][3] He is currently with the Houston Rockets.
[edit] Pro career
Andersen started playing basketball at the Australian Institute of Sport. He signed his first professional contract with the Wollongong Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League in 1998. After just one year, he moved to the Italian A League and signed a multi-year contract with Virtus Bologna, with whom he won numerous titles in his four-year span with the team. After the team went into bankruptcy in the summer of 2003, he moved to the Italian club Montepaschi Siena, with whom he won another Italian Championship.
The following season he moved again, this time to the Russian Superleague A club CSKA Moscow. Andersen earned an All-Euroleague First Team selection in the 2004-05 Euroleague season, when CSKA made it to the Euroleague Final Four. Before the 2008-09 season, he transferred to the Spanish ACB League club FC Barcelona. With Barcelona he won the Spanish Championship.
Andersen was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 37th draft pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. On July 14, 2009, his NBA draft rights were traded from the Atlanta Hawks to the Houston Rockets for $2 million cash and a future second round draft pick.[4][5] The Rockets then paid a $500,000 contract buyout to Andersen's Spanish club FC Barcelona. Andersen then signed a 3 year contract with the Rockets worth $7.5 million, with the third year of the contract being a team option.[6]
[edit] Australian national team
Andersen is a member of the senior Australian national basketball team. He won the gold medal at both the FIBA Oceania Championship 2005 and the FIBA Oceania Championship 2007. He also represented Australia at both the 2004 Olympics Basketball Tournament and the 2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament.
[edit] Awards and accomplishments
[edit] Pro career
- Australian Junior Player of the Year (1998)
- Won 2 Italian Cups (2001, 2002)
- Won 3 Euroleague Championships (2001, 2006, 2008)
- Won 2 Italian Championships (2001, 2004)
- Won 2 Triple Crowns (2001, 2006)
- Italian League Finals MVP (2004)
- Won 3 Russian Cups (2005, 2006, 2007)
- All-Euroleague First Team (2005)
- Won 4 Russian Championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
- Won 1 Spanish Championship (2009)
[edit] Australian national team
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