Andris Biedriņš

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Andris Biedriņš
Position	Center
Height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Team	Golden State Warriors
Nationality	Latvia
Born	April 2, 1986 Riga, Latvia
Draft	11th overall, 2004 Golden State Warriors
Pro career	2002 – present
Former teams	BK Skonto

Andris Biedriņš (born April 2, 1986 in Riga) is a Latvian professional basketball player who plays the power forward and center positions for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He was drafted by the Warriors with the 11th overall selection in the 2004 NBA Draft.

1 FIBA career
2 NBA career
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] FIBA career

Before leaving for America, he played for Latvian team BK Skonto. In eleven games for the FIBA European league (2003-2004), he averaged 18.6 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.82 blocks.

[edit] NBA career

Biedrins is known for many things amongst Warriors fans and the NBA: heart, shot blocking, defense, rebounding, length, speed, quickness, soft hands, awareness and ability to finish. He has all the ingredients (and more) to make a great center in the NBA. Without coach Mike Montgomery holding him along with other young players down, he is now able to show it under head coach Don Nelson.

In his rookie season Biedriņš played in 30 games, posting a Player Efficiency Rating of 14.8, and averaging 3.6 points and 3.9 rebounds in 12.8 minutes per game. He was also the youngest player in the league during his rookie year.

In his second year, Biedriņš played in 68 games. He posted 3.8 points and 4.2 Rebounds, with 14.1 minutes per game. It was reported that year on warriors.com that Andris Biedrins had grown to seven feet.

In his second year, Biedrins was involved in a minor car accident on his way to a home game on the 880 freeway in Oakland. His Porsche Cayenne Turbo was totalled in the accident, and his missed that nights game and the next game due to back spasms. He regarded this vehicle as "his best friend in America."

Biedrins, now in his third year with the Warriors, is seeing significantly more minutes (almost 30 per game) and is currently shooting over 60% from the field, a double double and almost three blocks per game, although his free throwing shooting remains exceptionally poor.

[edit] Trivia

His Rookie year salary of US$1.5 million made him the youngest millionaire in Latvia. Over the next four years he has/will earn $1,857,360, $1,986,960, $2,636,695, and $3,609,636 respectively.

[edit] External links

Andris Biedriņš Bio
Andris Biedriņš at ESPN.com
Basketball-Reference.com: Andris Biedriņš
One Minute Man (Golden State of Mind)

2004 NBA Draft
First Round Dwight Howard \| Emeka Okafor \| Ben Gordon \| Shaun Livingston \| Devin Harris \| Josh Childress \| Luol Deng \| Rafael Araújo \| Andre Iguodala \| Luke Jackson \| Andris Biedriņš \| Robert Swift \| Sebastian Telfair \| Kris Humphries \| Al Jefferson \| Kirk Snyder \| Josh Smith \| J.R. Smith \| Dorell Wright \| Jameer Nelson \| Pavel Podkolzine \| Viktor Khryapa \| Sergei Monia \| Delonte West \| Tony Allen \| Kevin Martin \| Sasha Vujačić \| Beno Udrih \| David Harrison
Second Round Anderson Varejão \| Jackson Vroman \| Peter John Ramos \| Lionel Chalmers \| Donta Smith \| Andre Emmett \| Antonio Burks \| Royal Ivey \| Chris Duhon \| Albert Miralles \| Justin Reed \| David Young \| Viktor Sanikidze \| Trevor Ariza \| Tim Pickett \| Bernard Robinson \| Ha Seung-Jin \| Pape Sow \| Ricky Minard \| Sergei Lishouk \| Vassilis Spanoulis \| Christian Drejer \| Romain Sato \| Matt Freije \| Rickey Paulding \| Luis Flores \| Marcus Douthit \| Sergei Karaulov \| Blake Stepp \| Rashad Wright