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| Position | Power Forward Center |
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| Height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Weight | 247 lb (112 kg) |
| League | Italian League Euroleague |
| Team | Montepaschi Siena |
| Born | 23 June 1980 Carlton, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian / Danish |
| High school | Australian Institute of Sport |
| Draft | 37th overall, 2002 Atlanta Hawks |
| Pro career | 1998–present |
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David Emil Andersen (born 23 June 1980) is an Australian professional basketball player. He also holds a Danish passport (because he has a Danish father and an Australian mother).[1] He is 6 ft 11 (2.11m) tall.
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Andersen played in the Euroleague for 9 seasons, where he was a part of three Euroleague championship teams: Virtus Bologna 2001, CSKA Moscow 2006, 2008. He did not play during the 2006 Euroleague playoffs, as he was injured, but he still was on CSKA's team that season that won the championship.
He is a power forward-center. While he can play at the center position, his natural position is power forward, and he mainly played that position during his Euroleague career. In Europe he was not known for being a defensive player and rebounder for his size, but for being a good offensive power forward that could both spread the floor and score in the low post.
Andersen started playing basketball with Frankston and as a teenager moved to 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.
In the summer of 2011, Andersen went back to Europe by signing a contract with Montepaschi Siena.[2]
Andersen was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 37th draft pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. On 14 July 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.[3][4] 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.[5]
On 28 July 2010, Andersen was traded to the Toronto Raptors for a protected second round pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.[6]
On 20 November 2010, Andersen was traded along with Jarrett Jack and Marcus Banks to the New Orleans Hornets for Jerryd Bayless and Peja Stojaković.[7]
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| Gold | 2003 Australia | National Team |
| Gold | 2005 New Zealand | National Team |
| Gold | 2007 Australia | National Team |
Andersen is a member of the senior Australian national basketball team. He won the gold medal at the FIBA Oceania Championship 2003, 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.
Andersen also played for Australia in the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.
On 13 September 2000, Andersen was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for winning the R.E. Staunton Scholarship.[8]
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| 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 | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 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 |
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