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Jul 07, 1978 Long Beach, California, United States 45 years old
American basketball player
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About Chris Andersen
- Christopher Claus Andersen (born July 7, 1978) is an American professional basketball player for Power In The Big 3 League. Nicknamed "Birdman", Andersen was born in Long Beach, California, grew up in Iola, Texas, and played one year at Blinn College.
- Andersen began his professional career in the Chinese Basketball Association and the American minor leagues.
- He then played in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets and the New Orleans Hornets.
- He received a two-year ban from the NBA in 2006 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 in January 2013 and won a championship with them that same year.
- He and Oliver Lafayette are the only Blinn students to ever play in the NBA.
- He now plays for Power in the Big3 league.
