Chris Andersen – Fantasy Basketball Analysis
January 28, 2008 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under NBA News, NFL Player Analysis
Chris Andersen is reportedly taking steps toward rejoining the NBA. Andersen, formerly of the New Orleans Hornets, was suspended by the NBA for two years after failing a drug test.
If Andersen is successfully able to get back onto the court at some point this season, most people expect that he’ll end up back with the Hornets. While the Hornets have a number of talented bigmen, Andersen showed enough promise that the Hornets would likely want him back.
Andersen is a very athletic bigman who can put up good per-minute numbers. During the 2005-06 season, Andersen was averaging around five points and five rebounds before being suspended. His best season was the 2004-05 campaign when he averaged 7.7 points and 6.1 rebounds in 21.3 minutes per game.
While he isn’t much of a fantasy basketball prospect, he’s at least worst keeping an eye on. At 29-years-old, Andersen is still young enough to improve and depending on what kind of shape he’s in, he could eventually become the first bigman off the bench for the Hornets at some point this season. If you are in a very large league, that might be good enough to pick him up.
