Andris Biedrins – the big guy you never heard of
July 29, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Golden State Warriors, NBA Basketball
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Andris Biedrins, far right, won’t have Baron Davis, front, passing him the ball anymore
Biedrins has game.
Who?
Andris Biedrins. He just signed a huge contract with the Golden State Warriors for 62 million bucks.
62 million bucks for Bee runs?
No, Biedrins. Andris Biedrins. They also signed Monta Ellis for 66 million bucks.
Monta Ellis?
Golden State wanted to lock up some young talent and they did.
“We’re extremely happy to have Andris under contract for many years to come,” said Chris Mullin, the Warriors’ top basketball executive. “He is clearly one of the top young centers in the NBA, and much like (Ellis), he has continued to improve every season. It’s not easy to find quality young big men in this league, but we certainly think we have one of them, and he’s only 22 years old.”
Biedrins has improved his scoring average in each of his seasons with Golden State, developing from a skinny rebounding specialist into an all-around player and a low-post scorer for the uptempo Warriors.
Did you know Andris led the league in field goal percentage at 62.6 %? He is a 6′ 11″ center and brings what you would call a 10 10 game to the NBA, 10 points and 10 rebounds per game. Andre is young and getting better.
As for Monta Ellis, he averaged over 20 points per game last year and will take over for Baron Davis. Baron left for the Clippers.
Should be fun to watch Golden State in their high speed offense with Monta Ellis bringing up the ball and Biedrins as a reliable scorer and rebounder.
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psst… *Andris
This isn’t Andre the Giant were talking about
Oops, my sharp readers keep me in line as usual.
Editors note: spellings were corrected after Ryan’s comment.