NBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Was selected by Golden State in the first round (11th overall) of the 2004 NBA Draft after entering the draft as an international early entry candidate...Enters 2007-08 owning career averages of 6.4 points and 6.5 rebounds in 20.9 minutes (180 games in three seasons with Golden State)...Was the youngest player in the NBA during his rookie season in 2004-05 and, at 18-years-old, became the youngest player ever to appear in a game for Golden State...Is the second player from Latvia to ever play in the NBA, following Gundars Vetra who played 13 games for the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1992-93.
2006-07 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE: Established career highs in almost every statistical category, including scoring (9.5 ppg), rebounding (9.3 rpg), assists (1.1 apg), blocks (1.66 bpg), minutes (29.0 mpg), games played (82) and starts (63)...Among NBA leaders, ranked 3rd in field goal percentage (.599), 11th in rebounding and 15th in blocks...Finished fifth in voting for NBA’s Most Improved Player Award...As a starter, averaged 10.2 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.84 blocks and 31.2 minutes...Grabbed 10-or-more rebounds 34 times with 15-or-more rebounds 17 times and three career-high efforts of 18 rebounds...Prior to 2006-07, had just eight double-figure rebounding games in first two NBA seasons combined...Recorded 24 double-doubles (25th in NBA)...Three-or-more blocks 17 times with five-or-more blocks five times and a career-high seven blocked shots vs. Denver (11/22)...Netted 20 points vs. Sacramento on 12/12 without missing a shot (7-7 FG, 6-6 FT), becoming the first Warrior to score 20 points without a miss since Chris Mullin did so on 1/18/96 vs. Milwaukee (8-8 FG, 2-2 FT, 2-2 3FG)...Career-high 31 points to go along with 10 rebounds in 31 minutes at Denver (11/24)...Prior to game had never had a 20-point effort in NBA...Was the only Warriors player to appear in all 82 regular-season games.
2007 NBA PLAYOFFS: Appeared in all 11 playoff games (eight starts), averaging 6.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.55 blocks in 24.3 minutes per game, while shooting 73.0% (27-37 FG) from the field...Had three double-doubles during the playoffs, including 13 points and 13 rebounds in Game 3 Conference Semifinals victory vs. Utah (5/11).
2005-06 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE: Shot 63.8% (118-185 FG) from the field, which was tops among all NBA players with 150-or-more shot attempts...His season-ending field goal percentage was the sixth-best in NBA history among all players who attempted a minimum of 150 shot attempts in a season...Was once again the youngest player on the Warriors roster, turning 20 in the last month of season...In 18 games when playing 20-or-more minutes, averaged 8.2 points and 6.6 rebounds...Missed 12 games due to injury...Was on the inactive list for six games...DNP-CD twice.
2004-05 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE: After appearing in just five of the team’s first 57 games during rookie campaign, played in each of the final 25 games of the season -- averaging 4.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.88 blocks while shooting 59.7% (43-72 FG) from the field in 14.4 minutes over those 25 contests...Made first career start at Sacramento (3/20) and posted first career double-double with a then-career-high 12 points and 10 rebounds in a then-career-high 27 minutes...Made NBA debut vs. Utah (11/5), registering one point and one rebound in seven minutes...Missed 35 games due to injury overall...DNP-CD 17 times.
EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Prior to joining the NBA, played professionally for Skonto Riga in the Latvian Basketball League for the previous two seasons, averaging 9.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.54 blocks in 69 contests, while shooting 61.1% from the field...Played for Latvia at EuroBasket 2007 in Spain, averaging 15.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in three games...Competed in the 2004 Under-18 European Championship, averaging 21.8 points, 14.4 rebounds, 4.4 blocks and 3.8 steals...Was named Latvian League Newcomer of the Year in 2002-03...In 2002, participated in the Euro Junior Championship, where he averaged 6.6 points and 7.3 rebounds...In 2001, was a member of the Latvian National Team at the Euro Cadet Championship, where he finished 4th in scoring (16.3 ppg) and 3rd in rebounding (8.5 rpg).
Personal
Name is pronounced AHN-dris BE-a-drinsch...Is from the town of Riga, Latvia...Attended Valters Basketball School in Riga...Has been extremely active in Warriors community programs during his first three NBA seasons...In 2006-07, visited Oakland Children’s Hospital at Halloween and took part in the team’s Thanksgiving Meal Serving event...Additionally, he participated in several corporate partner and season ticket holder events, including a special autograph signing at a local Verizon Wireless store...In 2005-06, attended several season ticket holder and corporate sponsor functions, including the Corporate Partners Luau at Hap Magee Ranch Park in Danville and a pair of season ticket holder parties at Central Park Restaurant in Oakland...Took part in several pregame meet & greets with various community groups, including a visit with a traveling youth baseball team from Lithuania that he hosted at a game...For the last two seasons, has purchased and donated tickets to every home game to various children’s groups...As a rookie, participated in the team’s Thanksgiving Food Serving at Patrick David’s Cafe in Danville, hosted a halftime Holiday Party for underprivileged children at the Warriors game vs. Memphis just prior to Christmas, attended the Warriors Kids Day celebration, as well as the Run With TMC Fantasy Camp reception...Additionally, he visited injured American troops just back from Iraq at Bethesda Naval Hospital outside of Washington D.C. when the team was in the area in early March...Resides in Oakland.
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