JULY 19TH, 12:38pm: The Heat have announced that the signing is official.
“Chris Andersen has had two great seasons with us and without him, we would not have been able to win the 2013 NBA Championship,” said president Pat Riley. “I’m happy he decided to come back and we’re looking forward to a great season from him in the power rotation.”
10:13pm: Andersen’s deal is a two-year pact in the neighborhood of $10MM, tweets Marc Stein of ESPN.com.
JULY 13TH, 7:46pm: The Heat have reached agreement with Chris Andersen on a multi-year deal, a league source tells Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports (on Twitter). Exact terms of the deal are not yet known.
The Cavs and Mavericks were among the teams known to have interest in Andersen. Andersen likely had interest in a reunion with LeBron, but he’ll stay put with a Heat squad that is expected to feature Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem, and Mario Chalmers. Jason Lieser of the Palm Beach Post (on Twitter) adds that the Knicks made a late run at the big man.
Andersen, 36, scored 6.6 points per game this past season, the second-highest total of his 12-year career. He also averaged 5.3 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per contest with an 18.5 PER as Miami’s first big man off the bench.
bet its a 2 year deal with an option for the 2nd year
how crazy would a eastern confrence finals be cavs vs heat ….
I always wanted to play them in the playoffs back then. Wade used to dominate the LeBron matchup. Now I still want to play them in the playoffs
i dont think wade is getting the better of that match up anymore … i like lebron but i hate when he dunks on someone like a pg and acts like he just posterized deke,or shaq… i remember when he played for cavs and he dunked on a heat player i want to say a jones… or maybe rafer alston and he posed like he did something great … he has a little bit of a diva in him … i guess they all do i dont know … either way i hope dan gilbert can get his bleep straight and build a championship team for him .. and not surrond him with …. antwan jamison,larry hughes,eric snow….
Glad he didn’t go to the Cavs
Seems like an overpay for Birdman for an extra 2 million could of had Gasol
Do you really think gasol would go to a heat team that will be fighting hard for a playoff spot in the east? Only reason I say that is because wades health is unknown so if he is oft injured this year bosh can’t carry that team to the playoffs
i was saying it more as a shot at miami then about gasol
i think gasol wants rings …. plus starting job …