Anderson Varejao

Retired • Retired after 2019 season • PF/C • 14 years of NBA experience

Height6'11
Weight260 lbs
Born28th September 1982 (age 43)
Nationality🇧🇷Brazil
NBA Draft30th pick, 20042003 Early Entry: Withdrew2002 Early Entry: Withdrew
Pre-draft teamBarcelona (Spain)
HandRight
Agentn/a
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Representative Teams
FIBA World Cup 2019 roster
Brazil
Olympics 2012 roster
Brazil

Stats
Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
2001-02 EuroLeague Barcelona 8 14.5 5.0 1.9 3.6 51.7% 0.1 0.1 100.0% 1.1 1.9 60.0% 2.1 2.4 4.5 0.3 1.3 0.5 1.4 3.4
2002-03 EuroLeague Barcelona 22 13.5 4.1 1.7 3.7 46.9% 0.2 0.8 29.4% 0.5 1.4 33.3% 1.1 2.1 3.2 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.0 2.2
2003-04 EuroLeague Barcelona 18 21.5 7.7 2.9 5.4 53.6% 0.2 0.9 18.8% 1.8 3.1 58.2% 1.7 3.3 5.1 0.6 1.1 0.7 1.4 2.4
2003-04 Spain Barcelona 27 20.1 7.5 2.9 6.0 49.1% 0.3 1.1 27.6% 1.4 2.3 60.7% 1.8 2.6 4.4 1.0 1.3 0.7 1.3 3.0
2004-05 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 54 16.0 4.9 1.8 3.6 51.3% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.3 2.4 53.5% 2.0 2.7 4.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 2.3
2005-06 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 48 15.8 4.6 1.6 3.1 52.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.3 2.5 51.3% 1.6 3.3 4.9 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.6 2.5
2006-07 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 81 23.9 6.8 2.4 5.0 47.6% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 2.0 3.3 61.6% 2.4 4.4 6.7 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.8 3.3
2007-08 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 48 27.5 6.7 2.8 6.1 46.1% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.0 1.7 59.8% 2.8 5.5 8.3 1.1 0.8 0.5 1.2 2.8
2008-09 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 81 28.5 8.6 3.3 6.2 53.6% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.9 3.1 61.6% 2.0 5.1 7.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 3.0
2009-10 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 76 28.5 8.6 3.5 6.1 57.2% 0.0 0.1 20.0% 1.5 2.3 66.3% 2.5 5.1 7.6 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.9
2010-11 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 31 32.1 9.1 3.7 7.0 52.8% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 1.7 2.6 66.7% 3.2 6.5 9.7 1.5 0.9 1.2 1.3 2.8
2011-12 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 25 31.4 10.8 4.6 8.9 51.4% 0.0 0.2 0.0% 1.7 2.6 67.2% 4.4 7.1 11.5 1.7 1.4 0.7 1.8 2.5
2012-13 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 25 36.0 14.1 5.5 11.6 47.8% 0.0 0.2 0.0% 3.1 4.1 75.5% 5.5 8.9 14.4 3.4 1.5 0.6 1.8 2.7
2013-14 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 65 27.7 8.4 3.5 7.1 49.5% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 1.4 2.1 68.1% 2.9 6.8 9.7 2.2 1.1 0.6 1.1 2.5
2014-15 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 26 24.5 9.8 4.3 7.7 55.5% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 1.3 1.7 73.3% 2.2 4.3 6.5 1.3 0.7 0.6 1.3 2.2
2015-16 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 31 10.0 2.6 1.0 2.5 42.1% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.5 0.7 76.2% 0.8 2.2 2.9 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 1.1
2015-16 NBA Golden State Warriors 22 8.5 2.6 1.0 2.2 43.8% 0.0 0.0 – 0.7 1.3 55.2% 0.6 1.7 2.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.6
2015-16 NBA Total (NBA) 53 9.4 2.6 1.0 2.3 42.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.6 0.9 64.0% 0.7 2.0 2.7 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.3
2016-17 NBA Golden State Warriors 14 6.6 1.3 0.4 1.0 35.7% 0.0 0.0 – 0.6 0.8 72.7% 0.9 1.1 1.9 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.1
2020-21 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 5 7.2 2.6 0.8 3.2 25.0% 0.0 0.2 0.0% 1.0 1.8 55.6% 1.4 2.6 4.0 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.6

Teams
DateTeam
1998 - January 2002 Franca (Brazil)
January 2002 - June 2004 Barcelona (Spain)
July 2004 Orlando Magic (Summer League)
August 2004 - February 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)
February 2016 Portland Trail Blazers (NBA)
February 2016 - February 2017 Golden State Warriors (NBA)
January 2018 - present Flamengo (Brazil)

Transactions
DateLeagueTransaction
18th January 2002 Spain Signed for the remainder of the season and through 2004 with Barcelona.
2004 NBA Draft NBA Drafted 30th overall by Orlando Magic.
23rd July 2004 NBA Draft rights traded by Orlando Magic, along with Steven Hunter and Drew Gooden (#30, 2004) to Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Tony Battie, a 2005 second-round pick (#44, Martynas Andriuskevicius) and a 2007 second-round pick (#54, Brad Newley).
18th August 2004 NBA Signed a three-year, $2,600,400 contract with Cleveland Cavaliers.
4th December 2007 NBA Signed a $17,353,440 offer sheet for the remainder of the season and through 2010 with Charlotte. Included player option for 2009/10.
5th December 2007 NBA Matched by Cleveland Cavaliers.
30th June 2009 NBA Declined 2009/10 player option.
10th July 2009 NBA Re-signed by Cleveland Cavaliers to a partially guaranteed six-year, $48,204,545 contract.
31st October 2014 NBA Signed a three-year, $30 million extension with Cleveland Cavaliers.
18th February 2016 NBA Traded by Cleveland Cavaliers, along with a 2018 first-round pick, to Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for a 2020 second-round pick.
18th February 2016 NBA Waived by Portland Trail Blazers.
22nd February 2016 NBA Signed a guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season with Golden State Warriors.
16th July 2016 NBA Re-signed by Philadelphia 76ers to a guaranteed one-year minimum salary contract.
3rd February 2017 NBA Waived by Golden State Warriors.
17th January 2018 Brazil Signed for the remainder of the season and through 2019 with Flamengo.

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