• Anderson Varejao
• #17
• Center - Forward

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PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
Played in 48 games (13 starts) during the 2007-08 season…averaged 6.7 points on .461 shooting while setting career highs in rebounds per game (8.3) and assists per game (1.1)…in his career-high 13 games as a starter, averaged 7.9 points and 10.1 rebounds in 30.6 minutes per game…ranked third among all NBA reserves with 7.7 rebounds per game (min. 30 games)…totaled six double-doubles (Cavs were 5-1 in those games)…tied his then career high with 17 points on 8-9 shooting and added 12 rebounds and three assists at Charlotte on April 2…doubled up with 16 points and a career-high tying 18 rebounds versus Charlotte on Jan. 11…over a three-game span from Jan. 11-17, averaged 13.0 points on .556 shooting and 13.0 rebounds…tallied 15 points, 16 rebounds and a career-best six assists versus Indiana on March 8…averaged 13.3 points and 11.3 rebounds from March 8-12…scored 10 or more points on 12 occasions (Cavs went 11-1 in those games) and grabbed 10 or more rebounds 13 times…led or tied for the team lead in rebounds 16 times, in assists once, in steals nine times and in blocks on nine occasions…was placed on the Inactive List from Jan. 30 – Feb. 20 and Feb. 24 with a left ankle sprain (12 games)…did not dress on Feb. 22 with a left ankle sprain…played in 81 games (six starts) during the 2006-07 season…averaged 6.8 points and 6.7 rebounds in 23.9 minutes per game…in six games as a starter, averaged 12.0 points on .577 shooting and 11.3 rebounds per game…set career highs in games (81), free throws made (165) and attempted (268), free throw percentage (.616) and steals (76)…ranked second among all NBA reserves in rebounds per game (6.4)…scored 17 points on 7-10 shooting and added eight rebounds at New Orleans/Oklahoma City on Dec. 11…played a career-high 42 minutes vs. Philadelphia on Jan. 24 and posted 10 rebounds…led or tied for the team lead in scoring and assists once, in rebounds 25 times, in steals on 18 occasions and in blocks 19 different times…posted seven double-doubles (Cavs went 6-1 in those games)…averaged 11.8 points on .488 shooting and 10.2 rebounds during a five-game sretch from Dec. 6 – 15…grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 18 games and scored in double figures on 20 occasions…Cavs went 9-3 when he scored 12 or more points in game…missed game and placed on Inactive List on Dec. 29 vs. Milwaukee with a neck strain…during the 2005-06 season, played in 48 games (four starts)…averaged 4.6 points on .527 shooting, 4.9 rebounds and 0.65 steals in 15.8 minutes per game…in four games as a starter, averaged 8.0 points and 7.8 rebounds in 29.3 minutes per game…led or tied for the team lead in steals nine times, rebounds six times and blocks five times…scored in double figures on eight occasions…led the team in field goal percentage (.527)…recorded at least one steal in 22 of his 48 games…in 11 games during the month of April averaged 7.9 points on .569 (29-51) shooting and 8.5 rebounds…in the final three games of the season averaged 13.3 points on .591 (13-22) shooting and 10.3 rebounds per game while scoring in double figures in each game…in games in which he played 20 minutes or more this season the team was 13-2…tied his career high in points (14) and shattered his career high in rebounds (18) vs. Atlanta on April 19…posted his first career double-double with 11 points and a season-high tying 14 rebounds versus Philadelphia on April 4…tied his career high with 14 points, including 12 in the third quarter, to go along with four rebounds at Boston on April 17…made his return to the Cavaliers lineup on Jan. 12 against the Lakers in Los Angeles…missed the first 32 games of the season with a dislocated right shoulder…was a DNP-CD on two occasions…during the 2004-05 season, played in 54 games, averaging 4.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.76 steals and 0.70 blocks in 16.0 minutes per game…led the Cavaliers in field goal percentage (.513)…ranked first in the NBA in steals per turnover (1.58) and fourth in the NBA in offensive rebounds per 48 minutes (6.1)…ranked second among rookies in offensive rebounds per 48 minutes (6.1) and fourth in total rebounds per 48 minutes (14.3)…scored 14 points at Dallas on March 26 and grabbed 14 rebounds at Utah on Jan. 15…over a span of 11 games from Jan. 3-24, recorded six games with 10 or more rebounds, averaging 7.9 rebounds over that span…recorded eight or more rebounds on 11 occasions…spent 11 games on the Injured List from Feb. 1-27 and did not dress in six games with a left high ankle sprain…missed six games on the Injured List with left knee patella tendinitis from Nov. 17-29…during the 2003-04 season, appeared in 27 regular season games for F.C. Barcelona, averaging 7.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game…in 18 Euroleague games, averaged 7.7 points and 5.1 rebounds…scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against Cibona of Croatia…posted 13 points, 11 rebounds and four steals against Partizan Belgrade…during the 2002-03 season, played in three games for F.C. Barcelona before being used in Eurloeague games only…in 20 Euroleague games, averaged 4.4 points and 3.4 rebounds…scored 17 points in 22 minutes against Benetton Treviso of Italy…scored nine points, grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked five shots against Alba Berlin of Germany…during the 2001-02 season, played in two games for F.C. Barcelona and in nine games in the Euroleague…named the MVP of the Brazilian league following the 2001 season in which he averaged 17.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game.

PLAYOFF CAREER:
Has career averages of 6.0 points on .507 shooting and 5.6 rebounds per game in 22.4 mintues per game in 60 career playoff games…appeared in all 14 games during the 2009 Playoffs…averaged 6.9 points and 6.4 rebounds in 30.0 minutes per game…scored a 2009 playoff-high 14 points on 6-8 (.750) shooting in Game 1 versus Orlando…in Game 6 posted 14 points on 7-12 (.583) shooting and grabbed eight rebounds at Orlando…grabbed a 2009 playoff-high 11 rebounds in Game 4 at Atlanta…appeared in all 13 games during the 2008 Playoffs…averaged 4.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in 18.5 minutes per game…was the game-high rebounder with nine in Game 3 at Washington and tallied 12 points and six rebounds in Game 4 at home against the Celtics…saw time in all 20 games with Cleveland during the 2007 Playoffs…averaged 6.0 points on .511 shooting and 6.0 rebounds per game in 22.4 minutes per game…posted his first postseason double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds in Game 2 at Detroit…grabbed at least seven rebounds in three of four games versus Washington and grabbed five or more boards in five of six games versus New Jersey…put up 13 points and eight rebounds in Game 1 at Detroit and finished with eight points and 10 rebounds in Game 2 of The Finals at San Antonio…played in 13 games for the Cavaliers during the 2006 Playoffs…averaged 6.8 points on .620 (31-50) and 4.5 rebounds in 18.3 minutes per game…shot .500 or better from the field in 11 of the 12 games in which he attempted a field goal…in the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Detroit, averaged 9.3 points on .579 (22-38) shooting and 4.3 rebounds in 20.4 minutes per game…scored in double figures in Games 1-4 against Detroit including a career playoff-high 16 points on 6-7 from the field in Game 3.