Appendris Biedrins

Looks like we caught a break.

Andris out indefinitely with appendicitis; MP still a Warrior
From Janny Hu in Oakland.

Some bad news from practice today:

As the trade deadline passed at noon, the biggest story for the Warriors wasn't that Mickael Pietrus was still at practice.

It's that Andris Biedrins was not.

The Warriors' starting center is out indefinitely with appendicitis that began flaring up last night. Biedrins is scheduled to have his appendix removed today and will likely out for at least a week as he recovers from surgery. Suns forward Grant Hill missed 11 days after undergoing his own appendectomy on Jan. 10.

Warriors coach Don Nelson said Biedrins wasn't feeling well during Wednesday's win over the Celtics, though Biedrins still toughed out one of his best games of the season with 21 points and 13 rebounds. He got progressively worse overnight before the Warriors' sent him to the doctor Thursday morning.

"We had so much flu going on that we didn't know it wasn't just the flu," Nelson said. "But as he got home, it looked more and more like it could be something serious."

"He had such a tremendous, game, you never expected it, but that's the type of guy he is," Baron Davis added. "You just wish him a speedy recovery."

Biedrins' absence will mark the first time since Stephen Jackson's opening seven-game suspension that the Warriors will have to make do without a key player for an extended period.

It also comes at the Warriors' thinnest position, with the 6-11 Latvian serving as their only true center. Nelson said Chris Webber and Austin Croshere will play more minutes at the 5, while his younger players like Patrick O'Bryant and Brandan Wright could also see more time.

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Either Nellie is going to go with super midget ball or hes going to have to go to his unproven bigmen(Wright or POB) or ineffective bigmen(Croshere or C-cripple.