Andrew Bogut
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| Position | Center, power forward |
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| Height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
| Weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Team | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Born | November 28, 1984 Melbourne, Australia |
| College | Utah |
| Draft | 1st overall, 2005 Milwaukee Bucks |
| Pro career | 2005 – present |
| Awards | 2005 Wooden Award 2005 Naismith Award 2006 NBA All-Rookie First Team |
Andrew Michael Bogut (born November 28, 1984) is an Australian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association.
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[edit] Overview
Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Bogut was selected first overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2005 NBA Draft. The 7'0", 245 lb (2.13 m, 111 kg) forward/center was a star at the University of Utah for two years before declaring for the draft. Bogut is the first Australian to be drafted first overall.
[edit] Early years
Bogut is the son of Croatian immigrants to Australia. As a 15-year-old, he was cut from the Victoria junior state representative team. That experience apparently drove him to improve; he later went on to attend the Australian Institute of Sport. In his last season at AIS, he averaged 29 points and 14.5 rebounds. He went on to lead the Australian team that won the 2003 FIBA Junior World Championships, and was named the tournament MVP.
[edit] College years
As a freshman at Utah in 2003-04, he barely missed averaging a double-double for the season with 12.5 points and 9.9 rebounds, and was named Freshman of the Year in the Mountain West Conference. During the summer, he was a starter for the Boomers at the 2004 Athens Olympics, averaging 14.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.2 blocked shots and shooting 58.0% from the field.
After his solid though unspectacular freshman season, he did not even receive honorable mention on the preseason All-America team for the 2004-05 season. However, he had a true breakout season as a sophomore. Bogut averaged 20.4 points, 12.2 rebounds (second in Division I), 2.3 assists, and 1.8 blocks, and shot 62.0% from the field (eighth in Division I). He also led Division I in double-doubles, with 26.
After the 2004-05 NCAA season, Bogut was the leading vote-getter on the AP All-America team and won most major national individual awards, earning Player of the Year honors from the Associated Press and ESPN.com, plus the Naismith and Wooden Awards. Bogut is the first non-U.S. player ever to win either award.
[edit] NBA career
Bogut finished a successful rookie season with the Bucks averaging 9.4 ppg and 7.0 rpg. He was named to the 2005-06 All-Rookie First Team and finished third in votes for the 2006 Rookie of the Year Award. Bogut was also the only top-10 pick from the 2005 draft to start for his team in the 2006 NBA Playoffs.
[edit] International career
Bogut was a starter for the Boomers at the 2004 Athens Olympics, averaging 14.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.2 blocked shots and shooting 58.0% from the field. He represented Australia again in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Australia advanced to the Round of 16, before losing to the United States. Bogut averaged 12.8 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game during the tournament, leading Australia in both categories.
[edit] Trivia
- Bogut has a reported 7'5" wingspan. [1]
- Andrew Bogut had a try-out for the National Basketball League in Australia but was unsuccessful.[citation needed]
- During his college career his game high in assists was seven.
- The University of Utah made some history with Bogut's #1 selection in the NBA draft in 2005. Earlier that year, Utah quarterback Alex Smith was the #1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. Utah became the first school to have athletes drafted #1 overall to the NFL and the NBA in the same year.
[edit] References
- ^ http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600119743,00.html Sampson, Kelvin - Deseret News
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| Preceded by: Jameer Nelson |
Naismith College Player of the Year (men) 2005 |
Succeeded by: J. J. Redick |
| Preceded by: Jameer Nelson |
John R. Wooden Award (men) 2005 |
Succeeded by: J. J. Redick |
| 2005 NBA Draft | ||
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| First Round Andrew Bogut | Marvin Williams | Deron Williams | Chris Paul | Raymond Felton | Martell Webster | Charlie Villanueva | Channing Frye | Ike Diogu | Andrew Bynum | Fran Vázquez | Yaroslav Korolev | Sean May | Rashad McCants | Antoine Wright | Joey Graham | Danny Granger | Gerald Green | Hakim Warrick | Julius Hodge | Nate Robinson | Jarrett Jack | Francisco García | Luther Head | Johan Petro | Jason Maxiell | Linas Kleiza | Ian Mahinmi | Wayne Simien| David Lee |
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| Second Round Salim Stoudamire | Daniel Ewing | Brandon Bass | C.J Miles | Ricky Sánchez | Ersan Ilyasova | Ronny Turiaf | Travis Diener | Von Wafer | Monta Ellis | Roko Ukić | Chris Taft | Mile Ilić | Martynas Andriuškevičius | Louis Williams | Eražem Lorbek | Bracey Wright | Mickaël Gelabale | Andray Blatche | Ryan Gomes | Robert Whaley | Axel Hervelle | Orien Greene | Dijon Thompson | Lawrence Roberts | Amir Johnson | Marcin Gortat | Uros Slokar | Cenk Akyol | Alex Acker |
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