Andrew Bogut

Andrew Bogut

Bogut with the Warriors in March 2013
No. 12 – Golden State Warriors
Position Center
League NBA
Personal information
Born 28 November 1984
Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality Australian
Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight 260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school St John's Regional College
(Melbourne, Victoria)
Lake Ginninderra
(Canberra, ACT)
College Utah (2003–2005)
NBA draft 2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Pro career 2005–present
Career history
2005–2012 Milwaukee Bucks
2012–present Golden State Warriors
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Andrew Michael Bogut (born 28 November 1984) is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 7'0" center was a star at the University of Utah for two years before declaring for the draft. He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft, thus becoming the first Australian player and the second Utah player to be drafted number one overall.

Early years

Bogut was born to Croatian immigrants Mišo and Ankica (née Jurišić) Bogut in suburban Melbourne.[1][2][3] His father is from Osijek and his mother was a native of Karlovac.[4] Bogut grew up playing Australian rules football and tennis in addition to basketball. In his childhood, he patterned his basketball game after Toni Kukoc.[5] 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, with whom he would tour the United States in 2001 and 2002. In his last season at AIS, he averaged 29 points, 14.5 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game while competing in the SEABL.[6] He went on to lead the Australian team that won the 2003 FIBA Junior World Championships, and was named the tournament MVP.

College career

As a freshman at Utah in 2003–04, Bogut averaged 12.5 points and 9.9 rebounds per game, 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.

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, earning Player of the Year honours from the Associated Press and ESPN.com, plus the Naismith and Wooden Awards.

College statistics

College Year GP GS MIN PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P%
Utah 2003-04 33 33 30.4 12.5 9.9 2.2 0.4 1.3 .577 .640 .364
Utah 2004-05 35 35 35.0 20.4 12.2 2.3 1.0 1.9 .620 .692 .360
Career 68 68 32.7 16.6 11.1 2.3 0.7 1.6 .603 .674 .361

Professional career

Milwaukee Bucks (2005–2012)

Bogut blocks a shot by the Washington Wizards' Hamady N'Diaye in 2011.

Bogut finished his 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 NBA Rookie of the Year Award.

2006–07 season

Bogut's sophomore season in the league was cut short after spraining his left foot and being put on the injured reserve for the final 15 games. He had previously played in 153 consecutive games.[7] He showed improvement in his second year in the league as he averaged 12.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.[8] Bogut is considered one of the best passing centres in the league, having averaged 3.0 assists per game in the 2006–07 season.

2007–08 season

In the 2007–08 NBA season the Australian center showed career highs in points (14.3), rebounds (9.8), blocks (1.7), steals (0.8) and minutes (34.9) per game.[9] Also in 2007–08, Bogut started a career high 78 times. The low point of his second season in the NBA came when he made an obscene gesture towards a home fan after being ejected from a game for a flagrant foul against the Toronto Raptors at the Bradley Center. The move would cost him $25,000.[10]

2009–10 season

On April 3, 2010, near the end of a breakout season, Bogut suffered a major injury. That night, in a game against the Phoenix Suns at the Bradley Center, Bogut had a chance to score on a fast break attempt. As he went up, Amaré Stoudemire appeared to make some contact with Bogut and he lost his balance while completing the dunk. He hung onto the rim for a brief moment to try to right himself but could not, and fell at an awkward angle. Placing his right arm out to break the fall, Bogut landed with all of his weight on top of his wrist and his arm twisted as he landed. The next day the Bucks announced he had suffered a dislocated right elbow, broken right hand, and a wrist sprain.[11] Bogut had been having a break-out 2009–2010 season, averaging 15.9 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks per game (2nd in the League).[11] He was named to the 2009–10 All-NBA Third Team following this break-out season and became the first Australian to earn All-NBA honours. Then, the next season, his blocks per game, 2.6, led the NBA.

Bogut with the Bucks in 2011

NBA lockout

During the 2011 NBA lockout, Bogut chose to return home to Australia and play in the NBL for the 2011–12 season rather than sit on the sidelines (and in the process, forgo any higher-paying contracts he could have easily earned in Europe). He was linked to the Gold Coast Blaze, Adelaide 36ers and the team he supported when growing up, the Sydney Kings. Ultimately he chose the Kings (who finished 9th and last in 2010–11), but the insurance to cover his remaining $39m contract with the Bucks could not be resolved, leaving the Kings and the NBL without his on-court services.[12] Following the breakdown in contract negotiations over the insurance money, Bogut stated he would like to join the Kings coaching staff in a bid not only to help the club but help raise the NBL's profile. When the NBA lock-out was resolved, however, he returned to the Bucks but fractured his ankle on 25 January 2012, causing him to miss the remainder of the season.[13]

Golden State Warriors (2012–present)

On 13 March 2012, Bogut and Stephen Jackson were traded to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Monta Ellis, Ekpe Udoh and Kwame Brown.[14] According to the Warriors, he underwent surgery in April to "clean out loose particles and bone spurs in the ankle".[13] He sat out the 2012–13 preseason, but played in four of the first five regular season games, averaging just 6.0 points and 3.8 rebounds. He was then declared out indefinitely. He received Regenokine treatment to aid his recovery,[15] and it was also revealed that his procedure in April was more serious microfracture surgery than previously thought.[13] Bogut returned on 28 January 2013, recording 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks in a road win over the Toronto Raptors. On 2 May 2013, in game six of the first round of the playoffs, Bogut scored career playoff highs of 14 points and 21 rebounds. He also became the first Warriors player with 20 rebounds since Larry Smith had 23 on 12 May 1987 against the Lakers.

On 25 October 2013, Bogut signed a three-year contract extension with the Warriors.[16] Despite another injury-riddled season in 2013–14, Bogut still finished 10th in NBA Defensive Player of the Year voting and became the first player in franchise history to average at least 10 rebounds per game while shooting 60 percent from the field.[17]

After playing well through the first 19 games of the 2014–15 season, Bogut injured his right knee on 8 December 2014 against Minnesota and subsequently missed 12 games. He returned to action off the bench against Indiana on 7 January 2015, recording 4 points and 8 rebounds in the 117-102 win.[18] On 2 March 2015, he scored a season-high 16 points in a 108-110 loss to the Brooklyn Nets.[19] On 7 April 2015, he recorded 8 points and a career-high 9 blocks in a 100-103 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.[20]

Career highs

International career

Bogut's international career began by starring in Australia's 2003 Junior World Championship team, averaging 26.2 points and 17 rebounds per game including a 35-point, 14-rebound performance against Lithuania in the championship game.[21] He started 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 US. He averaged 12.8 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game during the tournament, leading Australia in both categories. He started for the Boomers at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[22] In 2012, while playing for the contending Boomers in the 2012 London Olympic Games, broke an ankle.[23]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 Milwaukee 82 77 28.6 .533 .000 .629 7.0 2.3 .6 .8 9.4
2006–07 Milwaukee 66 66 34.2 .553 .200 .577 8.8 3.0 .7 .5 12.3
2007–08 Milwaukee 78 78 34.9 .511 .000 .587 9.8 2.6 .8 1.7 14.3
2008–09 Milwaukee 36 33 31.2 .577 .000 .571 10.3 2.0 .6 1.0 11.7
2009–10 Milwaukee 69 69 32.3 .520 .000 .629 10.2 1.8 .6 2.5 15.9
2010–11 Milwaukee 65 65 35.3 .495 .000 .442 11.1 2.0 .7 2.6 12.8
2011–12 Milwaukee 12 12 30.3 .449 .000 .609 8.3 2.6 1.0 2.0 11.3
2012–13 Golden State 32 32 24.6 .451 1.000 .500 7.7 2.1 .6 1.7 5.8
2013–14 Golden State 67 67 26.4 .627 .000 .344 10.0 1.7 .7 1.8 7.3
2014–15 Golden State 67 65 23.6 .563 .000 .524 8.1 2.7 .6 1.7 6.3
Career 574 564 30.4 .530 .087 .561 9.2 2.3 .7 1.6 10.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006 Milwaukee 5 5 34.4 .435 .000 .375 6.2 3.4 .6 .0 8.6
2013 Golden State 12 12 27.3 .582 .000 .348 10.9 1.8 .5 1.5 7.2
Career 17 17 29.4 .522 .000 .355 9.5 2.3 .5 1.1 7.6

References

  1. ↑ "Australski Hrvat Andrew Bogut ubacio 31 koš Orlandu" (in Croatian). sportal.hr. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  2. ↑ "Australski Hrvat Andrew Bogut: Želim da Australija pobijedi Hrvatsku 50 razlike" (in Croatian). Index.hr. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  3. ↑ "Andrew Bogut: Sretan sam statusom u Bucksima" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  4. ↑ Vladimir Radičević (15 September 2008). "Andrew Bogut: U potrazi za korijenima" [Andrew Bogut: In search of roots] (in Croatian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  5. ↑ Reed, Truman (13 April 2007). "Bucks Back When ... Andrew Bogut, Part I". Bucks.com. National Basketball Association.
  6. ↑ Reed, Truman (16 April 2007). "Bucks Back When ... Andrew Bogut, Part II". Bucks.com. National Basketball Association.
  7. ↑ Dampney, James (22 March 2007). "Bogut out for the season". Fox Sports. AAP.
  8. ↑ "Andrew Bogut Info Page". NBA.com. National Basketball Association.
  9. ↑ "Andrew Bogut Career Stats Page". NBA.com. National Basketball Association.
  10. ↑ http://sports.aol.com/nba/story/_a/bucks-bogut-slapped-with-25000-fine/20070314160209990001?cid=942
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Gardner, Charles F. (4 April 2010). "Bucks lose Bogut for the season". Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
  12. ↑ Stein, Marc (6 October 2011). "Andrew Bogut won't play in Australia". ESPN.com.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Andrew Bogut out indefinitely". ESPN.com. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012.
  14. ↑ "Warriors Acquire Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson From Milwaukee". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  15. ↑ Amick, Sam (15 November 2012). "Bogut is getting blood manipulation treatments". hoopsworld.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012.
  16. ↑ Warriors sign Andrew Bogut to contract extension
  17. ↑ 2013–14 Season Review: Andrew Bogut
  18. ↑ Thompson scores 40, Warriors beat Pacers 117-102
  19. ↑ Jack's jumper gives Nets 110-108 win over Curry, Warriors
  20. ↑ Pelicans beat Warriors 103-100, move into 8th spot
  21. ↑ "Andrew Bogut's profile". 2003 World Championship for Junior Men. FIBA.
  22. ↑ "Andrew Bogut". Australian Boomers. Basketball Australia.
  23. ↑ Hand, Guy (16 March 2012). "Bogut's future hinges on ankle scans". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. Retrieved 20 March 2012.

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