Andrew Bogut‘s visa issues have been rectified and the Australian big man is expected to travel to Oakland on Saturday, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr told reporters, including Mark Medina of The Mercury News (Twitter link). However, Bogut will not play in any of Golden State’s upcoming road games against the Thunder, Spurs and Timberwolves.
“I didn’t think it made sense for him to fly across the country after flying across the world so he will probably just meet us in the Bay [Area] when we get back, more than likely,” Kerr said.
If Bogut skips the road trip, his first game with the Warriors will likely be this coming Thursday against the Pacers at Oracle Arena. He will have 12 games to get comfortable in the Warriors’ rotation as the team prepares for the playoffs.
Bogut, 34, spent four seasons with the Warriors from 2012-14. He has not appeared in the NBA since he suited up with the Lakers for 23 games last season. This season, Bogut played with Australia’s Sydney Kings. Bogut’s arrangement calls for the center to return to Australia after his quick NBA stint.
“To come back to the NBA, for me, was basically Golden State or nothing,” Bogut said of his return. “But the fact it was Golden State — it was the kind of opportunity that I would be kicking myself if I didn’t take.”
I think the defensive intensity will pick up with Bogut and green on board with him.
I’ll always remember Andrew yelling at David Lee about rotating coverages… and Lee would miss sliding over to box out the big man….
Bogut wood provide help defense and Lee would be 20 feet from the basket in no man’s land while one of the big man got an uncontested rebound basket.
Bogut would just scream at him.
Decrease in cousins playing time. Good
Nope Cousins back up. Bogut will be cutting screens for open Thompson 3s. This gives GSW more depth against bigger teams.
No way they are cutting PT from DMC, if anything it will keep increasing. He has been playing unbelievably good so far!
Cousins did look a lot better yesterday. It was an interesting postgame TV interview with Stef Curry who said the team might have been too “sensitive” about Cousins’ return… I think meaning they changed too much for him, trying to be helpful, instead of just doing their thing and expecting him to keep up. Well that’s what I got from it.