1:33pm: The Warriors have officially signed Bogut, the team announced today in a press release.
11:18am: Andrew Bogut, who spent the 2018/19 season in Australia’s National Basketball League, has obtained the letter of clearance required to make the move from the NBL to the NBA, agent David Bauman tells Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). We had heard on Monday that Bogut intended to sign with the Warriors once he received clearance.
With the primary roadblock out of the way, Bogut will now work to officially finalize a one-year, minimum-salary contract with Golden State, Charania adds (via Twitter). The former No. 1 overall pick is expected to join the Warriors sometime during their four-game road trip next week, sources tell Mark Medina of The San Jose Mercury News. That trip begins in Houston next Wednesday (March 13) and concludes on March 19 in Minnesota.
According to Medina, Bogut also still has to work out logistical details related to his U.S. work visa. He’s mulling whether to have the visa shipped to the U.S. consulate in Sydney or to fly to America on a tourist visa before acquiring his work visa in Vancouver, Medina notes.
Once Bogut sorts out those details, he’ll fill the final open spot on the Warriors’ 15-man roster. As we detailed on Monday, it’s not clear whether that will be Golden State’s final roster move this season. The team had reportedly been considering the idea of adding a wing – perhaps Damion Lee – with that open roster spot, and will have until the last day of the regular season to make any further changes.
Bogut, 34, hasn’t appeared in an NBA game in more than a year, having played his last game for the Lakers on January 1, 2018. However, he was named the MVP and the Defensive Player of the Year in Australia’s NBL this season, making a case for an NBA roster spot by leading the league with 11.7 RPG and 2.7 BPG.
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have him start and Cousins come off the bench. Cousins plays better with the second unit.
At least someone on the team will play with some heart and sense of urgency.
Hope the Warriors can fit him under the “salary cap”. NBA is a joke!!
He’ll be making the minimum. Anybody who feels that spot would be making the minimum. According to your logic the Warriors should only have 7 guys.
If there was a hard salary cap GSW would still be at the top. Cavs were the highest paid team when LeBron was there.
Oh no, they’re paying someone a pro-rated minimum. THE LEAGUE IS RUINED!
The southern hemisphere’s equivalent of Kendrick Perkins. Fun, fun, fun!
When’s the last time Kendrick Perkins made a nice pass or blocked a shot?
October 27th 2012 and March 11th 2011 respectively.
Oh golly gary, I was just referring to level of dirty play. My error for not being more specific.