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Warriors Sign Andrew Bogut

March 6th, 2019 at 1:33pm CST by Luke Adams

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.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

Warriors Notes: Bogut, Lee, Evans, Looney

March 4th, 2019 at 2:48pm CST by Luke Adams

Just a couple days after one report suggested that two-way player Damion Lee appeared to have the inside track on the Warriors’ final roster spot, word broke today that the club will instead fill that opening by bringing back veteran center Andrew Bogut, whose season in Australia is now over.

Anthony Slater of The Athletic explores that decision, explaining that Golden State sent a representative to watch Bogut in Australia in recent weeks. The club came away feeling as if he looked rejuvenated after a year removed from the NBA.

“[It] seems like he’s in a really good place,” one team source told The Athletic. “Physically and mentally. [The] shorter, less demanding season did wonders for him.”

Additionally, as Slater details, the Warriors stars who played with Bogut in previous seasons – including Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green – have remained on friendly terms with the 34-year-old. When they were approached about the idea of a reunion, they all gave the go-ahead, sources tell Slater.

While it remains to be seen if Bogut will be the perfect on-court fit for the Warriors, the team wanted a bigger-bodied, defensively-minded center, according to Slater, who notes that the Dubs lost a pair of those players – and a ton of postseason experience – when both David West and Zaza Pachulia left the club last summer.

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Although Bogut will fill that 15th roster spot for now, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the Warriors won’t make another roster move before the playoffs, Slater writes. Depending on how the rotation looks in the coming weeks, Lee – or another player – could still earn a place on the 15-man squad. “Everything is an option until the last day,” a team source said to Slater.
Mark Medina of The San Jose Mercury News echoes that sentiment, but notes (via Twitter) that the Warriors are unlikely to waive little-used rookie Jacob Evans to make room for anyone this season. Evans and injured big man Damian Jones are both under contract for 2019/20, and Golden State will want to avoid creating dead money on next year’s cap, says Slater.
Shams Charania of The Vertical provides an injury update on Kevon Looney, tweeting that an MRI revealed a pelvic strain. Looney will be considered day-to-day, with a return date dependent on his strengthening and rehab.
Klay Thompson is also day-to-day for the Warriors, as we detailed earlier today.

Warriors Plan To Sign Andrew Bogut

March 4th, 2019 at 10:32am CST by Luke Adams

10:32am: The Warriors plan to sign Bogut for the rest of the season once he receives clearance from the Sydney Kings, league sources tell Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. That’s expected to happen within about 48 hours.

The Celtics were among the other teams with interest in Bogut, Haynes notes.

9:37am: The Warriors have emerged as the favorites to sign veteran center Andrew Bogut, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). According to Charania, Bogut’s representatives are working to get him clearance to sign in the NBA after he spent the season with Australia’s Sydney Kings.

Charania first reported on Sunday that Bogut was drawing interest from NBA teams, citing Golden State and Philadelphia as two clubs in the mix. While there are a handful of contenders that could use a big man like Bogut, the Warriors make a lot of sense — the former No. 1 overall pick previously spent four seasons with the Dubs from 2012-16, and the team currently has an open roster spot.

The Warriors had been hoping that an NBA center like Robin Lopez would shake free on the buyout market last month, but Bogut would be a pretty solid fallback option. He was named the MVP and the Defensive Player of the Year in Australia’s National Basketball League this season, as his 11.7 RPG and 2.7 BPG both led the league by a substantial margin.

If Bogut agrees to sign with Golden State, the team will be limited to offering the minimum salary. The Warriors already used their mid-level exception on DeMarcus Cousins, and the bi-annual exception isn’t available because they’re over the tax apron.

The exact value of a minimum salary deal for Bogut would depend on when he signs it. He’d be in line to earn a salary of $13,525 per day, with a cap hit of $8,546 per day for the club. The Dubs would also incur additional tax penalties based on the big man’s cap charge.

Teams Interested In Andrew Bogut

March 3rd, 2019 at 10:08am CST by Arthur Hill

Veteran center Andrew Bogut is getting interest from “multiple contenders,” including the Warriors and Sixers, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Bogut is available now that his season has ended in Australia — he was named both MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the NBL (National Basketball League).

Bogut isn’t expected to decide on an NBA deal right away, Charania adds. However, the 34-year-old will be playoff-eligible wherever he goes, since he hasn’t been on an NBA roster all season. He has been out of the league since the Lakers waived him in January of 2018.

Bogut was a second-team All-Defensive honoree in 2014/15 when he helped Golden State win the NBA title. The Warriors traded him after the 2016 season in a cap-clearing move to help them sign Kevin Durant.

And-Ones: Bogut, Offseason Additions, All-Stars, Betting

August 11th, 2018 at 11:18am CST by marksuleymanov

Andrew Bogut has not played professional basketball since his brief stint with the Lakers last season. The former first overall pick made his debut for the Sydney Kings in a preseason contest ahead of Australia’s National Basketball League season, per USA TODAY.

Playing against the Japanese national team, Bogut posted four points, six rebounds and six assists in a 77-57 victory. After the game, Bogut discussed his adjustment to playing significant minutes after not playing for almost eight months.

“I was always just trying to ease into it,” Bogut said. “I haven’t played a game since January. When I played with the Lakers, I wasn’t getting a lot of minutes. It was my first organized hitout in seven months so I just wanted to go as hard as I could in the first half. There’s going to be games in the NBL season when I’m not going to be the leading scorer, I’m not going to be the leading rebound getter. But I know ‘I’m going to still have an impact on the game just because I’m out there.”

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Bogut To Play In Australia, Done With NBA

April 23rd, 2018 at 9:48pm CST by Arthur Hill

APRIL 23rd, 9:48pm: Bogut said he will play two seasons with the Sydney Kings and that he’s retired from the NBA, Olgun Uluc of Fox Sports Australia tweets. There are no outs in his contract to return to the NBA or play in Europe, Uluc adds.

APRIL 22nd, 9:02am: Andrew Bogut‘s comeback will continue next season in Australia, relays Jake Michaels of ESPN.

The Sydney Kings announced on social media overnight that they are signing the 33-year-old center, who played 13 NBA seasons. A press conference has been scheduled for Monday.

Bogut was never able to re-establish himself in the NBA after fracturing his left tibia in his lone game with the Cavaliers last season. He signed with the Lakers just before the opening of camp in September, but he got into just 23 games before being waived in January.

Bogut told Michaels last week that he turned down offers to join four playoff-bound teams late in the season. He opted to return to Australia at the time to deal with personal issues, including his wife’s high-risk pregnancy and his grandfather’s death.

“I had an offer from one in the east and I got an offer for a 10-day [contract] from a team in the west,” Bogut said. “The one out east was for the rest of the season but I just decided they weren’t great fits for me and the way I play so I just decided to wait it out.

“The other thing I had in my back pocket was there were two other teams that expressed a lot of interest but had some cap space issues and they wanted me to wait until late March, early April to sign so it wouldn’t affect their salary cap as much as it would by signing in January. Those teams called immediately after I was released from the Lakers.”

He added that he was “blindsided” by his release in L.A. and speculated that Lakers management didn’t want to deal with a potential buyout situation.

Bogut spent seven seasons in Milwaukee after being taken with the first pick in the 2005 draft. He was traded to the Warriors in 2012 and became a defensive anchor of their 2015 championship team. He was shipped to the Mavericks in 2016 as Golden State cleared cap room to sign Kevin Durant.

Andrew Bogut Won’t Sign New Deal This Season

March 27th, 2018 at 1:27pm CST by Luke Adams

Free agent center Andrew Bogut reportedly drew interest from a handful of NBA teams after being waived earlier this season by the Lakers. However, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link), the former first overall pick isn’t expected to sign a new contract before the end of the 2017/18 season.

Bogut intends to put an NBA return on the back burner in order to care for his wife, who is in the midst of a high-risk pregnancy with the couple’s second child, reports Charania. After focusing on his family, Bogut will likely be ready to pursue free agent opportunities for the 2018/19 season on July 1, Charania adds.

Bogut, 33, signed with the Lakers last year, but didn’t play much for the club, averaging 9.4 MPG in 23 games during the first half of the season. He was cut by L.A. in January, and reports in the wake of his release suggested he intended to sign with a new team after the trade deadline. Instead, he’ll sit out the rest of this season.

While Bogut’s numbers for the Lakers were uninspiring, he’s not far removed from a successful four-year run with the Warriors, who won a title during his stint with the franchise. From 2012 to 2016, Bogut appeared in 236 games (230 starts) for Golden State, averaging 6.3 PPG, 8.3 RPG, and 1.7 BPG in 23.7 minutes per contest.

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Bogut, Diaw Drawing Interest From Playoff Teams

February 8th, 2018 at 5:30pm CST by marksuleymanov

With the trade deadline gone, now is the time when teams scour the market for veteran help to aid a playoff run. Two players who are currently receiving interest from contending teams are Andrew Bogut and Boris Diaw.

According to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon (via Twitter), Diaw, who is currently with the French team Paris-Levallois, has “touched base” with several playoff teams. The 35-year-old is a 14-year NBA veteran with 119 games of postseason experience, including the 2013/14 championship Spurs team. MacMahon notes that teams like Diaw’s locker room presence and unselfish role play.

Diaw last appeared in the NBA with the Jazz last season, averaging 4.6 PPG in 73 games.

As for Bogut, he has yet to latch on with a team since the Lakers released him in early January. Bogut’s agent, David Bauman, tells Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times (via Twitter) that the Australian big man is considering four playoff-bound teams and that,”the good news is Andrew will be in the playoffs.” Bogut is expected to sign next week, Bauman tells Woelfel.

Bogut played sparingly for the Lakers, appearing in just 24 games while averaging 1.5 PPG. However, the 33-year-old brings his own postseason pedigree as he was part of the Warriors‘ 2014/15 championship team. The 13-year veteran has been consistently regarded as a steady veteran presence and defensive asset.

Thunder Notes: Roberson, George, Abrines

January 31st, 2018 at 8:55pm CST by clarkcrum

A top-five ranked defense took a major hit Saturday evening when Thunder swingman and 2017 NBA All-Defensive Second Team member Andre Roberson had his season end abruptly after rupturing his left patellar tendon. Erik Horne of The Oklahoman opines that the team has two good options: make a trade, or seek a difference maker on the buyout market later this month.

A trade may be difficult, as the Thunder don’t have a first-round pick to trade until 2024, and not many attractive assets with whom the team would be willing to part. The Thunder do have two trade exceptions acquired in the Paul George trade, but the larger of the two exceptions is only worth $2.5MM – an amount unlikely to fit a salary equal to Roberson’s value.

Should the team test the buyout market, Horne mentions Andrew Bogut as a potential option to maintain the team’s defensive prowess, with more names to materialize after the Feb. 8 trade deadline.

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Andrew Bogut Expected To Sign After Trade Deadline

January 19th, 2018 at 4:32pm CST by Austin Kent

Veteran big man Andrew Bogut is expected to sign with a new team after the trade deadline, Marc Stein of the New York Times tweets. The 33-year-old is being courted by a number of playoff teams already, Stein adds.

Last seen with the Lakers prior to his release in early January, Bogut is a physical low-post presence that teams hope can still contribute, at least defensively, to a winner.

With the NBA trade deadline approaching and roster flexibility of particular importance, it’s unlikely that Bogut finds a new job prior to February 8. After the deadline, teams said to be interested in the Australian (like the Bucks) should have more roster clarity and are expected to pursue him more aggressively.