Andrew Bogut
Andrew Bogut
Andrew Michael Bogutis an Australian professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. The 7-footcenter was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft. He earned All-NBA Third Team honors with the Bucks in 2010. He was traded to the Golden State Warriors in 2012, and was named NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2015, when he won an NBA championship with the Warriors...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 November 1984
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
I'm just trying to play hard. I'm just proving a point to myself that I can play in this league.
I'm just happy to be a part of the weekend. To be an All-Star is something very special, and that will take a couple years. It might not happen next year, it might happen the year after ? but it's definitely a goal I have in my sights.
It's been good. We go to dinner together and talk about stuff. It's really helped me out. He's seen the worst of things; he's seen the best of things. So he's a good guy to talk to about things.
It'll be fun, but it's more of a fan thing. To me, winning games and getting to the playoffs is the big thing.
That's what we spoke about in the locker room, character in an NBA game. It's more crucial to play hard in the last minute than the first 39. Anything can happen in the final minute of an NBA game.
That's not my goal, to win rookie of the year. I don't care about that stuff. Individual goals. Usually, the rookie of the year doesn't make it to the playoffs. I'd rather make it to the playoffs.
not as slow as Luc Longley. I can shoot better, I'm more competitive. So I think it's not even fair to bring that name up.
It's very special for me to come and see them play.
It's kind of hard to adjust to their style of play. We tried to throw some different looks at them, but at the end of the day, it wasn't really up to us. It was up to their missed shots.
It's frustrating. We don't play Phoenix many times, so it's kind of hard to adjust to their style of play.
It was good for a laugh back then, I guess,
I've never had a buzzer-beating game-winner, but to do it in the NBA against the world champions is a great feeling. The guy I've always looked up to is Tim Duncan . So, to do this against his team is a great feeling for me.
There's a lot of Bucks jerseys being ordered online and a lot of people asking for jerseys, ... There will be expectations on me as the No. 1 pick, from the media around the world, basically. Every game I'm going to be scrutinized, and I just have to deal with that.
It's much better. Much better. Now we have to do that against the good teams.