Andrew Bogut
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| - | ! colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Date of Birth: | + | {{Colspan center}} '''Date of Birth:''' [[November 28]], [[1984]] |
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| Bogut playing for Bucks | |
| No. 6 - Milwaukee Bucks | |
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| Date of Birth: November 28, 1984 | |
| Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia | |
Nationality:  Austrailian
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| Height: 7 ft 0 in | Weight: 260 lbs |
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| College: | Utah |
| NBA Draft: | 2005; Round: 1 / Pick: 1st |
| Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Pro Career: | 2005-present |
| League: |  NBA
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| Andrew Bogut at NBA.com | |
Andrew Michael Bogut (born November 28, 1984) is an Australian professional basketball player in the NBA at Center for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Bogut was selected first overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2005 NBA Draft. The 7'0", 245 lb (2.13 m, 111 kg) forward/center was a star at the University of Utah for two years before declaring for the draft. Bogut is the first Australian to be drafted first overall.
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Early Years
Bogut was born to Croatian immigrants in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 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. In his last season at AIS, he averaged 29 points and 14.5 rebounds. He went on to lead the Emus -- the Australian junior team -- that won the 2003 FIBA Junior World Championships, and was named the tournament MVP. His favorite players growing up were the late Dražen Petrović and former Croation player Toni Kukoč.
College
As a freshman at Utah in 2003-04, he averaged a double-double for the season with 12.5 points and 9.9 rebounds, and was named Freshman of the Year in the Mountain West Conference. During the summer, he was a starter for the Boomers, the Australian Senior National Men's Team, at the 2004 Athens Olympics, averaging 14.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.2 blocked shots and shooting 58.0% from the field.
After his solid though unspectacular freshman season, he did not even receive honorable mention on the preseason All-America team for the 2004-05 season. However, he had a true breakout season 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 and won most major national individual awards, earning Player of the Year honors from the Associated Press and ESPN.com, plus the Naismith and Wooden Awards. Bogut is the first non-U.S. player ever to win either award.
NBA
Bogut finished a successful 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 Rookie of the Year Award. Bogut was also the only top-10 pick from the 2005 draft to start for his team in the 2006 NBA Playoffs.
Bogut's sophomore season in the league was cut short by a sprained left foot, which resulted in his being put on the injured reserve for the final 15 games. He had previously fought off any injury to play in 153 consecutive games. He showed improvement in his second year in the league as he averaged 12.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Fans will be expecting further improvements in coming years, particularly in blocked shots and free throws if he is to live up to the expectations that come with being drafted number 1. 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.
International Career
Bogut 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. He represented Australia again in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Australia advanced to the Round of 16, before losing to the United States. Bogut averaged 12.8 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game during the tournament, leading Australia in both categories.
Trivia
- Bogut has a reported 7'5" wingspan.
- His college career high in assists was 7
- The University of Utah made history with Bogut's #1 selection in the 2005 NBA draft. Earlier that year, Utah quarterback Alex Smith was the #1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. Utah became the first school to have athletes drafted #1 overall to both the NFL and the NBA in the same year.
- Bogut is a fan of Australian Rules football team the Essendon Bombers
