Andrew Bogut

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Andrew Bogut

Image:AndrewBogutFTline.jpg
Position	Center
Height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Team	Milwaukee Bucks
Nationality	Australia
Born	November 28 1984 (age 23) Image:Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne, Victoria
College	Utah
Draft	1st overall, 2005 Milwaukee Bucks
Pro career	2005–present
Awards	2005 Oscar Robertson Trophy, 2005 Wooden Award 2005 Naismith Award 2006 NBA All-Rookie First Team

Andrew Michael Bogut (born November 28 1984) is an Australian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Early years 3 College years 4 NBA career 4.1 Career highs 5 International career 6 Trivia 7 References 8 External links

Overview

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, 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.

Early years

Bogut is the son of Croatian immigrants to 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 Australian team that won the 2003 FIBA Junior World Championships, and was named the tournament MVP.

College years

As a freshman at Utah in 2003-04, he barely missed averaging 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 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 career

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 after spraining his ankle and being put on the injured reserve for the final 15 games. He had previously fought off any injury to play in 153 consecutive games.[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.[2]

Career highs

• Points- 27 @ Charlotte January 15, 2007
• Field Goals Made- 12 @ Charlotte January 15, 2007
• Field Goals Attempted- 15 @ Charlotte January 15, 2007
• Three Point Field Goals Made- 1 @ Phoenix December 1, 2006
• Three Point Field Goals Attempted- 1, 5 Times
• Free Throws Made- 8 vs. Philadelphia November 22, 2006
• Free Throws Attempted- 8 vs. Philadelphia November 22, 2006
• Offensive Rebounds- 9 @ Philadelphia January 12, 2007
• Defensive Rebounds- 15 @ Philadelphia January 12, 2007
• Total Rebounds- 24 @ Philadelphia January 12, 2007
• Assists- 8 vs. Toronto March 12, 2007
• Steals- 3, 4 Times
• Blocks- 5 vs. Memphis February 4, 2006
• Minutes Played- 45 @ Detroit January 25, 2006

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. ^[1]
• Favorite singers include Halid Bešlić, Halid Muslimović and Marko Perković. His favorite food is Burek, Ćevapčići and Sarma.^[2]
• During his college career, his game high in assists was seven.
• The University of Utah made some history with Bogut's #1 selection in the NBA draft in 2005. 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 the NFL and the NBA in the same year.
• Bogut is a fan of Australian Rules football team the Essendon Bombers

References

1. ^ http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600119743,00.html Sampson, Kelvin - Deseret News
2. ^ (Croatian) Interview by Večernji list provided by Pincom.info

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