Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
![Draymond Green on Memphis hotel: "[Anthony Edwards] is …](https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/gcdn/content-pipeline-sports-images/sports2/nba/players/468895.png?format=png8&auto=webp&quality=85,75&width=140)
MrBuckBuck: Draymond Green on Memphis hotel: "[Anthony Edwards] is pretty blunt about it, but yeah. We stopped staying there because their sprinklers just went off for no reason in the room... Drenched all of [Andrew] Bogut's stuff, and they didn’t want to do anything about it. So, it’s been an issue.” Video via: https://reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1rcuane/draymond_green_on_memphis_hotel_anthony_edwards/…
Ivica Zubac: It was the third year. I finished my first season strong, played pretty well. Then Magic Johnson came to the team. Before Summer League, they told me I had to be Summer League MVP. If not, they’d be disappointed. I wasn’t MVP. Q. You weren’t? Zubac: No. We won the Summer League. I played well, but not MVP. That team was loaded. The best team in Summer League history. Me, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Kyle Kuzma, Alex Caruso, Thomas Bryant was coming off the bench. Seven or eight legit NBA guys. How can you be MVP on that team? Sometimes you can’t even get the ball. We won it all. Summer League ends. The season starts soon. Two weeks before the season, they sign Andrew Bogut. Magic Johnson calls me in. Says I didn’t improve all summer. “You didn’t improve. You won’t play.” Camp hadn’t even started. And he’s telling me I won’t play. I’m thinking, I stayed all summer, didn’t play for the national team. All summer in L.A. with my trainers. Strength coach, skill coach, did everything they wanted. What else could I do? If I didn’t improve, that’s on you. Second season, I barely played at all. Third season starts, they sign JaVale McGee. He’s the starter, no other real center. Michael Beasley plays backup center.
Andrew Bogut: Absolute shit human. No excuses for this. If anyone knows this family pls reach out.
Andrew Bogut: Hopefully the @NBL learns from jumping on any big name that comes to Australia for a cash grab. This is not the first time.
Advertisement
Howard is one of 19 players in NBA history with five consecutive first-team All-NBA nods. The only other centers on that list are Shaq and George Mikan. The only other 21st-century players are LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Giannis Antetokounmpo, O'Neal, Luka Doncic and Kevin Durant -- who, with the exception of the young Doncic, are acknowledged as top-25 players in NBA history. Critics would contend that Howard so thoroughly dominated the All-NBA voting because of a lesser caliber of competition in that era. This idea has some merit: Though the center landscape wasn't quite as barren during Howard's reign as it would be half a decade later -- the All-NBA centers in 2015-16 were DeAndre Jordan, DeMarcus Cousins and Andre Drummond -- the second- and third-team All-NBA centers behind Howard were Amar'e Stoudemire (three times), Yao Ming (twice), Suns-era Shaq, Andrew Bogut, Al Horford, Andrew Bynum and Tyson Chandler. There are good players on that list, but few Hall of Famers.
Tim Reynolds: The No. 1 picks who have been/are teammates with LeBron James: - Shaquille O'Neal - Joe Smith - Greg Oden - Kyrie Irving - Derrick Rose - Andrew Bogut - Anthony Davis - Dwight Howard - Deandre Ayton - Allen Iverson (Olympics) - Tim Duncan (Olympics) - Anthony Edwards (Olympics)
Andrew Bogut: And what's funny about DeMarcus is like—we had a real bad... I wouldn’t say I hated him, but we had a rivalry when I was in Golden State. They were the team up the road. But when I was his teammate, he was actually a really fun guy to be around off the floor. He’s just got that “white-line fever.” He gets on the floor and it’s like—big chip on his shoulder, scowly face. But off the floor, he’s hilarious—making jokes the whole time, great vibe to be around.
In an exceptional evening, FIBA honoured several iconic figures who have left an indelible mark on the sport’s history. Among the inductees were: Pau Gasol (Spain) – Two-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers and Spain’s all-time leading scorer in EuroBasket. Mike Krzyzewski (USA) – Legendary coach known as “Coach K,” who led Team USA to three Olympic gold medals and Duke University to five NCAA titles.] Ticha Penicheiro (Portugal) – WNBA’s all-time assists leader and one of the greatest playmakers in women’s basketball. Andrew Bogut (Australia) – NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors and three-time Olympian. Dawn Staley (USA) – Three-time Olympic gold medallist and flag-bearer for Team USA at Athens 2004. Alphonse Bilé (Côte d’Ivoire) – West African basketball icon and 1981 FIBA AfroBasket champion. Ratko Radovanović (formerly Yugoslavia) – Olympic gold medallist (Moscow 1980) and 1978 FIBA World Cup winner. Leonor Borrell (Cuba) – Four-time World Cup participant and 1986 tournament top scorer.
Andrew Bogut on Draymond Green: Look, I’ve been Draymond’s teammate. What makes him great is that he plays angry. Sometimes he toes the line. Sometimes he crosses it. You’ve got the punch with Poole in practice, numerous kicks to the nuts—that kind of stuff. But that's what makes him great.
Advertisement
Andrew Bogut: Exactly. I don’t buy into the narrative of a PR push labeling him the “angry Black man.” He is angry. He plays with a chip on his shoulder. From the jump ball, he’s in your face. Might throw a cheap shot here and there, and if you don’t have that, you don’t have Draymond. That's what made him so tough as a teammate. And yes, he’s admitted before—just a couple seasons ago, right Pro?—that he needs to control it better. He did offseason work on it. But you also can’t act like there’s no history of over-the-top angry stuff from him.
Andrew Bogut on Lakers free agency: Can Steven Adams start with his body over 82 games? I don't know. That's the issue. I think he's definitely got some injury issues that are going to be long term. Clint Capela is a good one. He's been relatively healthy for the most part of his career. Hasn't had any really bad injuries. Real good lob threat. Great shot blocker. That's definitely an option as well.
Andrew Bogut on Kings firing Mike Brown: ‘That is a prime opportunity for you as an ownership group, as the GM to say, ‘you know what? Look in the rearview mirror. Look at our last 20 odd years. We've been sh*t. We have a bit of success. Some of it's because of the roster. Some of it's because of our coach. We're backing the coach.’ They should have done something like Miami does, right? ‘Sit down. Shut the f*ck up. This is our guy. You don't want to be here? We'll get you out of here.’ But at least they had something. Now Doug Christie wasn't awful. Finished the season okay, but they finally had a coach that had something to him. Gone. Michael Malone. Similar story. Gone.
Andrew Bogut: Love or hate Mike Brown, he can get in his own way sometimes reportedly, where he can be a bit hard-ass with some guys. But they finally had a bit of success. They finally had a method to the madness of the way they played. They won some games after not winning for decades plus, and then players complain that Mike Brown was too hard on them and they fire him.