Thursday, October 18th, 2012 at 9:20 am  |  10 responses

Warriors Not Sure if Andrew Bogut Can Play in Season Opener


There isn’t a lot of optimism in the Bay Area about center Andrew Bogut’s availability for opening night. The big fella has yet to play since last January. From the Contra Costa Times: “After arthroscopic surgery on his left foot in April, Warriors center Andrew Bogut was supposed to be all but a lock for the start of training camp. Then camp came, and Golden State all but assured he would be ready for the season opener. Now? ‘I hope it’s realistic,’ coach Mark Jackson said. The Warriors head coach, prior to taking on Sacramento, was talking about Bogut’s chances of playing in one of the last three preseason games. Jackson didn’t sound too optimistic. The latest goal was to get him into a couple of preseason games as tune-up for the regular season opener on Oct. 31. That hasn’t changed officially, but Jackson said Bogut is ‘still a ways away.’ If he can’t get into a preseason game, it’s a fair guess that the season opener is questionable. One can at least assume even if he does play, he’d be limited – especially a guy who hasn’t played an NBA game since January.”

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  • tigerJK

    Does anyone know who also plays Center for the Warriors? It might help me decide whether to get Bogut in the later rounds, stashing him for when he decides to come back healthy…

  • Max

    Will Bogut get double digits in games played this season??

  • spit hot fiyah

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  • GSWarriorGuy

    Bogut eventually will play the dominate number of minutes as center. However, remember the Warriors are a perimeter shooting team with Curry, Thomson, and Rush. Bogut will share rebounds with David Lee and Carl Landry as well. He’ll probably have more assists than most center though as he’s consider a strong passer. In the beginning of the season his minutes will be limited as well.
    Count him to be a 14 pt, 8 rb, 3.5 asst, 1.8 blks kind of player.

  • tigerJK

    thanks guys. i’ve always been intrigued by his blocks, he was a great before. as long as he’s healthy..

  • tigerJK

    i read fetus… what a name

  • tigerJK

    when will he be back?

  • trent

    It feels like every year the Warriors get hyped to make it to the playoffs then injuries happen. Hopefully it won’t be more of the same this time around. But then again, I doubt I’m the first person to say this.

  • Comment_System

    He was the sole reason I won my fantasy league years back, but damn those injuries. He was a beast too.

  • http://twitter.com/Jzakoni Verified Account

    the struggles of being a warriors fan..

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