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又一勁人A. Bogut宣布參加今年NBA Draft
March 28, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Andrew Bogut couldn't pass up the opportunity to be the
top pick in the NBA draft.
The Utah center announced Monday that he would forgo his final two years of
eligibility to enter the draft, confirming what his coach, teammates and Utes
fans have known was coming.
``I have no regrets and full-speed ahead,'' the 7-footer from Australia said at
a news conference Monday.
Bogut, the leading vote-getter on the AP All-America team, averaged 20.4 points
and 12.2 rebounds while leading the Utes to a 29-6 season, which ended with a
loss to Kentucky in the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament.
``I feel the time is right to move on to the next level of basketball,'' Bogut
said.
Bogut has hired agent David Bauman of SFX Basketball, making him ineligible to
play again in college. Bogut plans to stick around Salt Lake City for a few
weeks, then head to Washington, D.C., to begin preparing for pre-draft workouts.
Bogut's parents, Anne and Michael Bogut, sat in the front row for their son's
news conference. Michael Bogut ran an auto shop when Andrew was growing up and
the younger Bogut remembered some lean times for the family. As a top NBA pick,
Bogut's family should be comfortable for a long time.
Bogut considered leaving after last season, when he was the Mountain West
Conference freshman of the year, but a visit to Australia from new Utah coach
Ray Giacoletti convinced Bogut to put off the NBA at least another year.
Bogut is expected to be -- at the very least -- a lottery pick and possibly the
first player chosen overall. He led Utah in scoring and rebounding and is an
exceptional ball handler and passer for a big man.
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