On December 1, Beijing time, 36-year-old Australian basketball player Andrew Bogut announced his retirement. The 2.13-meter tall man, who entered the NBA in 2005, played for the Bucks, Warriors, Lone Rangers, Cavaliers, and Lakers, averaging 9.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.5 blocks in 706 games, including the first team of the all-rookie team in the 2005-06 season, the third team of the best team in the 2009-10 season, and the king of the block in the 2010-11 season. In 2014-15, he was named to the second team of the All-Defensive Team and helped the Warriors win the championship.
The above is a summary of the achievements of Bogut's NBA career, which is not outstanding, but it is still a bit of a handy thing. However, now when he retires, the first thing that comes to mind is not these, but his image of a bad man who has been notorious for many years.
Lock throat Duncan, evil criminal Paul, anger Griffin... Bogut's career has been a disgrace. Remember that in 2008, China played against Australia, Yao Ming and Bogut met, and Yao Ming, who has stronger personal ability, has been pressing Bogut to play, who is angry and frustrated in an attack and directly slapped Yao Ming down, which is the best portrayal of Bogut's style of play.
Not only that, but he was always abusive to his opponents and referees on the field, and really no one liked Bogut, even his coaches and teammates. Off the field, in 2019, Sun Yang won the gold medal at the Swimming World Championships, and Australian Scott refused to accept the award on the same stage, which was a violation of sportsmanship. However, Bogut, as an athlete, did not distinguish between black and white, and even supported Scott for the first time, and implied that all those who received the award with Sun Yang should smash the podium, which caused countless anger for a while. Later, when he came to China to represent Australia for the World Cup, he also openly argued with fans about this matter. When last fall, the "Morey Incident" occurred, bogut took a clear stand against Morey, and by the way, he also mocked James, saying that old Zhan was originally a principled person, but he gave up principles for money.
In short, in Bogut, what we see is not an active and hard-working NBA player, but a typical "old white man in the West", with a dirty style, extreme thinking, and really no ball character to speak of. In 2018, after being cut by the Lakers, Bogut announced that he had retired from the NBA and returned to the Australian league. But a year later, he "reneged on his word" and returned to the Warriors, returning to play for the Sydney Kings for a year after helping the Auckland Army play in the Finals. To this day, he officially announced the end of his career, and we don't know exactly what happened, but at the end of the day, it's all something to celebrate.
Of course, in Bogut's eyes, perhaps he thinks that dirty, malicious fouls, small actions and irritation of opponents are his labels and ways of playing, which is the basis of his foothold on the court, and it is even more understandable to speak for the players of his own country. But the ball is the character, the character is the ball, even if the truth is so, in fact, there is nothing to praise, let alone worthy of being inherited and learned by later generations. From being selected by the Bucks in the draft in 2005 to the end of his career in 2020, 15 years later, when someone asked Bogut what he had left behind when he retired, I am afraid that this guy will only be speechless and fragmented, after all, his resumes are all disgraceful and unable to get his hands on. Perhaps the only thing that will remind people of his situation in the future is that the coaches use his evil collection as a negative teaching material, warning players not to play like him, or to beware of other "Boguts".
Finally, a "never see you again" to Bogut, the days to come, so be yourself. (Sycamore)