Andrew Bogut Set To Return Today

by Mitchell Maurer on Jan 8, 2012 4:58 PM CST in News

We may not know what caused Andrew Bogut to seek a short-term leave of absence from both Twitter and the Milwaukee Bucks in the middle of their first West Coast road trip, but it seems that whatever happened is now finished. According to agent David Bauman, Bogut will be back in the United States sometime Sunday night.

We can speculate all we want, but everyone has been so tight-lipped so far, from the team to his teammates to local media to Australian media to seemingly everyone else in the entire world, we might never find out. That might be for the best.

Bogut's presence may have helped avoid the terrible burnout against the Kings, or fueled an improbable upset of the Clippers, but the most important thing right now is that everything is set in his personal life, allowing him to re-focus on basketball. He is doubtful to play against Phoenix tonight, but he should start against the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday.

Welcome back, Bogues. Now, while you were away...

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I am happy Bogut was able to resolve his family issues and is on his way back.

Is anybody else concerned how his conditioning may be affected by his time off? Even if he was able to work out during his time off, he would have had at least 2 days lost to travel.

I don’t know how quickly an NBA player can lose his conditioning, but I guess we will find out soon.

by Brick's house on Jan 8, 2012 6:02 PM CST reply actions

I'm just concerned that it's always something with Bogut...

I realize whatever this situation was, it isn’t his fault and was/is likely unavoidable but the guy just can’t stay on the court. It’s frustrating because so much of the team is based around him.

Doesn’t help that LRMAM and Dunleavy were out basically the entire trip as well.

Grillax people

by jmeks23 on Jan 8, 2012 10:00 PM CST reply actions