Warriors intend to sign Andrew Bogut
The Warriors plan on signing a center that became an integral piece of their 2014-15 championship team. They intend to sign former Andrew Bogut for the remainder of the season once he receives a letter of release from the Sydney Kings of Australia’s National Basketball League, according to Yahoo! Sports.
The Warriors have become interested in reuniting with Bogut “for a while,” according to a team source, after playing four seasons for them (2012-2016). But the Warriors remained flexible on how they would fill out their 15th and final roster spot. They wanted to see who would be available on the buyout market either to bolster their center or wing positions. The Chicago Bulls declined to negotiate a buyout with center Robin Lopez, who was considered among the strongest candidates the Warriors would consider on the buyout market.
Bogut has not played in an NBA game since playing 24 games with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2017. He played only one game in 2016, suffering a season-ending injury in the opener.
But the 34-year-old Bogut won the NBL’S Best Defensive Player Award and land-
against the Los Angeles Dodgers in his second start of the spring, oneupping his two scoreless innings last week against the Kansas City Royals. He allowed just one hit and two walks while striking out four to continue his bounceback camp after shoulder inflammation cost him much of last season.
“I attribute that to the offseason,” Samardzija said. “We did this test a long time ago. In early December, we were long-tossing, following up with flat-grounds, and then double-days,