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Andrew Bogut Comments on Leaving Warriors, Kevin Durant, Mavericks and More
- Updated: October 12, 2016
In an interview with Tim MacMahon of ESPN.com, Dallas Mavericks center Andrew Bogut opened up on a number of topics, including being traded so that his previous team, the Golden State Warriors, would have the cap space to sign Kevin Durant:
That’s part of the business. I think the deal was done long before the summer. I think it was done — obviously, K.D. didn’t make his concrete decision, but I think our organization knew for a while what was going to happen. That’s just a part of it. Andre [Iguodala] and I knew it was one of us that was going to go, and it was me. That’s part of the business. I have no gripes about it. You get a Hall of Famer — he’s going to be a Hall of Famer — in K.D. If I’m the GM, I do the same deal. That’s just the reality of the business.
Bogut, 31, was a key contributor for the Warriors last season, averaging 5.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 20.7 minutes per game across 70 appearances. But with the Warriors …
