By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Andrew Bogut, a former NBA champion and one of top Australian players of all time, announced his retirement from basketball at 36. He last played with the Golden State Warriors in 2019.
“The decision hasn’t been an easy one, but I think it is the right decision,” Bogut said in his Rogues Bogues podcast. “The decision that I made and where I will be signing for next season is absolutely nowhere. I will be retiring from professional basketball, effective immediately.” The podcast had previously teased on Twitter that Bogut will be announcing where he will be signing for the season.
Bogut mentioned that he hoped to play in the Tokyo Olympics and participate in his fourth Olympic tournament after the ones in Athens, Beijing and Rio.
“We are in late November now. I would have made this decision earlier if it wasn’t for the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics,” Bogut said. “I was hoping to get to the 2020 Olympics and call it the day after that as it would have been a great accolade to get a fourth Olympics, but it’s just not meant to be.”
Throughout a career that began with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2005 after they picked with the No. 1 pick in the Draft, Bogut played in the NBA for 13 straight seasons, having stints also with the Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers and the Warriors with which he won the championship in 2015.