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http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/8334898/2
heres the first of many guys going early
NBA-bound Bogut candidate for top overall pick


March 28, 2005
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[font=Arial, Helvetica]SALT LAKE CITY -- Andrew Bogut couldn't pass up the opportunity to be the top pick in the NBA Draft.

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The Utah center announced Monday that he would forgo his final two years of eligibility to enter the draft, confirming what his coach, teammates and Utes fans have known was coming.

"I have no regrets and full-speed ahead," the 7-footer from Australia said at a news conference Monday.

Bogut, the leading vote-getter on the AP All-America team, averaged 20.4 points and 12.2 rebounds while leading the Utes to a 29-6 season, which ended with a loss to Kentucky in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament.

"I feel the time is right to move on to the next level of basketball," Bogut said.

Bogut has hired agent David Bauman of SFX Basketball, making him ineligible to play again in college. Bogut plans to stick around Salt Lake City for a few weeks, then head to Washington, D.C., to begin preparing for pre-draft workouts.

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Andrew Bogut gets a hug from coach Ray Giacoletti at Monday's announcement. (AP) Bogut's parents, Anne and Michael Bogut, sat in the front row for their son's news conference. Michael Bogut ran an auto shop when Andrew was growing up and the younger Bogut remembered some lean times for the family. As a top NBA pick, Bogut's family should be comfortable for a long time.

Bogut considered leaving after last season, when he was the Mountain West Conference freshman of the year, but a visit to Australia from new Utah coach Ray Giacoletti convinced Bogut to put off the NBA at least another year.

Bogut is expected to be -- at the very least -- a lottery pick and possibly the first player chosen overall. He led Utah in scoring and rebounding and is an exceptional ball handler and passer for a big man.

"There hasn't been one day when he hasn't been our hardest worker," Giacoletti said. "It's all been about the team and that's very rare this day."

Bogut is the second Utah sports star to choose an early departure this year. Quarterback Alex Smith, a Heisman trophy finalist last season, announced in January he would skip his senior season for the NFL. Smith is also projected to go early and it's possible the No. 1 pick in both drafts could be Utes.

Bogut recorded double-doubles in all but nine games this season and finished with at least 10 points and 10 rebounds 40 times in his Utah career. And at just 20 years old, NBA scouts -- fixtures at Utah games this season -- are convinced he can only get better.

Bogut was a starter on Australia's Olympic team last summer and averaged 14.8 points and 8.8 rebounds.

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Bogut knew before the season started that leaving would be a possibility, but it wasn't until midway through it that he was leaning toward the draft. And he didn't want to talk about it until the Utes' run in the NCAA Tournament was over.

"I didn't want to do anything to take the limelight away from the team. It's just not fair," Bogut said.

Former Utah coach Rick Majerus, who resigned midway through last season because of health concerns, pulled off one of his best recruiting achievements when he got Bogut to sign with Utah. Bogut was scheduled to join the Utes midway through the 2002-03 season, but had trouble getting cleared by the NCAA.

Bogut could have gone pro right away in Europe or signed with another school because his commitment to Utah expired during the delay, but kept his word and arrived in Salt Lake City in 2003.

Without Bogut, it will be difficult for the Utes to top this season, but Giacoletti said he wasn't even going to try to talk him in to coming back again if leaving for the draft was best for Bogut and his family.

"We had a special year. This is not a sad day," Giacoletti said. "This should be a happy day, a joyous day. Andrew has done everything he can do at the college level."
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* "I'll sit down and talk to Coach about it here pretty soon," Williams said in the locker room. "I've got to do what's best for me. If it's best for me and my family to stay here, then I'll do that, but if I have to leave I'll do that, too."
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I thought Reddick was a senior this year but was wrong. The Cavs don't have any draft picks this year so the only way they can get in the draft is to trade players (Welsch?). Jmac is gone, Diop's contract is up, Z is a FA but will hopefully resign for a fair contract. I think the Cavs could trade anyone but Lebron for the right deal.

Edit- don't post right before you go to lunch and not read what you write
 
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bucknut11 said:
Nope. He's just a junior

And how did the Cavs end up with no picks this year?
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I meant to say that I thought he was a senior a week ago, but found out he was a junior when I checked last week.

http://www.nbadraft.net/index.asp#

They gave up their first round pick this year for Pavlovic
They traded Battie (sp), their 2005, and 2007 second rounders for Gooden and Wild Thing. -That was a good trade
 
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Reddick wouldn't help the Cavs as much as a defense first swingman type. If LJ has someone to take the tougher defensive assignment between the 2/3 men, his life is easier.

Examples: Byron Scott/Michael Cooper with the Lakers, and Pippen with the Bulls. Magic always took the easier assignment and so did Jordan. Let the red rubies fly for saying bad things about his Airness, but he was allowed to freelance a lot due to the defensive abilities of Pippen. I know Jordan was all-defensive and was capable, but more often than not, Pippen was chasing around the Dominiques of the NBA, where MJ D'd up on a lazy 2 guard near the 3 point line. LJ needs that kind of rest during a game too.
 
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Crump's brother said:
Reddick wouldn't help the Cavs as much as a defense first swingman type. If LJ has someone to take the tougher defensive assignment between the 2/3 men, his life is easier.

Examples: Byron Scott/Michael Cooper with the Lakers, and Pippen with the Bulls. Magic always took the easier assignment and so did Jordan. Let the red rubies fly for saying bad things about his Airness, but he was allowed to freelance a lot due to the defensive abilities of Pippen. I know Jordan was all-defensive and was capable, but more often than not, Pippen was chasing around the Dominiques of the NBA, where MJ D'd up on a lazy 2 guard near the 3 point line. LJ needs that kind of rest during a game too.
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That's why Newble starts right now, but the 2 has to be able to shoot the ball to open up the floor a little. Jordan had Steve Kerr off the bench which is what Reddick would be. They need to find a SG that can play D and drain 3's. The Cavs aren't going to win anything until they have a few guys who can launch 3's like every other good team in the league. Hopefully Jackson and Pavlovic will turn into that type of player, but they need a proven 2 next season.

It looks like their new go on a run lineup is:
PG: Lebron
SG: Pavlovic
SF: Newble
PF: Gooden/Wild Thing
C: Z/Wild Thing
 
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