Thought this was news-worthy enough to deserve its own post. Bogut has been named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Here’s why:
Bogut led Milwaukee to a 3-0 week, which included wins over the Celtics and Jazz. Bogut led the league in blocks (3.67) and was second in rebounding (13.7), while scoring 19.3 points per contest. With a point-rebound double-double in each game, Bogut now has 32 double-doubles on the season, placing him eighth in the NBA.
• March 9 vs. Boston: Posted 25 points, 17 rebounds and four blocks in an 86-84 win over the Celtics.
• March 12 vs. Utah: Tallied 16 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks during a 95-87 win over the Jazz.
• March 14 vs. Indiana: Totaled 17 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three blocks in a 98-94 win over the Pacers.
A massive congratulations to AB on this one, and thoroughly deserved I might add. The funny thing is Bogut’s last week wasn’t really any better than his prior week , or the week in late-February when he went on his block rampage. But I guess it takes a while for the eyes of the NBA world to adjust to what is happening in front of them. That being, the big Aussie completely dominating everyone.
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Kudos to the Bogey Man for this awesome effort. I’m guessing that’s the first time he’s taken out this award?
curious Rob, does a site like NBAMate start getting more traffic when the Big Aussie is getting all this cred?
From Maurice Brooks at ESPN in his Award Watch column.
“I admit, I was late getting on the bandwagon of the Bogut-led Bucks. Now the league’s second-leading shot-blocker (2.51) is a DPOY and MIP candidate, and I even thought about putting him at No. 10 for MVP.”
Don’t know how worried we should be about this or of it’s just old news but…
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/bucks/88281512.html
Great to watch a couple of Bucks games this week. Shame about the Clips hiccup, but what a game in Sac. Didn’t realise it was a delayed telecast on the HD channel, and noticed the game result on nba.com midway through the 4th. Bit of a bummer.
Jennings is something else isn’t he. Bogues looked to be hampered a bit by an injury maybe. Hopefully nothing serious. I’m almost kind of thinking maybe he should give the Worlds a pass. As desperately as we need him you just don’t mess around with lower back stress fractures, especially when you’ve had them so young.
Great article on Bogut/Bucks: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ap7hCVZq7ihdCYxXIFv.m4e8vLYF?slug=aw-bogutbucks031710
Oh and another here. Great analysis of the Bucks defense:
http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-100317/daily-dime
Brandon after the game:
“You know right now it’s not about me,” he said. “It’s about my teammates. John Salmons played good today; Andrew Bogut played good today. Ersan (Ilyasova) hit some big shots.
“Like I told you this morning, my job is to make sure Andrew Bogut is an all-star every year and make sure we get better, and make sure we make the playoffs every year.
“A win like this, this is like a playoff game here.”
Where’s Al Horford’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week?
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