it's crazy to think you've been in the league eight years now.How would you describe your time in the NBA
Has been a rollercoaster?Um you know,some good times and bad times,I really started to play well for 56 years,started to really feel like I was
really excelling and then had a couple of,
of tough circumstances injury wise,which kind of
hindered my get my gain
and
it's part of pro sports,I've had riddled by injuries the last two or three years and
just trying to stay,stay on the court has been the goal last two or three years,which is unfortunate,
but hopefully that's behind me and I can keep going.The Milwaukee Bucks Select Andrew Bogut,it's almost
and the University of Utah,have you felt pressure during your career to live up to the expectations that come with being a number one pick,you know,obviously at the start of my career year,but once you,once you find your place in the league,
you know,you got to live with it.Obviously haven't been you know,
ecstatic,number one P.But I haven't I haven't been the other side of things have been a flop.I think I've been in the middle of the road,been consistent
but you know I think I still have a lot more work to do to try and fulfill that.
Mhm.
With this team,very young new coach,have you felt the need to come in even though you haven't played a lot of games there to assert yourself as a leader?Ah Yeah I know it's hard it's hard to do that when you're not on the court.I tried to
so to be vocal and be that leader early on in the season,drink and when I was on the court but I didn't want to be barking and yelling at guys when they look at you and you're in a suit,
it's kind of not my thing and I can,I can relate to that.Um,they're kind of questioning,you know,what are you doing right now?You're in a suit,you know?Um,I don't bike too much at me,but
um,slowly I'll fill that role as the season goes on and on the court.
Been eight years now since you left the University University of Utah,
have you had a chance to reflect on your time there,the impact it had on your life and on your basketball career.You know,I was lucky enough to play for coach and generous,um,late coach and generous and you know,he was a part of my basketball,um,upbringing,obviously in good times and bad times with him,but he was a big part of why I came to Utah and then obviously my second year with coach equality and,
and taking a team that wasn't expected to win conference to Sweet 16 and having a successful year was I don't believe all feeling.Um,
and I felt like I came over here as a very young man,probably a teenager,
still going through puberty and all those fun things and,
and you know,kind of grew into a man and then ended up in the NBA,
You still follow us closely.I try to,I try to probably not a great time to follow him right now,but it's tough going to accomplish like the PAC 12
And having that expectation to keep winning when it's just not reality is very hard to win,not just the college sports,pro sports,it's a small margin of error.And I think the PAC 12 is,you know,the top five conference in,in the states.
You know,Larry Krystkowiak very well.You see the right guy to get that thing turned around.Um Yeah,I think so.I think he's done a decent job as he can.You gotta look look at what he's working with as well.Sometimes when he first came in there was
similar situation of the war is a lot of dead weight that he had to kind of weed out.
I know he will work hard towards that,whether it happens or not,who knows?But I know he comes every day with the work ethic will demand the best from his players.He'll fight for him if he has to and that's all you can ask right now.He worked with me pretty well as an assistant and a head coach in Milwaukee always thought he'd be better suited to the college game,so hopefully he proved me right.
I had to ask you about twitter,You're back on it now.
Yeah,I went off just to focus on my injury.Um
you know,when I came back for the first four games and realize the ankle wasn't right,
I wanted to kind of focus on the rehab and not have the distractions of 100,000 people following me and wanted to know what I'm doing.So I believe that account and I'm back on it now and probably tweeting as much as,as I was in a data will be pretty laid back guy.But you also like to share your opinions uh
and put it was an outlet for that,but you never seem to be afraid to tell people how you feel or what you think about,well,I never will be,I mean,I'm always gonna say what I feel,um sometimes controversial and I'm just not.But I think there's enough enough people out there that sugar,sugar coat things and
and there's enough politicians in the world,so I don't want to be one of those people.it's crazy to think you've been in the league eight years now.How would you describe your time in the NBA
and there's enough politicians in the world,so I don't want to be one of those people.