bogut's contract update

[bayrdbandit]

bogut was just on the melbourne news talking about his new contract: 5 years $83 million. in $us that's about $75 million give or take. they can't sign till july so nothing is set in stone, but that looks about right.

he showed the news crew around his training facility. holy moses, it's brilliant. full size court, pool, weight room, jerseys on one wall. very nice. anybody know where it is exactly?

he looked a little uncomfortable talking about money. danced around those questions.

[RideEmCowboy24]

wow. hammond must have faith in him is all i can figure

[Dags]

Holy crap.

I hope he's pulling those numbers out of his bum, given that:
a) He's not even allowed to discuss extensions with the Bucks until July; and
b) I like him as much as anyone here, but he hasn't shown he's worth that much.

Did he say that was the amount, or did the interviewer mention it? That's crazy.

[bayrdbandit]

Holy crap.

I hope he's pulling those numbers out of his bum, given that:
a) He's not even allowed to discuss extensions with the Bucks until July; and
b) I like him as much as anyone here, but he hasn't shown he's worth that much.

Did he say that was the amount, or did the interviewer mention it? That's crazy.

they were talking as though it was fact, but as has been noted before, australian media are solely concerned with dollars and cents. they could've been speculating but the figure was mentioned to bogut and he said something like "i'm kind of uncomfortable talking about to be honest".

[Sigra]

15 millions per year for top 2 C in conference? Logical

[bayrdbandit]

83 million australian = 80 million u.s.

$16m per year u.s.

that's big money.

[skones]

No way he gets 16 million a year.

[bayrdbandit]

No way he gets 16 million a year.

seems a bit much. that's pushing rashard lewis territory.

[Dags]

they were talking as though it was fact, but as has been noted before, australian media are solely concerned with dollars and cents. they could've been speculating but the figure was mentioned to bogut and he said something like "i'm kind of uncomfortable talking about to be honest".

If it didn't come from Boguts mouth then I'll consider it nothing more than speculation.

[yowie]

I watched it tonight and I dont think that Bogut actually mentioned any figures, rather it was the reporter who threw something out there.

I think that i have read before (last off-season) that he was building a training facility in an industrial sub-division in Frankston, so I think from the outside it would just look like your run-of-the-mill factory. It looked pretty amazing on the interior with steam room, lap pool, full court & gym equipment plus a ton of memoribilia.
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[tyland]

If he is getting 16 million per year he will be hated on here in no time. At the moment he is not worth that much. If he gets a jumpshot and is consistently going up strong, then maybe, but until then 16 million is at least 5 million too much.

Just out of interest, what channel was this on bayrbandit? Might catch the late news.

[tyland]

I watched it tonight and I dont think that Bogut actually mentioned any figures, rather it was the reporter who threw something out there.

I think that i have read before (last off-season) that he was building a training facility in an industrial sub-division in Frankston, so I think from the outside it would just look like your run-of-the-mill factory. It looked pretty amazing on the interior with steam room, lap pool, full court & gym equipment plus a ton of memoribilia.
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I thought the factory would be in Dandenong, as that is where he grew up. I believe it is down the road from one of the other Melbourne based posters work (Bigricho??? - I think). That is a heavy industrial area.

[Franc]

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If it didn't come from Boguts mouth then I'll consider it nothing more than speculation.

You are right, so far it's only media speculation and not Andrew's words.


Bogut set to cash in with Bucks
April 25, 2008 The Age
ANDREW Bogut is poised to sign a contract extension with NBA club Milwaukee Bucks that will take his salary into the stratosphere before he joins up with the Australian team for the Beijing Olympic Games.
Bogut, 23, has steadily improved in each of his three seasons in the NBA and the No. 1 pick from the 2005 draft is about to reap the rewards. The Victorian is set to make $A6.65 million next season, but is eligible to sign a contract extension for a further five years that will likely be around $A63 million-$A79 million.

[bayrdbandit]

it was on channel 10, so you can guarantee it'll be on sports tonight. i'll watch again and try and be more specific on the quotes.

as for the training facility, i would've thought dandenong initially but he has a house in patterson lakes so do his parents, so frankston sounds more realistic. if so, i'm guessing it's near the basketball stadium.

[benultimate]

yeh Bogut at no stage mentioned any dollar figure, he avoided questions about contracts and how much his training joint cost

the story completely revolved around how much he's gonna get paid. they showed a list of the top 10 highest earning aussie sports people, and mentioned a couple of times that he will be top of that list when he gets his extension.

[REDDzone]

I love Bogut, but this would depress me.

[trwi7]

If that's true then so much for Hammond placing a "sound salary structure" within the organization.

[EastSideBucksFan]

Mo also said something about 70-80M in an interview last summer.


I don't believe Bogut will get more than 5YRS/$60M

[showtimesam]

Since Bogut himself never mentioned a figure all of that is pure speculation. I'm sure he won't get 16 millin per year, but he'll get something very good, and I'll be happy that the Bucks keep him in the fold.

He's already a better all around player than max redd.

[ReasonablySober]

Watch Bogut get the max contract.