Bogut Bulks Up for NBA

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">He's at the doorstep of his dream, poised to become perhaps the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft next month and gain access to millions of dollars in contract and endorsement deals. And all of a sudden, Andrew Bogut is confronted by the possibility that his first professional season will be ruined by a labor dispute.
Panic?
Not Bogut.
In just the same way he tackled everything during his two years with the Utah Utes, the 7-foot Australian center simply promised to use any potential work stoppage to his advantage, rather than mope and worry about when the checks might start cashing.
"I'll just make a positive out of it," he said. "It will give me more time to work on the little things that I need to get ready for the NBA. It's not like I'm going to be 100 percent ready, even in two or three years. . . . You've got levels, you know? Every summer is when you get better, and if there's extra summer, I'm not going to complain. I'm going to be in the gym every day working on things."
That's what Bogut has been doing, too, since finishing his postseason national award tour last month.
The 20-year-old won just about every award college basketball has to offer in the wake of his tremendous sophomore season leading the Utes to a 29-6 record and the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, yet was happy to complete the banquet circuit and settle into a training regimen under former Jazz player John Duren arranged by his agents at SFX Sports Group in Washington, D.C.
Now, having bulked up some 20 pounds to 255 - "that would be an ideal playing weight," he said, "maybe five more pounds" - he's just waiting to see how the NBA draft lottery turns out Tuesday, to get a better idea of where all of his hard work might land him.
"As soon as that lottery comes out, I'm sure there will be a lot of phone calls made," he said. "Figure out a workout schedule and what teams are more interested than others, and go from there, basically." </div>

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