Another big let down from the big guy. Did the same thing to the Sydney kings. His rep has become pretty bad throughout oz &the nba

IMO he doesnt have good people around him to advise him on how to handle his PR. Good guy and good player , shite comms

FIBA said from the start they would not be getting involved in insurance issues as that is not what they do. Boguts American agent said he would not be playing NBL whilst the Australian agent was trying to get him gigs in the NBL which amounted to a lot of chest beating and time wasting.

All the best Bogut. Get healthy and back to form.

Not sure why anyone expected him to play given his current status.

I agrre Isaac until i saw Brett Browns interview. Thought he would have known his status but talked him up 4 olympics big time.

Huge risk 4 Golden State IMO.

Disappointing but if I was him I wouldn't risk $20mil to play in the Olympics either

Bogut just needs to get healthy before he plays anywhere!

Hope he gets back on his feet as quickly as possible.

alexkrad: His contract is guaranteed whether he plays olympics or not.
Issue is he needs his ankle cleaned and there is not enough time to rehab it for Olys. I have had bone spurs in my ankle from footy and anyone who has, knows how bad it is on a daily basis just walking, especially playing a sport.

The Age: Boomers lose Bogut for Olympics

Bogut's Twitter from about 1hr ago...

AndrewMBogut Shattered thinking about missing the 2012 Olympics. They truly are a life changing experience and something that you will always remember.

Well if he plays for the warriors anytime before London then he is soft. It has become all about the money for this so called bball player

Money over country again

nunyabizz: Season is over in 1 week.

His contract is guaranteed: You sound a little slow, so ill explain.
This means whether he plays in the Olympics or not, HE GETS PAID by his NBA club.

So im not sure how this about money??

Just a thought, maybe its the fact that his ankle is broken and he is having surgery...(Just a wild guess)

He cant afford his own insurance and relies on other people to pay for his luxuries,hes never played under brown thats right.

Considering he's been injured for just about the entire NBA season, I never thought he was going to play for Australia in the Olympics anyway. This seems to be confirming the obvious.

Andrew's ankle is still weak. Trust me, this has nothing to do with money, it has to do with getting healthy. The guy is 7ft tall, these injuries are common for gods sake. Would you rather a Yao Ming like career? No.

People are saying its all doom. We have some of the best big man outside of the NBA! Maric, Andersen, Nielsen, Oglvy and to a less extent: Jawai & Majok.

natwhereyouat: "We have some of the best big man outside of the NBA! Maric, Andersen, Nielsen, Oglvy and to a less extent: Jawai & Majok."

Surely Jawai is far outperforming Maric and Ogilvy? Maric only seems to manage junk minutes, and Ogilvy isn't even playing (not sure if it's injury related). Jawai however has put up some very efficient numbers lately. And you didn't mention Baynes, who is arguably the best big in Greece.

Obviously Nielsen will play despite his limited minutes in Russia and Andersen's strong form too will ensure his place. But based on Bogut's absence, and current form, Jawai and Baynes should be locks for the squad. Perhaps though the reasoning is Brown only wants one of the two, as they are similar types of players.

In my mind he was never going to suit up for the Boomers in London.
This just makes it official with plenty of warning. That's good. Means we can get on with preparations without the added distractions & unknowns.

Good call Dunkin Dan. Anyone who has been following Bogut's injury sitch and the angst shown about his durability by Warriors fans would have expected this. Now its confirmed and Brown knows what is happening for certain.

Nunyabizz, you are either a troll or have no clue. Of course he is not going to play for the Warriors before the Olympics! Lets see, they have about 3 games to play and their season is done. I don't think they're breaking Bogut out for a feel good season closer.

There should be no doubt that Bogut wants to play for the Boomers, but with the injuries he's had and the pressure he would be feeling from the Warriors to perform next season, I don't blame him for going the extra mile to ensure his ankle is 100%.

People need to give the guy a break.

Onnoymous-I pay my own sports insurance!!!!I have weak ankles like Bogut,cannot afford to be out of work.

Observer: You are full of shit. Your sports ins. prob costs
100 bucks a year.

Id like to see all you blokes play a 2010 world champs
with a broken elbow, wrist and finger...and a 2012
Olympics with a broken ankle.

I agree with the tall poppy comment.

So many jealous tools on here critisizing
Australias best basketball talent...EVER. Deal with it, yes
EVER!

He hasnt played bacause he has had 2 shockingly bad injuries. Is that so hard to fathom?

Ohhhh maybe he is getting hurt on purpose so he can get out of playing for the boomers!!!! Now it all makes sense!

The insurance policy was rumoured to be 1 mil. Im sure most blokes in the workplace today pay 1/10th of their salary toward private insurance. (not public liability) *sarcasm

Its only cause of the numbers he makes people think he should pay his own way. I can see you blokes being very smart businessman!

"If anyone needs the in depth definition of Tall Poppy Syndrome, send them to this thread."

Gold!!! Too bad you're posting as Anon. Should get credit for a comment like that!

I've followed Oz bball since the early nineties & IMHO there's never been a top-tier player like Bogut who has been so committed to the Boomers.

This guy is phenomenal off the court... the way he has interacted with fans in Milwalkee, rehabbed from some MAJOR injuries & travelled with the Boomers even when he couldn't play. I'm guessing the hold-ups with his attempts to play NBL had a lot with him actually wanting to play NBL & trying everything possible to try to play.

All the best Bogey... will be great to watch you in GS next season.

Good Luck to Brett Brown hope we get a medal without Bogut.

Typical reaction. My interest in posting was more to the point that BB thought that Bogut was going to be there and stated he was going to 'run the team' through him in London. As someone posted above, at least he knows well in advance this is not the case and can build the team and strategy with this in mind.

And also, he raved about Baynes in the interview, he would be well ahead of Jawai in my book. Ogilvy has been injured much of the back end of this season.

To the last anon above Libertine, if you were following the Bogut injury sitch, you would know that he did have the op weeks ago. This current op is a follow up arthroscopy to clear out some small bone fragments (see the Yahoo/ AP article from today).

Libertine, I looked up the Brown interview after I saw this thread and it was interesting to hear him talk up Baynes. I would guess that Baynes is virtually a lock from those comments. I had my doubts about him at first because he seemed like a clumsy foul machine, but the last few times I saw him for the Boomers, he has looked pretty good.

It was interesting to hear Brown be so open about the lack of game minutes so many Euro based Boomers have been getting. Probably not ideal, but as Brown said, maybe it means players come in fit, healthy and determined to prove something to the teams that haven't been playing them much.

It was also interesting to hear Brown so positive about Crawford's season and his ability to make the three. Perhaps Crawford will not only make the squad, but he might even start?!?! Given how well he has shot it and the Boomers horrible long-range accuracy in recent times, I am starting to think that might be a reasonable idea.

With Bogut now out, maybe Brown looks to more of a slashing game that takes advantage of Newley and Ingles skill sets? If so, you would want two big guys who set good high screens for the slashers and can make the mid-range shot to both draw the D out and act as the safety when a drive is shut down.

Obviously Andersen is a prime candidate for that role and Nielsen too. Baynes looked like he was starting to get a bit better with mid-range shots last I saw, but I don't know if he has continued to improve that aspect of his game in Europe this season. Anyone know?

Quite simple: HIS BODY,HIS CHOICE. Respect his decision.

Some of you guys on here seems like some jealous cry baby twits

Ogilvy played himself out of Brown's team last year I suspect.

Anyone who thinks Matty Nielsen won't be on the team is mistaken. He'll play and he'll be the captain.

I think it would take something special for anyone outside last year's squad to make it.

I dont mind the thought of Jawai because we dont really have any other low post scorers in the team, and only one of our big men can really shoot it, so we have the worst of both worlds to a degree.

Brown slams critics after Bogut's Olympic dream ends

"I think that it [criticism of Bogut] is reckless and irresponsible,' he said. 'The Spurs played the Warriors last week and I sat down with Andrew and talked about the Olympics. When you look at him and listen to him talk you get the full picture; he is highly disappointed and wanted to play for Australia."

And interestingly, this:

"The return of Jawai, a former NBA big man who has put together solid form in Europe, has become a possibility after Brown spoke with him last week."

Hmmm a lot of people eating their words now?

Interesting to see Jawai back in the picture, and it couldn't have happened at a better time with Bogut being unavailable.

I've previously said the London squad will come down to 15 players - the 12 that beat NZ last year to qualify, plus Bogut, Andersen and Crawford.

I don't see any changes to that formula, other than replacing Bogut with Jawai.

15-man Boomers squad for London;

Adam Gibson
AJ Ogilvy
Aleks Maric
Aron Baynes
Brad Newley
Damian Martin
David Andersen
David Barlow
Joe Ingles
Mark Worthington
Matt Nielsen
Matty Dellavedova
Nathan Jawai
Patty Mills
Peter Crawford

I dont think it will happen but Id prefer to see Jawai than Baynes. The big man rotation will be Maric, Andersen and Nielsen with Wortho playing PF when we need to go more mobile.

So in that fifth spot I think take a guy like Jawai who has shown he can dominate international level big men in short spells, rather than an honest banger like Baynes who struggled at the top European level.

Barlow? Where is he these days?

Barlow is playing in Spain for UCAM Murcia.