Andrew Bogut: 'The Public's Image of NBA Players is True" - Sports Blog - The FanHouse

Deceptively Quick found this 7/17/2007 on sports.aol.com [flag]

Andrew Bogut is apparently not looking to make friends. There's a lengthy interview with the Milwaukee Bucks' big man in the Sydney Morning Herald , and in it Bogut sounds pretty critical of what he sees as the lifestyle of most of his fellow players. Here are some choice quotes form the article that leads with saying that Bogut remains a "modest all-Australian boy." "The public's image of NBA ... [link]

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Etan Thomas to Andrew Bogut: THATS a knife!
Published 7/17/2007 by Jack Brown at Deceptively Quick
Earlier this summer Andrew Bogut voiced some criticisms pointed towards "80%" of the NBA Players and American Culture in general. The statements didn't get much coverage from major sports-media outlets, which was sort of surprising. Although Bogut was basically making the same flawed sweeping generalizations (complete with possible implied racism) that a lot of NBA-haters make, he is an NBA Player, so I expected at least a little publicity on this. Not so. ...

The Otter and the Grey Thing
Published 7/17/2007 by Bethlehem Shoals at freedarko.com
... over the Big Aussie's latest round of lazy invective , which I wasn't even going to comment on unless someone in the league saw fit to thusly them dignify. Bogut is really sui generis among internationals, in part because of his college ball over here: He's a foreigner who understands full well what the NBA wants from its imports. Namely, WHITE. Oh, and AN ANTIDOTE TO HIP-HOP. That Bogut conflates NBA foolishness with typical American slobbery is both astute and, for his ultimate place in loud-mouthed history, kind of stupid.

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