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In this edition of the new video series LBTV, Packers hall of famer LeRoy Butler talks with former Milwaukee Bucks GM Larry Harris, now a consultant with the Golden State Warriors, about the NBA draft process, Andrew Bogut, coaching searches, player contracts, free agency and and more. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Rusty Simmons: Warriors center Andrew Bogut said he expects to be 100% next season, unless "I go out and get hit by a car or something." Twitter @Rusty_SFChron

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Marcus Thompson: Andrew Bogut on Jack and Landry: "In an ideal world, you'd like to keep both. But the reality is we probably can't keep both." Twitter @gswscribe

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Bogut played just six of his 20 minutes in the first half. He finished the game with just six rebounds and two points and did not block a shot. Asked how he was feeling the day after, Bogut was brief. "Pretty good," he said. Asked a follow-up about whether the ankle was causing him problems during the game, he said, "No, it's fine. It'll be all right." San Jose Mercury-News

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Like Duncan on Monday, Parker toed the company line on a late possession where Golden State kept the ball even after it deflected off Golden State center Andrew Bogut. (For those of you who don’t read Mike Monroe’s dispatch on our new pay site, Express-News.com, an NBA spokesman acknowledged the missed call yesterday but said the play was not reviewable by rule.) Said Parker: “It’s OK. Stuff’s going to happen. I know the referees try to do the best job they can to make the right call. We didn’t lose the game right there.” San Antonio Express-News

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The call in question awarded the ball to the Warriors after a scramble for the rebound of Manu Ginobili's missed 3- point attempt with the score tied at 84. Warriors center Andrew Bogut initially grabbed the rebound, and televised replays clearly showed his right foot over the end line, out of bounds, while the ball was trapped on his hip. The referees did not make an out-of-bounds call at that point, and when the ball was knocked out of Bogut's hands, Warriors guard Jarrett Jack gained possession long enough to call a timeout. San Antonio Express-News

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NBA spokesman Tim Frank on Monday acknowledged that the out-of-bounds call that should have been made on Bogut had been missed but said the referees were correct in not asking for a video review. San Antonio Express-News

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The Spurs again opted to intentionally foul Warriors center Andrew Bogut, a 50 percent free thrower during the regular season, during Game 4, but were only able to do so once. He made one of his two foul shots. When they tried to foul Bogut a second time late in the third period, the Warriors called time out before Parker could grab him. Bogut, who insists he has no problem with Popovich's use of the tactic, just smiled when asked if he enjoyed watching the Spurs miss 11 of their 25 free throws in Game 4, shooting a season-low 56 percent. “I don't think I'll go there,” he said, grinning. San Antonio Express-News

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Bogut grabbed 18 rebounds, becoming the first Warriors player in 40 seasons to reach that total twice in the same postseason. He is the franchise's first player to corral double-digit rebounds in five straight playoff games in 24 years. "He's a game-changer because of his presence in the paint and his high IQ for the game of basketball," Jackson said. San Jose Mercury-News

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Bogut contributed to the Spurs having a bad shooting night (35.5 percent) of their own. He played 28 minutes and nearly all of it was matched one-on-one against future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan. "I know I'm not going to hold him scoreless," Bogut said. "I try to battle him and not let him get comfortable." Duncan finished with 19 points and 15 rebounds, but shot 7 for 22 and the Spurs were outscored by 23 points during the time he was on the floor. The Warriors were plus-17 with Bogut on the court. San Jose Mercury-News

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The Golden State centre is much more positive now, after helping the Warriors to the second round of the play-offs, where they are 1-1 in a best-of-seven series with San Antonio. But the 28-year-old admits his earlier injury struggles took a severe mental toll and prompted retirement thoughts. "It was definitely (something) I started to think about," Bogut told the NBA.com website. "I never got to a point where I thought 'This is it. I'm done'. But I thought 'If this goes on for a year or two, there's definitely a chance that I think about that'. "I was really bad. The physical part of it is one thing, but the mental part of it is the other. "It was a tough time in my career." ninemsn

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Warriors coach Mark Jackson with a hard takedown of Monta Ellis. Jackson was asked Thursday how trading Ellis to the Bucks in March 2012 not only brought Andrew Bogut in return as the inside presence the Warriors had long desired but also created a clear path for Klay Thompson to blossom at shooting guard. Jackson's response: “It helped change the culture. Obviously it was easier to pull the trigger because we knew what we had in Klay and it was time for him to be a starting two-guard. And he does everything right.” How did that trade change the culture? Jackson paused four seconds. "It helped change the culture," he finally said. Anything specific? “You know.” Sulia

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“Yesterday was a bitch of a day for us,” center Andrew Bogut said of the reflection time between Games 1 and 2. “We didn’t enjoy it. It was a dog day for us. But we forgot about it today, came to the game with a focus.” San Jose Mercury-News

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For Bogut, though, it may be too much to ask that he play even better than he did in Golden State's first-round series against Denver. He won't give percentages or elaborate on how he feels, because "everybody's banged up." But raising his play is an unfair request. "In fairness, he's not 100 percent right now," coach Mark Jackson said. "When he has a live body and he's feeling great, we feel comfortable with what he's doing on the floor. Some nights, or some days, obviously it's more of a challenge." Contra Costa Times

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Tim Kawakami: Confirmed with Bogut that, like Curry, he took an anti-inflammatory shot before Game 6, not cortisone. Not planning to take another one. Twitter @timkawakami

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Bogut on Jackson: The pep talks before the games are sensational. Twitter

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Ken Berger: Andrew Bogut is participating in a light practice today despite tweaking his ankle in Game 5. Injury not believed to be serious. Twitter @KBergCBS

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Nuggets center JaVale McGee promises not to let Golden State's 7-foot bruiser, Andrew Bogut, get to him. The two had a dust-up in Game 3, which resulted in a technical foul for Bogut, during which McGee said Bogut tried to provoke him: "He told me to punch him in the chin. That was idiotic. I'm never going to tell someone to punch me in the chin." This series has been an exercise in patience for McGee — and most of the other bigs on the Nuggets' roster. The minute Golden State's David Lee was injured, the complexion of the series changed from one the entire team could love to one where small ball is severely cutting into the time of Nuggets' post players. So McGee's time on the court at the same time as Bogut's, which was endangered because Bogut starts and McGee comes in as a reserve, is even shorter. Denver Post

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But should Bogut try any more funny stuff, McGee said he's ready — and won't take the bait. "He was trying to get me to do something to where I get kicked out," McGee said. "Because I'm very effective just being out there, not even doing anything. If you really watch the tape, when I'm in there he's closer to me and less effective on blocking shots because he's worried about me getting an alley-oop or getting a rebound. When I'm out, it's totally different. He's going after everything." Denver Post

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Warriors C Andrew Bogut said he's never played in an atmosphere like Game 3 in Oracle Arena, but he has a suggestion: "Let's take out the seats and get 25,000 in here. You don't need 'em. They didn't sit in 'em for most of the night, anyway." Sulia

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