Andrew Bogut is fully healthy, in terrific shape and extremely optimistic about the prospects of the Golden State Warriors' defense this season.
Bogut sat down with Bleacher Report and a group of reporters at a media session Sept. 13, and I asked him if he thought the Warriors could be a top-five defensive team next season—on par with the likes of the Indiana Pacers and Chicago Bulls.
Bogut said:
I think we can. The No. 1 thing with defensive teams is that everyone has to buy in. First and foremost, we are a high-scoring team and that's a strength. The reason why we were successful last season wasn't because we were a high-scoring team; we got stops when we needed to get stops, and that wasn't a trademark of the Warriors for the last 20 years. So we're very adamant that that's a focus of what wins games for us.
As has been the case for the Dubs since Bogut came on board, the team's defensive fate rests squarely on his broad shoulders.
He's the anchor, the eraser, the interior presence that is an absolute necessity in any elite defense. Injuries reduced Bogut to a shell of his fo ...
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Andrew Bogut Says Golden State Warriors Can Be Top-5 Defense
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