At first Bogut tiptoed around a question of whether he'd attend NBA pre-draft camps, before his agent, David Bauman, spoke up and said "no," Bogut would not go to any of those camps.

Bauman believes Bogut will be the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft in June and said from everything he'd heard, Bogut is definitely a top-3 pick along with North Carolina's Marvin Williams and Wake Forest's Chris Paul, two underclassmen who haven't yet declared for the draft.

That would make it difficult for the Jazz, who currently have the fourth-worst record in the league, to draft him unless they get lucky in the lottery, which is held in May.

"I'd rather be the No. 5 pick and go to a team that's stable with a good coach and a great organization rather than go No. 1," Bogut said.

Also revealed at the press conference was Bogut's plans to "give back" to the community with a donation to the university and through the creation of a foundation.

Giacoletti said he was "shocked" to hear five minutes before the press conference began that Bogut was planning to donate $125,000 to the university to upgrade locker room facilities. Not shocked he was doing it, just that he wasn't aware of it.

"That tells you what kind of person he is," Giacoletti said.

Bogut said the details of the donation would be worked out soon after he signs a contract.

Also Bogut will give back through the "Andrew Bogut 4 Foundation," which is dedicated to reaching out to underprivileged youths struggling through difficult circumstances in four places "close to his heart" — Australia, Croatia, Utah and his future NBA home.

Bogut officially finishes his two-year career 27th on the all-time Ute scoring list with 1,126 points, just behind Charles Menatti at 1,130.

He's also 10th on the career rebounding list with 753 boards.

Until his final 8-for-19 shooting game against Kentucky, Bogut was No. 1 in field goal percentage, but slipped behind Nate Althoff (60.8 percent) to No. 2 at 60.5 percent.

Bogut did break the Ute season field goal percentage record this year, finishing at 62.0 percent, beating the previous record of 61.7 percent. He also finished sixth on the season scoring list with 715 points, seventh on the rebounding list with 338 rebounds and set a season record for blocked shots with 65.

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