From Deseret News archives:
It's official: Bogut's a Buck
Little did Bogut know at the time that two years later he would be posing with a white and purple Bucks jersey No. 6 as the No. 1 choice in the NBA Draft.
A lot has happened in Bogut's life over the past two years and by the time the draft unfolded Tuesday night at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden, the 7-foot Aussie was expected to be the No. 1 pick by Milwaukee.
However until the moment David Stern announced his name in front of the 5,000-plus raucous fans, Bogut wasn't sure if he'd be going to Milwaukee or Atlanta.
"I was confident, but I wasn't 100 percent," Bogut said. "They said it would be me or Marvin Williams, so it was 50-50."
But Milwaukee was definitely Bogut's first choice. After first saying he didn't care who drafted him, Bogut was almost lobbying Milwaukee to select him during the past week, and he got his wish.
"It's a great city, I love Milwaukee," Bogut said. "Being in Salt Lake City, it compares very favorably to Milwaukee. It's a small-market city and the people are friendly and family-oriented."
"This is such a great day in the life of Andrew Bogut," the big Aussie said, taking a page from the Karl Malone-third-person style of speech. "This is something I'm going to remember forever."
Bogut was one of 16 players invited to the draft and his table of six was closest to the podium. After showing up late enough to make some TV folks nervous, Bogut waited patiently with his parents, Michael and Anne, Utah coach Ray Giacoletti and his two agents from SFX, David Bauman and Alexander Raskovic, for 20 minutes before the draft began.
NBA commissioner David Stern welcomed everyone and said that the Milwaukee Bucks were on the clock. That seemed kind of strange, since the Bucks had actually been on the clock for more than a month, after being the surprise winners of the lottery draw.
With 2:20 left on the five-minute clock, Stern strode to the podium and said, "With the first pick of the 2005 NBA Draft, the Milwaukee Bucks select Andrew Bogut of the University of Utah."
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