BREAKING NEWS: Andrew Bogut Out Indefinitely With Back Spasms

[MackShock]

Warriors center Andrew Bogut will miss Friday night’s game against San Antonio because of back spasms and is out indefinitely, according to head coach Mark Jackson.

The big man, who has played only 12 games this season because of left ankle surgery, missed Thursday’s practice and had an MRI on his back Friday. Jackson said he didn’t mean to sound grim about Bogut’s condition, but the team doesn’t yet have the results from his medical tests.

Bogut is averaging 7.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.58 blocked shots, and the Warriors are 6-6 with him in the starting lineup. He missed 43 games with a stress fracture in his lower back in 2008-09, one game with a mid-back strain in 2009-10 and five games with a sore back in 2010-11.

http://blog.sfgate.com/warriors/2013...-indefinitely/

[MackShock]

Warriors center Andrew Bogut will not play Friday against San Antonio and is out “indefinitely” due to back spasms, Warriors coach Mark Jackson announced.

“There’s nothing to red flag anything, we just don’t know,” Jackson said.

Bogut showed symptoms early Friday and underwent an MRI, for which the results were not yet available.

The big man was only recently cleared to play in back-to-back games, which he did earlier this week Tuesday at Utah and the following day at home against Phoenix. He has yet to play in four straight games in a Warriors uniform.

“At the end of the day, we realize this is a process and for a guy who has not played in a long time, you’re going to go through your body reacting to it, but we’re going to stay true to the process,” Jackson said. “We know how important he is to this basketball team and this is something we didn’t expect, but at the same time, we’ll take care of it and move forward.”

The game had the potential to become the first game in NBA history to feature three Australian players as the Spurs feature Aussies Patty Mills and Aron Baynes. The game will be televised live in Australia.

Bogut has appeared in 12 of 54 games this season.

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[MackShock]

well..this is great news.

[Monta is beast]

Wouldn't be surprised if this is a lie, and it's his ankle.

[MackShock]

same here..another cover up.

[lolPhillies]

Seasons over folks.

[Guppyfighter]

Ugh

[likemystylez]

well..this is great news.

I thought they were saying the whole reason for being cautious with him and holding him out all that time was to make sure when he came back he was going to be back for good and not have any setbacks.

[likemystylez]

btw- this is starting to feel like erick dampier mibs..... a lot like it felt when dampier was on the warriors. Just looking for reasons to sit out before the contract yr

[Guppyfighter]

At least we will be in the playoffs either way. Very frustrating though.

[likemystylez]

this is why i made a point in october that it wasnt a good habbit to get into sitting out games.... even though they were pre season games, it was good to get into the habbit of having the starters out there as a fixture and not let them be a question mark every game. it started with pre season and not bogut likely wont even play 30 games this yr.

[likemystylez]

kinda makes you wonder if they shoulda jus traded him at the deadline... cuz this is the kinda player hes gonna be... play 2 or 3 weeks, sit out a month or 2....people say he isnt injury prone... but I mean whatelse would you call this??

[MackShock]

how is a back spasm a setback that is in any way related to the ankle injury?

the answer is, its not.

[Guppyfighter]

kinda makes you wonder if they shoulda jus traded him at the deadline... cuz this is the kinda player hes gonna be... play 2 or 3 weeks, sit out a month or 2....people say he isnt injury prone... but I mean whatelse would you call this??

Never sell at the lowest value, styles. Buy low, sell high. He is an expirer next year and he can reestablish value for trade or just be valueable as an expiring contract.

[likemystylez]

how is a back spasm a setback that is in any way related to the ankle injury?

the answer is, its not.

i guess i thought when they were saying he was going to be back for good and not have setbacks they meant he was not going to be in and out of the line up anymore? Otherwise whats the point of having him sit out all that time to get better for good if hes just gonna sit for another reason.


BTW- its pretty obvious that nothing happened to his back and its a cover up. did you once see him hold his back in pain?