Golden State Warriors center made his own injury news on Thursday, revealing to the media that his ankle injury and surgery from last season was more serious that first reported.
Earlier this year, Bogut had ankle surgery to "clean out loose particles and bone spurs in the ankle," according to the team, says ESPN.com.
The team had said Bogut would return to action soon, maybe as soon as Monday, which flooded Bogut with questions after he did not participate in practice. According to ESPN.com, "The San Francisco Chronicle first reported the surgery, which Bogut said the team asked him not to talk about."
Bogut spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle on Thursday to give a clear overview of his status.
We don't want to fool anybody, anymore," Bogut said, according to the Chronicle. "We don't want to keep creating a little bit of excitement of, 'Hey, Andrew might be playing Saturday. It might be Monday. He's back.' It's enough. It takes a toll on me personally and on the organization. ... It got to the point that we spoke this morning and I said, 'Let's make it an indefinite leave until I'm ready.' There's no point in throwing numbers out there."
The 27-year-old tried to come back early in the season, but played in only four games and averaged 6.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and one block per game.
"It was probably my mistake early on," Bogut said, according to NBA.com. "The team was very supportive, but I wanted to play the first game of the season. If I hadn't played a game yet, I'd be asking myself, 'Could I have played?' Now I know that I shouldn't have tried."
Bogut originally hurt his foot while a member of the Milwaukee Bucks in January. He was traded in the offseason to Golden State and missed the entire preseason. General manager Bob Myers spoke to the media about the injury and the issues surrounding Bogut's status
"In the overall procedure, the focus wasn't that," Myers said, according to the Chronicle. "We always knew that this was something that may allow him to be ready for the opening of camp. ... There were a lot of components to the injury that made it be a situation that might take a little time, but knowing that element from the get-go didn't change any of expectations and don't to this day."
Bogut later said that the microsurgery factored into his rehabilitation and recovery.
"Of course, it did. One hundred percent," he said, according to the newspaper. "Without that procedure, I'm at eight weeks. With just a basic sewing of the tears, a cleanout and a score, it's generally six to eight weeks. That would have been July, but my procedure was obviously much more detailed than that.
The injury to Bogut could keep him out for weeks or months and could jeopardize his return for this season.
"We've got five months left, six if we make the playoffs. I don't think it's going to be another six months," Bogut said, according to the Chronicle. "That would be a massive setback. I'm not going to say a month, two months or three months, but I definitely think I'll be back to play again this season."
The 7-foot center was taken with the first-overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft out of Utah and played until last season with the Bucks. He has averaged 12.6 points and 9.3 rebounds in his career.