Andrew Bogut Explains How Becoming Father Changed His Life Perspective

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Andrew Bogut and his wife have two kids.

The oldest is about two and a half years old and the youngest is about nine months old.

That means that the big man was not a father during his first run with the Warriors, which ended in July 2016 when he was traded to Dallas.

"Having two kids totally changed his life," Golden State head coach Steve Kerr told Ethan Strauss of The Athletic. "He's no longer a cynic. He's just as smart and wise and fun.

"He's always been a really good dude."

Bogut agrees that being a father has certainly changed his outlook on life.

"If you do lose or play bad, you get to go home to two kids who don't give a s--t about it, so it's a pretty cool thing," Bogut explained to The Athletic. "You can get home from whatever you're doing and when you've got two kids and one of them s--ts themselves, and you've got to change the diaper, you kind of forget about all the bad things you're going through."

Speaking from somebody who became a father three months ago, this is absolutely correct.

Bogut -- who started five games during the regular season -- jumpted center the last two games against the Clippers in place of the injured DeMarcus Cousins:
-Game 3 = eight points, 14 rebounds, five assists, steal, block
-Game 4 = eight points, 10 rebounds, four assists

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He's helping on the court and in the locker room, where he is respected by all.

"He's still an a--hole, that ain't changed," Kevon Looney told The Athletic (while smiling). "But he was always nice to his teammates and he's great to me. I say, he's probably the smartest, one of the smartest basketball players I ever played with.

"Him and Andre (Iguodala) and Draymond (Green), IQ level is crazy."

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