Andrew Bogut, a longtime face of Australian basketball, retired rather than pursue a fourth Olympics next summer.
“I would have made this decision earlier if it wasn’t for the postponement of the Olympics,” Bogut, 36, said on his podcast, Rogue Bogues. “I was hoping to get to 2020 Tokyo Games and then calling it a day after that.
“I just can’t physically and mentally get to 2021 with the way the body has been. I mean, I could on a lot of painkillers and a lot of physical and mental anguish, but it’s just not worth it at this point in my career.