Warriors center Andrew Bogut and Cavaliers forward Kevin Love are on opposite sides of the NBA Finals, but that didn’t stop Bogut from defending Love from critics Thursday.
Love sat out Game 3 on Wednesday after suffering a concussion Sunday and is questionable to play Game 4. After the Cavs' 120-90 win in Game 3, some were questioning whether the team is better off without him.
Bogut, meanwhile, is speaking out against those who are calling Love “soft."
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"Those people are idiots," Bogut said after practice, via ESPN.com. "You don't mess around with the brain."
Love suffered his concussion when Harrison Barnes’ elbow hit him in the back of the head. He went through the league's concussion protocol and has not yet been cleared to play.
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Bogut knows from experience how painful and dangerous a concussion can be. He missed two weeks early in the season after taking a blow to the head.
"You can be a hero now in the NBA Finals in 2016, and in 2021 you will be sucking food through a straw," Bogut said. "And you won't give a (expletive) about what you did in 2016."