The Golden State Warriors’ center, Andrew Bogut, thinks that the NBA isn’t the proper environment to raise his children in.
The NBA season is starting to reach its peak as each team is either clinching a playoff berth or scrambling for a playoff spot in their respective conference. But despite all this excitement traveling around the league, Golden State Warriors’ center, Andrew Bogut thinks its the type of environment he wants to keep his kids away from.
Bogut has yet to have any children, but in an interview with CBS writer, James Hebert, apparently the big man said that when he does decide to have kids, he is going to try and shield them from the NBA’s culture.
"“I kind of don’t want to raise them around this environment because I don’t think it’s a healthy environment in a way for children,” Bogut said. “Everything is monetary, everything’s about money and flashiness and what car you drive… I don’t think a child should have a Luis Vuitton bag at four years old or have a cell phone at six.”"
An interesting take on the lifestyle some of the NBA players live. But he does have a point. LeBron James, since entering the NBA has built up quite the lavish car collection. He currently owns a Ferrari F430 Spyder, Porsche 911, and a Mercedes-Benz just to name a few. Does the four-time NBA MVP really need this many cars? Well, probably not. But if you have the money for it, why not?
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This is exactly the type of attitude that Andrew Bogut wants to keep his kids away from. He says that “That’s something I don’t think is right, and it’s not the way I’ll raise my kids the day I have ’em.”
Very strong words, considering the NBA also does plenty of positive things for child development. They host different events like youth basketball camps and the NBA cares initiative that provides less fortunate communities with education, family development, and health and wellness programs.
But to Bogut’s point, this is hardly the part of the NBA culture that the kids of players see. So if he wants to give his children the childhood that he had growing up, more power to him. With all the negative news about professional athletes out there, this is a breath of fresh air to see at least one thinking about his future, and more importantly the next generation’s future.
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