Just as they have the past two seasons, the Golden State Warriors will have to get by without Australian centre Andrew Bogut for an undetermined amount of time.
Bogut is out indefinitely after undergoing platelet-rich plasma therapy on his ailing right knee, the Warriors announced on Thursday.
They said Bogut consulted with the team's medical staff and his personal physician from Australia before deciding on the treatment.
"We fully support Andrew in his decision to undergo the PRP treatment," Warriors general manager Bob Myers said in a statement.
"Our number one concern is that Andrew is 100 per cent healthy, and we will continue to support him in any way we can to make that happen."
Bogut, who was picked at No.1 in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks has endured a career littered by serious injuries including a gruesome dislocated elbow in Milwaukee in 2010 - and also missed the NBA Playoffs last season for Golden State with broken ribs.
Under fire for being injury prone, Bogut defended himself with a serious of Tweets in recent days.
"I'll live, regardless of what you say...... #beenthroughtoomuch," he tweeted on Thursday before reiterating his stand on Friday with the following Tweet "Keep it coming......Heard worse!"
Bogut is averaging 7.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, three assists, and 2.2 blocks and has played a key role in helping the Warriors get off to an NBA-best 21-3 start.
The Warriors originally said Bogut had tendinitis before listing it as knee chondromalacia and bone edema. The injury causes bone marrow to swell and absorb fluid, and can be extremely painful.
Bogut said before Golden State's loss at Memphis on Tuesday - which ended the team's franchise-record 16-game winning streak - that he hadn't felt any improvement since leaving during the game against Minnesota on Dec. 8. He also had his knee drained last week.
In PRP therapy, blood is drawn and placed in a centrifuge that spins it to separate the platelet-rich plasma. The platelets, which release growth factors for tissue healing, are re-injected into the injured joints and muscles.
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