Some 10 years and change ago, Ronnie Price sat and watched the 2005 NBA Draft begin with the first overall selection of Andrew Bogut.
Price had seen and heard plenty of Bogut in previous years. The Australian big man made himself into a top prospect at the University of Utah, which is roughly a 45-minute drive up the I-15 from where Price played his own college ball. Despite the close proximity between them, scouts weren’t exactly going out of their way to make an extra stop at Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University).
“Bogut was probably more secure than I was,” Price laughed.