Steph Curry sends two-word tribute to former $117,226,213 teammate's Hall of Fame announcement

Andrew Bogut played professional basketball for 14 years. He was the first-overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, and while some argue that he didn't live up to those expectations, his résume states otherwise.

In addition to earning a collective $117,226,213 in his NBA career (via Spotrac), he was a perennial anchor for the Australian national team, leading them to a gold medal at the 2003 FIBA U19 World Cup and representing the Boomers at two FIBA World Cups (2006 and 2019) and three Olympic Games (2004, 2008 and 2016).

He was also the bruising defensive anchor for the Golden State Warriors in their 2015 NBA championship.

That's why FIBA decided to honor him by making him a part of their Hall of Fame class of 2025.

With that in mind, Warriors star Stephen Curry took to Instagram to give him a shout-out for this major accomplishment:

"Big time," Curry wrote.

Stephen Curry hypes incoming FIBA Hall of Fame member Andrew Bogut on Instagram. (Credits: IG/Steph Curry)

The 2010-11 NBA blocks leader is now the ninth Australian player to make it to the Hall of Fame, joining Penny Taylor, Robyn Maher, Tom Maher, Michele Timms, Jan Stirling, Andrew Gaze, Lindsay Gaze and Al Ramsay.

Stephen Curry says the Warriors have lost their competitiveness

The Golden State Warriors could use some of Bogut's grit and grind. They just suffered the biggest blowout loss of the Steve Kerr era when they lost by 40 points to the Boston Celtics.

Per Curry, it all had to do with their lack of competitiveness against an elite team like the Celtics:

“A big part of our season has been when we can’t score, we lose spirit, we lose life, we lose competitiveness,” Curry said. “You can get away with [that] against some teams, but against defending champs, it’s not a good formula for success.”

Steph Curry then referred to the 2022 NBA Finals in which the Warriors took down the Celtics, adding that it felt like it had been ages ago and that they couldn't afford to look past them now:

“They are the defending champs, so they’re coming in with a level of confidence and swagger. And it’s the exact opposite of what we have right now… Definitely feels like a long time ago,“ the future NBA Hall of Famer continued.

The Warriors are currently 11th in the Western Conference and out of the playoff picture.

They still have time to turn things around, as standings are quite close in the West. Then again, unless they make some moves and show some fight, that's not likely to happen.