Andrew Bogut has retired from basketball just two years after quitting the NBA in the United States to play in Australia.
After 14 NBA seasons, the 36-year-old called time on his career 'effective immediately' with an announcement on his Rogue Bogues podcast on Tuesday.
Bogut said injuries had ultimately ruined his shot at a fourth Olympics campaign, with the Tokyo Games postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
'The decision hasn't been an easy one, but I think it is the right decision. The decision that I made and where I will be signing for next season is absolutely nowhere,' he said on his podcast on Tuesday.
Andrew Bogut has retired from basketball just two years after quitting the NBA in the United States to play in Australia
The 36-year-old returned to Australia in 2018 believing the softer NBL schedule would increase his chances of extending his career through to the Tokyo Olympics
Bogut spent the last two seasons with the Sydney Kings and is one of the most decorated players in Australian basketball history
Bogut, who has played for the Lakers, Bucks, Warriors, Mavericks, and Cavaliers, said his body wouldn't make it to the postponed 2021 Japan Olympics.
'I would've made this decision earlier if it wasn't for the postponement of the Olympics,' he said.
'I was hoping to get to 2020 … and call it a day after that and that would've been my fourth Olympics and selfishly that would've been a great accolade to have four Olympics under your belt, but it's just not meant to be.
'I can't physically and mentally get to 2021 with the way the body has been, I mean I could, on painkillers and a lot of physical and mental pain, but it's just not worth it at this point in my career.
'Some people might say it's only six months of training but I'm at a point where I just can't do it.'
The Melbourne-born sportsman spent the last two seasons with the Sydney Kings and is one of the most decorated players in Australian basketball history.
Bogut, the NBA No.1 draft pick in 2005, spent 14 seasons in the United States and won a championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2015.
He returned to Australia in 2018 believing the softer NBL schedule would increase his chances of extending his career through to the Tokyo Olympics.
Bogut was named the NBL's MVP in 2019 and led the Kings to a grand final last season while battling back and ankle injuries, which both required surgery this year.
'The last two years have been a real challenge for me just to get out of bed in the morning some days, let alone go to a training session or a game,' Bogut said.
'The body, probably from 2018 onwards, was hanging by a thread.
Bogut was named the NBL's MVP in 2019 and led the Kings to a grand final last season while battling back and ankle injuries, which both required surgery this year
Bogut, who played for the Lakers, Bucks, Warriors, Mavericks, and Cavaliers, said he wouldn't make it to the postponed 2021 Japan Olympics
'It was real challenging and the from the 2019-20 season that thread was completely frayed and in little pieces. It was real frustrating for me.'
The centre has played for Australia at three Olympics, missing London's 2012 Games through injury but returning for Rio's 2016 tournament where they finished fourth for the fourth time in an Olympic campaign.
Bogut was instrumental for the Australian Boomers when they beat a star-studded US side for the first time in 55 years in an exhibition match in Melbourne last August.
He led the Sydney Kings to a minor premiership in 2019-20 before the team pulled out due to coronavirus fears midway through the grand final series in March, which was awarded to the Perth Wildcats.
Bogut runs a basketball academy in Carrum Downs in Melbourne's southeast.