Warriors' Bogut doing ‘a little bit more'

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OAKLAND -- By the time reporters entered Warriors practiceon Thursday, center Andrew Bogut was already icing his left ankle.But that wasnt necessarily a bad sign.According to coach Mark Jackson, Bogut is beginning to pickup the pace of his practicing and playing. Bogut has been cleared to playfive-on-five, though he hasnt yet done that in a full-court setting. He did dofive-on-five in a halfcourt, controlled-type situation.Hes continuing to do a little bit more and were going tomonitor him and were going to see how he feels by doing more and more,Jackson said. And when hes ready to go, hell play but I think the smart wayto do it is continue to introduce more play with him and then play it by ear.Bogut fractured his left ankle in January and hasnt playedin a game since. The goal was for Bogut to play in a couple of preseason gamesand then be ready for the opener on Oct. 31.But Bogut missed the entire preseason and its looking moreand more like he wont be playing on Halloween night against the Suns inPhoenix.He did a little bit of drill action with contact, Jacksonsaid of Thursdays practice. He looked very good. The bottom line is were notgoing to throw him out there. Hes too important to this franchise, tooimportant to this basketball team. We want to be very, very patient with him.Curry watches: Warriors point guardStephen Curry sat out all of Thursdays practice, but Jackson said that was nobig deal.Were just continuing to play it smart, Jackson said ofCurry. We dont need him today. Its making sure hes ready when it mattersmost. But its just precautionary reasons.Curry, who missed 40 games last season because of ankleissues, said he will be ready for the opener.Jackson on Stern: NBA commissioner DavidStern announced on Thursday that he will be stepping down on Feb. 1, 2014, andthat Adam Silver will be his replacement.Said Jackson: Ive been a part of this league since 87 andI came in and he was the commissioner. He did just an incredible job ofbringing this league to where it is today. Every player coach, general manager,fan owes a big thank you to commissioner Stern.In my opinion he was the best to ever do itat running aleague. Obviously we still have some more time till 2014 but it shouldcertainly be as I remember as a young fan -- when it was a world tour of thankyous throughout the league for legends of the game. I say start early becausehes done an incredible job of putting us all in position to be financiallywell-off. Its a different league than before he took it.

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