{"id":38621,"date":"2026-06-25T21:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/38621\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T21:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:07:11","slug":"andrew-bogut-fined-9500-for-alleged-body-shaming-of-adelaide-36ers-owner-grant-kelley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/38621\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Bogut fined $9,500 for alleged body-shaming of Adelaide 36ers owner Grant Kelley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney Kings assistant coach and co-owner Andrew Bogut has been fined $9,500 for body-shaming the Adelaide 36ers owner online and confronting him after an NBL championship series game.<\/p>\n

The 36ers accused Bogut of making “persistent and repeated personal attacks” towards Grant Kelley when they lodged an official complaint with the NBL in March.<\/p>\n

That complaint triggered an investigation under the NBL’s Code of Conduct and Social Media Policy, which resulted in Thursday’s financial penalty.<\/p>\n

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Adelaide 36ers owner Grant Kelley was the target of several weight-related insults from Andrew Bogut. (Getty Images: Mark Brake)<\/p>\n

Former NBA star Bogut, considered one of Australia’s greatest-ever players, retains the right to appeal the sanction.<\/p>\n

“We are aware the NBL has sanctioned and issued a fine to assistant coach Andrew Bogut regarding commentary during the final series,” the Kings wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n

“The club is supporting Andrew throughout this process and no further comment will be made at this time.”<\/p>\n

During the 2025\/26 championship series between Sydney and Adelaide, Bogut shared an image to Twitter that appeared to imply a likeness between Kelley and Peter Griffin, the protagonist on the animated series Family Guy.<\/p>\n

He also insinuated on his Instagram story that Kelley had not confronted him after the third match of the series because he was on his way to fast-food outlet Hungry Jack’s.<\/p>\n

Bogut also reportedly made comments about Kelley’s weight immediately after the series’s second game during an altercation between the two.<\/p>\n

The Kings won the championship series \u2014 and a sixth NBL title \u2014 with an overtime victory in the decisive fifth game in early April<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bogut remains on the coaching staff for the 2026\/27 season, when the Kings welcome back star players Xavier Cooks, Kendric Davis, Torrey Craig and Matthew Dellavedova for their championship defence.<\/p>\n

Key men Bryce Cotton, Isaac Humphries, John Jenkins and Zylan Cheatham remain on the books at the Sixers, who came agonisingly close to a first championship since 2002.<\/p>\n

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