After yet another injury-marred season, center Andrew Bogut has gotten through this summer entirely healthy. And when the season gets rolling in two months, the Warriors have every intention of treating him that way.

â€œI think the initial thought is he is healthy, and play him as much as you want,â€ general manager Bob Myers told Sporting News. â€œIf something obviously were to develop, something unforeseen, you have to react to it. At this point, you treat him like he is 100 percent healthy, that is what he is saying, that is what the medical staff is saying, so, you donâ€™t treat him any other way. Maybe the question is, do you want to play him 35 minutes? But that is a question for any center. It is not due to anything with his injury. Weâ€™re approaching it like he is healthy.â€

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Bogut is not frequently associated with good health. He has missed 104 games in the past two years, and over his eight-year career, he has missed almost a third of his games. Last year, it was repeated trouble with his ankle, which required microfracture surgery.

The Warriors are counting on Bogutâ€™s rugged injury history taking a turn for the better this year. After acquiring Bogut in a deadline-day trade in 2012, the Warriors hoped to get him back on the floor to start last year.

But after four games, it was obvious Bogut was not healed, and he wound up playing just 32 games, averaging just 5.8 points and 7.7 rebounds in 24.6 minutes. He was better in the postseason, getting more comfortable on the ankle, and averaged 7.2 points and 10.9 rebounds. He had 14 points and 21 rebounds in the Warriorsâ€™ series-clinching Game 6 win over Denver in the first round.

A team official met with Bogut in Croatia (where he typically spends part of his offseason), and Myers reports that, â€œAndrew is pain-free, he feels great, ankle feels great. He is 100 percent healthy, and all indications are he will stay that way. He is a huge key to our team, his health. It is a really good thing that he is healthy and has had time to rest. He is back to work and he eager to get started.â€

The Warriors have high hopes for this season, and Bogutâ€™s health is all the more important because of it. Center Festus Ezeliâ€”who started in place of Bogut last yearâ€”is sidelined with a knee injury. The Warriors have 17-year veteran Jermaine Oâ€™Neal on hand, and can play Marreese Speights at center, though Speights is more comfortable at power forward.

But a healthy Bogut could be the key to this team actually turning itself into a contender.

â€œHe has had tough injuries, but the good thing is our trainer said all is well,â€ Myers said. â€œThat is how weâ€™re looking at Andrew now. He is healthy.â€