Andrew Bogut has lashed the “two-faced” elements of the NBA that raised questions about his value to former team Golden State.

The Australian centre, who won a championship with the Warriors in 2015, was offloaded to Dallas at the end of last season to make way for prized recruit Kevin Durant.

He was injured for the crucial last two games of the finals series loss to Cleveland in June, with franchise “sources” speaking out to media about their annoyance over the centre’s lack of durability.

“I don’t buy into the sources thing. I don’t buy into all that s**t because this league is so two-faced and everybody is so fake,” he told USA Today ahead his return to the Warriors’ Oracle Arena with the Mavericks on Wednesday (Thursday afternoon AEDT).

Bogut did not take the court in the Mavericks’ 116-95 loss.

“The same people who made those comments will see me tomorrow and shake my hand and ask me how my family is. This league is full of people who are full of s**t and shallow.

“It’s very hard to meet a genuine person who you can call your friend in this league.”

Bogut said returning to Golden State held no special emotions for him, but admitted he was disappointed and bitter about his exit. He conceded he was disappointed with his contribution in the finals.

“There’s no doubt it’s disappointing to leave one of the best teams record-wise those last two years,” he said.

“It was bitter in a way. I wasn’t mad at anybody about it. I understood it completely. I’m not stupid.”

A big #DubNation welcome to our old friends @HBarnes & @andrewbogut! Glad to have you on #WarriorsGround. pic.twitter.com/nT6y1ktRTN

— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) November 10, 2016

His Mavericks have had just two wins this season, while Golden State are 6-2 but have made a moderate start to the season and are under-performing defensively without the 32-year-old Boomers centre and Harrison Barnes, who also joined the Mavericks.

“I think defensively that I provided something for them that really helped that team win games,” Bogut said.

Damian Lillard: Warriors' defense 'just not the same' without Andrew Bogut. https://t.co/mseRqn0ByI pic.twitter.com/0o44dWloTv

— theScore (@theScore) November 1, 2016

“Obviously, (Warriors forward) Draymond (Green), we had a really good sync defensively where when he got beat, I was there. When I got beat, he was there, and it was automatic.”

“We knew how to play and Steph (Curry) and Klay (Thompson) did a good job of funneling guys to me and Draymond.

“Obviously they have to adjust to that when they go small now.”

Meanwhile Golden State coach Steve Kerr used his media conference ahead of the match to offer a candid assessment of the mood the day after Donald Trump was delected.

“Maybe we should have seen it coming over the last 10 years,” Kerr said.

“You look at society, look at what’s popular, people are getting paid millions of dollars to go on TV and scream at each other, whether it’s in sports or politics or entertainment,” he said.

“I guess it was only a matter of time before it spilled into politics but, all of a sudden you’re faced with a reality.”

Full Steve Kerr statement on Trump winning https://t.co/VpoQIqq7t6 pic.twitter.com/NQa1ViP1xd

— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) November 10, 2016

Kerr spoke of the “decorum, respect and dignity” that accompanies the presidency, yet “it all went out the window.”

He wished Trump well as president, but also wondered about his daughter and wife, “who have basically been insulted by his comments,” and some of his players,who had felt insulted as well.

“The whole process has left all of us feeling disgusted and disappointed,” Kerr said.

“I thought we were better than this. I thought the Jerry Springer Show was the Jerry Springer show.”

– with AAP