Comments on: Is Carlos Boozer Worth More Than $12 Mil Per Year?

By: greg

greg — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:23:16 +0000

Carlos Boozer needs proactive. He’s a ridiculous liability, Yes he does well when he is healthy, but only in the regular season. Come post season he’s trash. Let him go.

By: BROGDEN

BROGDEN — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:04:40 +0000

Boozer showed his cards too fast. “Intent” is the one entity a contract cannot, by face value, fathom. Since he let his intentions be known before signing a contract, he projected to his prospective suitors in the FA period that he too, is also blatantly shopping his services around for a cap-killing salary. With that said, he might not have damaged his leverage with the other teams come when the free agency period begins, a team def could use him, and will. But if he truly wanted to stay with Utah and work out something, being they are a legitimate contender with only 1 or 2 roster spots needing improved play, then he definitely has an adverse bargaining position now. The presence of Millsap and a slew of developing Boozer types are out there Curry, Vareajo. Granger and Maxiell are restricted. Powe and Villanueva. Big Baby even. And more. This aforementioned talent may gain some valuable court experience in the time up until FA signing and this will also substantialkt mediate his earning potential.

By: DW2RB

DW2RB — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:36:33 +0000

Except that he said in his statements that he is willing to re-sign with Utah. Duh.

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By: tim

tim — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:50:48 +0000

Stuckey
Hamilton
Prince
Boozer
Whatever center they can find.

oh btw…who was saying Stuckey was a mediocore guard at best? Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….16 points per with 10 assists a game is definitely not mediocore, more like CP3 Deron Williams level…Stuck will be a BEAST in the playofs and in the years to come…he’s a stronger Dwayne Wade.

By: tim

tim — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:45:09 +0000

bring him to Detroit….

By: Dragonyeuw

Dragonyeuw — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:57:30 +0000

My thing is, I would want my legacy to be defined by winning. When looking at the greatest players ever,what gets you in the HOF is championships,being on winning teams,etc. No-one’s gonna remember who was the highest paid player.Guess with him,it’s a livelihood,not a passion. Shit,if my ass was getting paid 12 million to play a damn sport,I’d be on my knees thanking the lord every damn day.
What he is saying is,he’ll go where the money is,even if it’s the Clippers. He has a good situation in Utah,with a winning team when healthy,and the only thing he’s concerned about is raising his salary from a ‘paltry’ 12 million. I agree to be paid what you are worth, but in these economic times,crying because you want more than 12 million a year isn’t going to inspire much sympathy.

As far as his worth as an NBA player,yeah he’s a 20/10 guy but so is Zach Randolph and ELton Brand. Is Boozer really any better than guys like that? Let’s not forget he basically disappeared in the playoffs last year.Show us you can lead a team when the stakes are highest,then talk about a raise.Till then,fuck off.Deron’s the best player on that team and your ass can easily be replaced by Millsap.Ohh, and don’t know if anyone else noticed,but he was the clear cut 12th man on the Olympic team,and his own damn college coach was running things.You ain’t as good as you think you are,Booz.

By: jk

jk — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:11:04 +0000

has no one learned from the spurs regarding salary? don’t max your salary so the team can put other pieces around you to win the championship! otherwise you’ll end up like the garnett timerwolves. i thought the goal was to win a championship, not just to get paid.

boozer is a backstabbing punk anyways – and i suppose he also thinks he deserved that gold medal with all that tick he played…

i reckon the best thing utah can do is say thanks for your time – the door is that way.

By: Ric Hardwood

Ric Hardwood — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:53:47 +0000

He’s a very good PF and is probably worth $12 mil considering what everyone else is making, but shouldn’t you improve before you get a raise? He’s still pretty much the same player as when he signed the old contract. Maybe worse considering his injury background.

By: AY

AY — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:52:11 +0000

didn’t he already gave himself a raise? he missed 30% of the games as a jazz so far, so he’s making about 17mil per 82-game year based on the return on the jazz’s investment. Someone will pay him more than 12 mil to miss 30% of games, but he will forever be one of these guys that work for the dollars on the check instead of the team on his chest. I wouldn’t want that guy as one of the top representatives for a 300 million dollar franchise.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:42:41 +0000

I think he just doesn’t want to live in Utah. It’s as simple as that.