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Boozer Agrees to Terms With Bulls (5 yrs/80 mil)

Jeditiger said:
You are delusional if you don't think the Jazz just took a MAJOR step back. We just lost a 20/10 guy, we still have an undersized PF that we don't know can last a whole season and who has no backup, and we have NO NBA centers.
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This.
 
adios carlos

Well, I hope the Boozer haters are happy. IMO we are now a significantly worse team. While I have defended the Jazz FO, I am extremely frustrated that we appear to have gotten nothing in exchange for Boozer. Absent further information, I conclude the KOC and the rest of the FO have really let the fans down on this one.

While I do believe Boozer far more valuable than others here and have defended him, I will not give him a pass for sitting out the final game against Phoenix last season. If we had won that game, our path to the WC finals was clear. He could have and should have played.

Crap. While I agree that the Jazz could/should not pay Boozer what Chicago is, I'm not looking at our current front line and feeling confident. I'm trying hard to be optimistic here, but right now it's difficult.
 
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Anyone upset about loosing Boozer need to forget the 16mil per year average. If the deal stays at 5 years, the Bulls will be paying him salaries like 16, 17.5, and 19 in years 3 through 5 when he is 31, 32, and 33 years old. That barely makes sense for a big market team like Chicago. It's suicide in Utah.
 
I wonder how long Williams sticks around to watch this rebuilding project? haha

My guess is he's gone when his contract is up. Can't blame him, either. I wouldn't want to play for a 40-win team knowing I was the best at my position.
 
I'm happy for Booze. That's a lot of money. Good luck.

The contract will be a terrible albatross in a few years whether or not they get LeBron.
 
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I wouldn't match 5 years for 80 Million either. I do hope there is some sort of sign and trade involved here, but the Bulls won't be giving up their best assets (Rose, Noah) obviously.
 
Sean said:
I wonder how long Williams sticks around to watch this rebuilding project? haha

My guess is he's gone when his contract is up. Can't blame him, either. I wouldn't want to play for a 40-win team knowing I was the best at my position.
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If DWill thinks this was a good contract, so long. This is going to burden Chicago for a while. Especially when he only plays in 65% of the games he's under contract for.
 
calijazz said:
The Jazz had no choice but to let him go. Bulls overpaid quite a bit for him. I don't blame KOC at ALL.
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KOC certainly does share some of the blame. He is the GM who is suppose to manage the financial end of the roster. Having AK on the books, screwed the Jazz and KOC should have known that he was going to be up against it when he signed an extension with Okur and Harping.

I will miss Boozer's scoring ability. I won't miss his lack of defense and his injuries. The biggest problem is that KOC has been talking about all the "assets" the Jazz have but all I see is a bunch of nothing if Boozer leaves without a S&T. The Jazz should have traded either Boozer, Okur or AK last year so they wouldn't be in this position.

Now I can see KOC overpaying for some washed up veteran or extending AK. Just plain stupid.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
Boozer wasn't going to sign an extension for less money than he made last year, which was around 12.8 I think. If the Jazz had extended, it would have started at about the same salary he got from the Bulls, so no, it would not have been less than 80 million, unless the Jazz went for fewer years and Boozer accepted that, which I doubt would have happened.
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Boozer accepted 1 year 12 mil dollar offer right before that. Why did he do that you think after he was saying he was going to get a raise regardless? Because his value was at all time low. if Jazz came in with 5 year 60 mill extension, he would have to seriously consider. There is no way he could possibly demand 80 mil after just accepting 1 year 12 mil and coming off poor season and with no one else to make an offer, and with Jazz offering long term security before his deal is even over. But Jazz didn't attempt to negotiate. They told Booz to screw himself. Now that Booz had 20 and 11 season, 20 and 13 play-offs, and Jazz have no leverage at all, with several teams looking at him, of course his value is A LOT higher than last summer when he had a poor year and only Jazz could have given him contract. Greg Miller was the guy who fumbled the ball here when he told Booz to screw himself and instead extended Memo. Well, guess who is screwed now? It certainly ain't Booz, that's for sure.
 
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