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If Boozer isn't worth $80 mil, who is?

SaltyDawg

SaltyDawg

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I am not saying Boozer is or isn't worth $80 mil. I am just curious, who do Jazz fans think is worth $80 mil?

I am seeing pretty much everyone on the board say Boozer isn't worth $80 mil. It's not even being debated by anyone.

Is there a player in the NBA right now that you think will get $80 mil or less that you think is actually worth $80 mil? And I'm not talking about someone on or just coming off his rookie contract (where the max is probably less than $80 mil) so skip that. I am talking about guys like Boozer, who are not coming off the rookie contract.

It's pretty easy to name guys like Wade, Bosh, Amare, and Lebron. But none of them are getting "only" $80 mil either.

Joe Johnson agreed to a $120 contract the other day...

If you think $80 mil is too much to pay an all star caliber player and dream teamer, then you don't understand the NBA.

I am not saying the Jazz should have or should not have matched that offer when they were given the chance. But I am saying it is not a no brainer to let him walk at that price like the board members seem to be saying.

I will also say this- if the Jazz don't get a very good player to replace Boozer within the next year or so, then letting him walk will prove to be a big time mistake. And if/when they do replace Boozer, it will likely cost them the $80 mil Boozer is getting.

Heck, didn't the Jazz originally sign a much younger and unproven Boozer for something like $70 mil? And now we're saying it's such a no brainer to let him walk at $80 mil- now that he's a proven all star caliber player?
 
richgates said:
Someone who doesn't miss nearly a third of his scheduled starts due to injury, that's who.
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Again, who? Anyone can throw generalities out there. Who do you think is worth $80 mil? If Boozer didn't have injury history, he would have got a $100 mil contract like Stoudemire.
 
Someone who will be 33 by the end of the deal and already missed 1/3 of his games.

Look at Barkley, he broke down in his early 30s and missed a lot of games.
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
Someone who will be 33 by the end of the deal and already missed 1/3 of his games.

Look at Barkley, he broke down in his early 30s and missed a lot of games.
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Still waiting for a name...

Who do you think is or will be worth an $80 mil contract- not counting players on their rookie contracts or just barely coming off the rookie contract (due to the lower max)?
 
I think the lack of names in this thread says it all.

A lot of posters on this board have some imaginary player they feel is worth the money, and others just have no clue about the economics of the NBA.

Not 1 single name so far, just a bunch of fantasies and mythical players...
 
I don't know if anyone is worth 80 million outside of superstars like LeBron, DWade, Kobe, Durant, etc. Players whose presence can nearly carry a team to playoff contention alone. Bosh is overrated as is Amar'e. As I mentioned in another post, I appreciated Boozer's offensive game, but he is a defensive liability and has a long history of injuries that I don't see changing. If the Jazz were to match and/or pay more to keep him, that would have just been another poison contract that fans would be regretting in a couple of years.
 
Obviously, he's worth a lot more to a team with money to spend than a team that's financially strapped. There are so many reasons why its best the Jazz didn't re-sign Boozer, starting with the fact that he's a gigantic defensive liability and ending with the fact that Utah was never going to be able to compete in the long-run with Boozer as a centerpiece.
 
So, SaltyDawg would you have paid Boozer the 80 million or worse yet, the 96 million over 6 years the Jazz would have likely had to pay to keep him? If so, you apparently have no clue about the economics of the NBA because that would be absolutely moronic of the Jazz to do. They made the right choice even though the Jazz are now are worse team without FA signings.
 
Booz is probably worth 80 mil in this crazy market. But whether he is worth 80mil TO THE JAZZ is another issue altogether
 
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