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A Carlos Boozer story you never knew

Kind of a crazy story. No way to know the truth of it. I knew a 13 yo that brought a 45 to school. Another kid shot his toe in shop class with the 22 rifle stuffed down his levis in 7th grade. That was in UT.

I also remember visiting my grandparents in DC and playing ball with a random kid at the park. He claimed I should be careful playing as rough as I did. He also played super weird like karate chopped for steals lol.

Back to Booze. I guess if we don't believe him, is there other info on how he ended up in AK?

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vegas said:
Kind of a crazy story. No way to know the truth of it. I knew a 13 yo that brought a 45 to school. Another kid shot his toe in shop class with the 22 rifle stuffed down his levis in 7th grade. That was in UT.

I also remember visiting my grandparents in DC and playing ball with a random kid at the park. He claimed I should be careful playing as rough as I did. He also played super weird like karate chopped for steals lol.

Back to Booze. I guess if we don't believe him, is there other info on how he ended up in AK?

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I believe Boozer, while at the same time thinking that his memory from when he was 6 might not be 100% accurate. His parents moved to get away from their financial troubles and the violence of the most violent place in the U.S. at the time, including their son's best friend being killed in front of him.

Like do people think I'm saying that Boozer didn't have a friend who was killed? Do people think I'm saying that Boozer wasn't nearby at the time?

The number one thing I think is most questionable is a 6 year old doing a killer (no pun intended) crossover and being killed for that specific reason.

I don't doubt he was killed on a basketball court. I don't doubt that another under 18 year old killed him. I don't doubt that this was a reason that Boozer's family moved.

Do I have an obligation to take every single word Boozer wrote as iron clad fact? I don't think I do. That's not me calling him a liar.

I can tell stories from when I was 6. As far as I know they are 100% true. When I've told stories like this to people when my sister, 1 year older than me, is there she has often disputed my account. I have often disputed her account in the same way. Memories from childhood are affected by the fact that we often didn't have the context to fully understand those events and as we mature we continuously reshape those memories according to our gradual process of understanding the world we live in, the motivations of people outside ourselves, the addition of context in regard to things like the crime rate in DC in the late 80's (something I doubt a 6 year old would understand in any way other than this is the world they live in). As we age the world gets larger. Our place in the world gets smaller. A 6 year old doesn't understand all that and packs this memory away as best they can. As time goes on their memories get reshaped and reshaped again as they gain additional context.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Got to love the irony of a poster calling Boozer a liar then making up details to the story that don't exist

I guess I get why you can't believe anyone because you have short term memory loss and can't remember anything yourself
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Speculation, and even misunderstanding, and making up are different things. Of course I've mostly been skimming this thread, so maybe I missed his fabrications.
 
Pretty sure at 6 I was worried way more about where we were going fishing the next weekend, and not playing professional sports. I didn't start thinking about that until maybe age 10.
 
Y'all clearly never watched The Wire. Kids in the DMV are like that.

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Saint Cy of JFC said:
You think gangs follow child labor laws?
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Yes, of course. That is obviously what my posts have indicated without question. There is no other conclusion anyone could have drawn from the things I've said. Like when I said I don't think Boozer is lying obviously means that I'm accusing Boozer of committing a fraudulent felony of intentionally misleading us with that fabricated article. Clearly.
 
Sardines said:
Yes, of course. That is obviously what my posts have indicated without question. There is no other conclusion anyone could have drawn from the things I've said. Like when I said I don't think Boozer is lying obviously means that I'm accusing Boozer of committing a fraudulent felony of intentionally misleading us with that fabricated article. Clearly.
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