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

[freakazoid]

First off, anyone who says losing Boozer = addition by subtraction needs to have their head examined. He's still one of the best big men in the league and 20/10 guys don't grow on trees. Utah will miss him, and Chicago actually signed him at a pretty reasonable price, especially if you look at a couple of other contracts signed this offseason.

Having said that, I have no problem with Utah looking to shake things up a bit. I think we've given it enough time to see how things would develop with that roster, and 1st or 2nd round in the playoffs was as good as it was going to get, IMO.

For those of you who are panicking because you think Utah is going to settle for rebuild mode, I just don't think that's the case. Right now our FO has got to be sweating over the idea that Williams might pull a Lebron when the time comes. Teams don't rebuild in one year, and Utah really can't afford to screw around. I know a lot of you think what's going on right now is Utah being cheap, but I disagree. I think they are rolling the dice on changing the dynamic of this team, and hopefully improving it enough to make Deron think twice about bailing. We won't replace Boozer's talent, but for what he costs the team cap wise, Utah might be able to improve the team overall. We're not landing any big FA this year, but I do think Utah will make a move that might surprise most Jazz fans.

 

[vj_74]

After having seen the Jazz FO pay AK 80 mil over 5+ years for mostly mailing it in, and also refusing to trade him at every opportunity, Deron must really be confident about Jazz FO's abilities to build a contender.

 

[freakazoid]

After having seen the Jazz FO pay AK 80 mil over 5+ years for mostly mailing it in, and also refusing to trade him at every opportunity, Deron must really be confident about Jazz FO's abilities to build a contender.

Good point.

Let's trade him before it's too late.

 

[craig2112]

I can't even be sad about this. Chicago just got punked. The ONE YEAR that Booz stays really healthy in Utah is a contract season...does anyone really think it's a coincidence? .

Last year, when Boozer opted in, my brother and I were happy for one reason: Boozer was in a contract year and would HAVE to perform well or is career would basically be over. He would be a mid-level exception player, no chance at a big contract. So we thought Boozer would really show up in the coming year, play through aches and pains instead of sitting out long periods. He would play hard and perform well because he had to, and that would help the jazz for one year. Then we wanted him to sign that big deal someplace else.

Ok, he did miss the last game against Phoenix, but I believe he really could not have played. A strain in you upper body like that makes it impossible to move or jump.

My money says that Boozer never has another year as good as the one he just had. He's gonna get injured and sit. He's going to play worse defense. He'll still mouth off and piss fans off with his attitude.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Last year, when Boozer opted in, my brother and I were happy for one reason: Boozer was in a contract year and would HAVE to perform well or is career would basically be over. He would be a mid-level exception player, no chance at a big contract. So we thought Boozer would really show up in the coming year, play through aches and pains instead of sitting out long periods. He would play hard and perform well because he had to, and that would help the jazz for one year. Then we wanted him to sign that big deal someplace else.

Ok, he did miss the last game against Phoenix, but I believe he really could not have played. A strain in you upper body like that makes it impossible to move or jump.

My money says that Boozer never has another year as good as the one he just had. He's gonna get injured and sit. He's going to play worse defense. He'll still mouth off and piss fans off with his attitude.

Nostradamus?

 

[Borat]

I can't even be sad about this. Chicago just got punked. The ONE YEAR that Booz stays really healthy in Utah is a contract season...does anyone really think it's a coincidence? Look at Booz's track record

In addition to great year last year, he also gave the Jazz two all star/second team all NBA seasons, led them to one of just few seasons in team history to get divisional title and reach Conf finals in the same year. So quick to forget, aren't we?