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Cralos Bozzer is teh besssss

chitownjazz said:
I'm not surprised Sloanfeld has been a no-show in this thread.
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Yeah, why is that? Sloanfeld, you have until 5/7 to respond; otherwise, we will just accept that you know that Boozer is an overrated player who pussifies when he goes up against bigger players. You're on the clock.
 
YB85 said:
Yeah, why is that? Sloanfeld, you have until 5/7 to respond; otherwise, we will just accept that you know that Boozer is an overrated player who pussifies when he goes up against bigger players. You're on the clock.
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I'm fairly sure this constitutes trolling. Reported.
 
YB85 said:
It's reverse trolling, you jerk.
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https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/b...t=Aise1AxPK3JSOb7yESjiXXW8vLYF?urn=nba-wp1989

Scottie Pippen, who actually works for the Chicago Bulls these days, has taken to criticizing oft-maligned Bulls forward Carlos Boozer(notes) for his play during Chicago's opening-round series against Indiana. And that's the proper thing to do, right?
If Chicago Bulls fans were leery about the signing of scoring forward Carlos Boozer heading into the playoffs, his four-game turn in the 2011 postseason has likely sent those dubious fans over the edge. Not only is the team's highest-paid player shooting just 37.5 percent against the Pacers thus far, but he's turning the ball over 3.5 times per game. These offensive marks go hand-in-hand with his typically terrible defense, which was at least then passable enough during the regular season as Boozer chalked up 17.5-point and 9.6-rebound averages in just 32 minutes of play.
Worse? Boozer was signed to be the type of scorer that finishes plays that weren't drawn up for him in the paint with little muss and/or fuss, and yet Boozer has been terrible finishing around the rim. In short, the guy has been awful, on both ends. And what does Scottie Pippen decide to criticize him on?
Hard, unnecessary, fouls.
Come on, Pip.

''They've all got two legs and two arms,'' the six-time NBA champion said. ''You've got Carlos Boozer out there who's spending fouls and a lot of his fouls are not needed at the time that he's giving them. Those could be hard fouls. Those could be fouls that you knock a [Darren] Collison to the floor, you knock a [Jeff] Foster to the floor.
''Utilize your fouls and make them more valuable for you and your team.''

I … guess?
Listen, for every foul that Boozer racks up, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau's Grinch-y smile grows a little larger. He's just dying to put in the defensive-minded Taj Gibson(notes) in Boozer's stead (though it should be noted that I appreciated the way that Thibs hung with Boozer in the second half during Game 4, with the Bulls needing offense badly, when he could have been the tough guy and sat him), and Boozer piling up the tough fouls helps him in that regard.
But the real issue with Boozer lies in his offensive play. Everyone has given up on his defense, and rightfully so, because it's not coming around. But for him to miss jump hook after lay-up after runner after jumper? There's your issue. Not needless and un-taken fouls on Jeff freakin' Foster.
That said, Scottie Pippen played through back spasms in a finals-deciding game back in 1998 that saw a team trainer literally punching his lower back to drive the discs and muscles and sinew back where it was nearly supposed to go, so I won't completely dismiss the thoughts of a man who absolutely gave it his all.
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Pippen > Bozzer.

Really.

This article paints a picture that us Jazzfanz know too well. Bozzer as a defensive hack is now being questioned for his disappearing acts. Clownfeld, if he wasn't banned, would be talking some nonsense and slurping Cralos like he always does.
 
It's interesting that Chicago fans have fully figured out Booze is useless defensively. But that was only a matter of time.

I'm waiting until some Chicago fan finally figures out Booze is 14th in the entire league in Defensive Rebounding Rate, but 90th in Offensive Rebounding Rate. If Booze is ever going to be a better defender, he's going to have to sacrifice a few boards. And Carlos Boozer doesn't sacrifice stats.
 
Why did Boozer only get 16 minutes. Was it lack of defense, did he get hurt, or just plain sucked?

Or was it that he faked an injury?
 
Sounds like Boozer's already getting old in Chicago. Been called out by Scottie Pippen and now writers are jumping all over him. Yeaaahhh... We sure do miss him... LOL. I love the part in red. Jazzfanz couldn't have described Boozer any better...

https://www.chicagotribune.com/spor...is-bad-and-now-hurt-20110427,0,4133846.column
I was sorry to hear about Carlos Boozer’s injury.

Because I was hoping he had been benched for stinking it up again.

Get a load of this line from Game 5 of the Bulls’ playoff series against Indiana: one basket, five rebounds, four fouls. I became a writer because I thought there was no math involved, but I believe that works out to $80 million per basket.

It’s that kind of stuff for which I was hoping that Boozer’s deserved time on the sidelines was common sense. I was hoping that Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau had grown as sick of Boozer’s act as I had.

Part of the act is that he can put up the kind of line he authored in Game 5, but the more aggravating part of the act is that he appears to be mentally or emotionally unable to rebound from a bad start to finish with a good game. If he doesn’t get off early, it seems, he never gets off. He just gets worse.

The Bulls are supposed to depend on that guy for the next two months? Yeesh.

That’s why I was hoping that Thibodeau had figured it out and decided he didn’t want to see more bad Boozer late in a game he needed to win after seeing all that bad Boozer early. There was Taj Gibson coming off the bench, adding 10 points and grabbing seven rebounds in 30 minutes, and looking like he understood how the game needed to be played. He didn’t act like a guy who was demanding his touches. He was going after them. I was hoping Thibodeau had wised up and was going to win a game, no matter whose feelings might be hurt.

But no. Boozer said he suffered an injury to his right big toe. Of course he did, because that’s part of his irritating act, as well. It’s something every month with this guy. Did he buy a timeshare on the injured list? How can a guy who’s that cut be that injury-prone? How can a guy who has no idea how to guard anybody get hurt so often?

The Bulls got rid of the Pacers and now will get some rest before the winner of Orlando-Atlanta shows up. That’s good for Derrick Rose. That’s bad for those of us who are tired of Carlos Soriano.
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