Utah to pursue a S&T w/Chicago

[InGameStrategy]

Just watch, Millsap will be game planned for and will be way less effective and will be a great example of Jason Maxiell or Craig Smith are great role/bench players because of their lack of size, and I really hope Paul proves me wrong but I am just scared going out there night in and night out with our starting power forward, in which this offense is focused around that position and point guard, Paul Millsap is barely as tall or little more tall than our teams shooting guards. Paul Millsap is only 6'7" at best! How can that not scare you?

Proof...check his measurements...

https://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Paul-Millsap-299/

I am SOOOOOO glad you brought this up, Dallon. I'm a step ahead of you. Kind of like Boozer being a step slow.

As shown by the very link that you provided, Millsap had a no-step vertical that was two inches higher than Boozer's when he was drafted, and a maximum vertical jump that was four inches higher. Although Boozer might have preserved some of his springiness over the years by not playing defense, his attempted ability to conserve his Boozer bounce is probably overshadowed by several long-term injuries that have put him 90+ games short of minimum 70-game seasons.
https://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Paul-Millsap-299/
https://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Carlos-Boozer-1734/

Perhaps these predraft measurements also help to explain why Utah drafted Paul Millsap in the first place--and why he is a better offensive rebounder and shotblocker (and defender overall).

It definitely goes a long way to explain why I don't think that Boozer will be missed as much as you and some other Boozer apologists (and, by extension, apologists of Sloan who let CB get away with the matador D for years) might think.

 

[opus1313]

Any word on Lee? Is it possible to sign and trade Boozer to Chicago, Deng to New York, and have Lee come to Utah?

 

[Stifle Tower]

Any word on Lee? Is it possible to sign and trade Boozer to Chicago, Deng to New York, and have Lee come to Utah?

Not a chance. Lee wants to stay in NY and the Knicks have said repeatedly they want him back.
If LBJ does NOT go to NY - and it appears he is headed to Miami - Lee will re-sign with NY; they have the cap space for one more MAX player. So they could offer Lee $13M or so and still have $7M to spend on another quality FA.

 

[PrinceJL]

We're not getting ANY players back from Chicago. Boozer isn't asking for the extra year, so there is no reason for Chicago to send us a player back. I'm fine w/ any PTE...