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Carlos Boozer

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I don't think it was a mistake. They were trying to compensate him for having a great 2 years playing for dirt. Paxson never would have done it without a 'gentlemans' agreement in place. They just got burnt by trying to be nice to the turncoat. I loved him the last 2 years, but fuck him now !!!!.

They had to either keep od drop his option by last week and had a handshake agreement with him.They could'nt sign him until next week anyway.

They better put Kenyon in their sites, if at all possible.

LeBron won't stay either if they don't get him some help.
 
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I don't blame Boozer all that much here. The maximum the Cavs were going to be able to pay him was something like $40 mil over six years, as opposed to the $68 mil he got for the same period. I mean, shit - money is money. He ain't playing for fun. Nobody is. The last guy to even suggest that he'd play for free was Larry Bird, and there simply aren't any more of his kind around. The real fuck-ups are the Cavs upper management who thought they'd be able to reel one of the hardest working players in the NBA back in after letting him taste the deliciousness of the free agent market. The Jazz, meanwhile, are staging a fucking coup. They've got Arroyo, Giricek, Kirilenko, Boozer and Okur as their starting five. Sure, it's the whitest team (by far) in the NBA. But they've got a top five defender in AK-47, a top five rebounder in Booze, an amazingly versatile center in Okur and a capable backcourt. I grew up a Jazz fan and rooted for them all the way against the Bulls (Clarity can attest to that), so I'm not really that upset about the move.

Nevertheless, I was fucking excited as hell about watching LeBron and Boozer grow up on the court together. He was (in my opinion) easily the second best player on that team, and his consistency made me think many a time that he was simply the most indispensable member of the organization. At this point, nobody short of K-Mart will be an adequate replacement. Sure, I'm upbeat about Luke Jackson. I think Wagner will mature into a decent scoring guard. But Boozer was the glue. Ilgauskas simply doesn't have the power or aggression to match up to what Boozer did. Z plays like he's 6'9". Boozer plays like he's 7'2". Like I said - Martin would make me happy, but if they can't get him for less than $50 mil, I don't see it happening. Sad, sad day for Cavs basketball.

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Edit: I would also love to have Sheed or (to a lesser extent) Stromile Swift. Even Erick Dampier or Bird Man Anderson would be cool. One thing I thought of would be cutting Ilgauskas, signing Divac to a two-year deal or something for way less money, and trying to either match Boozer's offer or make a run at K-Mart.

As per the reported "verbal agreement" that Boozer had with Cavs management - I'm conflicted. I recently voted in an ESPN poll on the subject, and one of the questions was something like, "How should Boozer feel about his actions?" One option was, "He's just looking out for number one," while the other was more like, "He should be ashamed of himself." The results were 47.5% to 52.5% respectively - that's almost exactly how I feel. If there was a gentleman's agreement, then hell...keep your word. But it is a business. Fuck, I don't know. Whatever. I'm pissed.
 
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As mentioned earlier - NBA rules kinda tied the hands of the Cavs on this one. They made a good faith gesture, albeit a risky one, in attempting to reward Boozer with a pay raise. They could have easily told him to f-off and made him play for peanuts next season. I don't blame him for going for the money, but I blame him for failing to acknowledge what the Cavs organization did for him.
 
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Boozer is an ass

If the Cavs had picked up his option on the 3rd year I'm pretty sure they would have been able to match any offer the next year under the Larry Bird exception. Instead like others here have stated, they tried to be nice and compensate him a year early and he screwed them over. Guess coach K teaches loyalty during a player’s senior year.

 
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JohnnyCockfight said:
"The last guy to even suggest that he'd play for free was Larry Bird, and there simply aren't any more of his kind around."

Yeah, Larry's a real humanitarian, just ask his daughter.
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I didn't say he was a humanitarian. I didn't even imply it. What I was implying was that he loved the game of basketball more than money. He quipped after his signing that he would have "played for nothing." Surely it was said in jest, but I'd believe it from him before any current player.

In any case, Legend's relationship with his daughter is his business. I have just as much interest in a player's personal transgressions as I do in his personal virtues, which is to say 'none at all'.
 
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Who the hell came up with the rule that the players current team can only offer a mid-level exception of 40mil, but another team can offer 60 mil ?

Thats a no brainer for anyone, but it's stupid on the NBA's part.

I had a feeling that big contract they gave to that stiff Ollie was going to bite them in the ass.

I would gladly give up Z if it meant keeping Boozer. Z's ok, but he won't last more than 2 or 3 years. He travels all the time. His move inside nets a turnover 40% of the time and his defense blows for a guy that size.

Paxson better think of something or LeBron will bolt, too.
 
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If the Cavs had kept Boozer on his current contract for next year, he would have become a restricted free agent and they could match any offer over the salary cap (including the 68mill contract from Utah). As it is, since they didn't use their team option on him, they don't have his bird rights so they can't spend over the salary cap to keep him.

Right now I doubt Gund goes to get Boozer back. They've just been gutted as now they don't have a true PF at all. If they did try to match the contract though, they'd have to trade Wagner and Battie to a team under the cap or to Houston who has a large trade exception so that the Cavs will be under the cap enough to match the Utah deal. I doubt they trade Z as he's loyal and Gund loves him so they'll wait until they can resign or sign and trade Z next year after his current contract is up.
 
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