Bulls just amnestied Boozer! What do y'all think?

[jag]

You're making a MASSIVE assumption that he would just sit quietly and take his benching.

You're making a MASSIVE assumption that the Spurs wouldn't release him if he didn't sit quietly and take his benching.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I don't get all these people who don't want Boozer, even if just for one year. If he doesn't mesh with any of the lineups, he'll just sit the bench. Is that roster spot reserved for someone better? Ayers? Bonner? Daye? Baynes?

Yeah, he sucks relative to what he's being paid, but people here are delusional if they think any of the players I just listed are better than Boozer. It's just funny to see expressions of approval for the Bryce Cotton signing, a guy who will probably never see the floor for the Spurs, but Carlos Boozer isn't "good enough."

Good enough at what? What does he provide that the Spurs need? And at what risk? I'm posting what I wrote from page 2 again:

"Think big picture - Boozer is going to want court time, and with us he wouldn't get much. Also, he doesn't know the system, which usually takes 12-18 months for players to learn. The last thing this team needs is a locker-room distraction, which is almost certainly what Boozer would become. For those reasons I'd rather have Bonner over Boozer.

As for Ayers and Daye, they are capable of holding down the 14-15th spots on the roster, know the system, good locker-room guys. Why replace that with Boozer, a shoot-first guy who is a poor passer and plays no D, and whose team-mates don't seem to like him? (Oh, and also a guy who made a commitment to the Jazz then reneged on it.)

Boozer does not fit with the Spurs."

[exstatic]

You're making a MASSIVE assumption that the Spurs wouldn't release him if he didn't sit quietly and take his benching.

So, pay someone to go away, and then likely (based on his history) pay Boozer to go away? Let's say Daye. Spurs waive him, and sign Boozer. Boozer doesn't like his role (VERY likely).

Daye $1M
Booz $1.5M (vet min)

So, $2.5M for no player?

[lmbebo]

I could see Boozer going to Miami unless he got a big money offer. I think he has his off season home there and its where his kids live (I could be very wrong, its from an old memory)

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

[peacemaker885]

[ducks]

Los Angeles Lakers have submitted the winning claim for free agent F Carlos Boozer, amnestied by Chicago.

[Dex]

Lakers

[tuncaboylu]

So it's a Gasol for Boozer trade.

[DPG21920]

Lakers getting just good enough to be an 8th seed.





































In the East.

[BatManu20]

Lakers are keeping themselves in NBA purgatory. Just good enough to be an average team, but not bad enough to warrant a lottery pick. Horrible GM'ing.

[kobyz]

Good for lakers, they needed that backup for Randle!

[DPG21920]

Lakers are keeping themselves in NBA purgatory. Just good enough to be an average team, but not bad enough to warrant a lottery pick. Horrible GM'ing.

Well, outside of the Hill/Swaggy P deals, their pick ups like Boozer/Davis are just one year long or really cheap (Ed Davis) and two years.

[BatManu20]

Well, outside of the Hill/Swaggy P deals, their pick ups like Boozer/Davis are just one year long or really cheap (Ed Davis) and two years.

But for a team who's pretty much guaranteed not to win anything this year, they're basically delaying the inevitable. I'm assuming this is all to appease Kobe and their impatient fan base but every team has to go through some dog years in order to rebuild. This is just going to keep them relevant imo.

[hitmantb]

Boozer is a terrible player at 15M, an unbetable value at 5M, you don't get a big man anywhere near his stats for that kind of money period.

I am glad Laker got him instead of Rockets, would absolutely make my year if Jeremy Lin and Lakers beat Rockets for 8th seed (completely possible with an injury on say Howard for the Rockets).

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Lakers had a good week so far. Instead of trading for Boozer, they held out their cap space and put in the highest bid for him. Only have to pay him five mil, while the bulls have to pay Gasol 7mil plus the 12 mil still owed Boozer.

Lakers really pushing to get out of the lottery with their pick top 5 protected going to the Suns next year.

[elemento]

Bid was 3.25m

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Bid was 3.25m

Even better. Lakers actually had a half decent offseason for a change.

[DPG21920]

Lakers had a good week so far. Instead of trading for Boozer, they held out their cap space and put in the highest bid for him. Only have to pay him five mil, while the bulls have to pay Gasol 7mil plus the 12 mil still owed Boozer.

Lakers really pushing to get out of the lottery with their pick top 5 protected going to the Suns next year.

Even better. Lakers actually had a half decent offseason for a change.

So wouldn't that be a bad off season for LA then? If their pick is top 5 protected, they should try and be terrible (which they will be).

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

So wouldn't that be a bad off season for LA then? If their pick is top 5 protected, they should try and be terrible (which they will be).

But the compe ive committee are right now holding hearings of reverting back to the old lottery rules pre 94, which greatly increases the odds of teams out of the top 5 of getting a top 5 pick, which means the Lakers could have a bottom 5 record and still not have a top 5 pick. Lakers need to be shooting for a bottom 3 record, which I don't think Kobe will be playing for that, or they need to push to close to the 8 th seed.

If the Lakers were serious about tanking, they would not have put in a bid for boozer.

[DPG21920]

But the compe ive committee are right now holding hearings of reverting back to the old lottery rules pre 94, which greatly increases the odds of teams out of the top 5 of getting a top 5 pick, which means the Lakers could have a bottom 5 record and still not have a top 5 pick. Lakers need to be shooting for a bottom 3 record, which I don't think Kobe will be playing for that, or they need to push to close to the 8 th seed.

If the Lakers were serious about tanking, they would not have put in a bid for boozer.

I agree. To me that makes them dumb and a bad off season. They aren't anywhere close to a playoff team. They signed Kobe to an awful basketball contract. Spent nearly 40M on Nick Young/Jordan Hill. Not a good off season. The only good things they did were use their cap space to get a first round pick & get Boozer for very cheap.

They had numerous chances to trade Pau over the years and lost him for nothing too.

[024]

There is no question the Lakers are straight up taking. They struck out on a bunch of free agents that did not want to play with Kobe (most notably Melo and Gasol). Has anyone reviewed their roster lately? They will be sending out Nash, Kobe, Young, Boozer, and Hill/Randle. This team will be completely terrible. They might be able to score offensively but every team is going to be able to score 100+ against the Lakers every night. They will also have zero bench depth. They are tanking and they are tanking hard.

Of course the Lakers need to keep up appearances that they are "trying." But their acquisitions have been absolute trash. Hard to find a Western Conference team worse than the Lakers.

[Obstructed_View]

I'm thinking "LOL Lakers".

[exstatic]

I'm thinking "LOL Lakers".

[Emperor]

Lakers can have him. Someone's gotta take that 9th seed.