Boozer speaks out again (with audio link at bottom)
I asked Jazz GM Kevin O'Connor on Monday night if anything newsworthy was happening on the Carlos Boozer front and his response -- again -- was that nothing is imminent.
Boozer, however, went on the radio again and talked about his situation with WMAQ in Miami.
Boozer didn't say anything new.
-- He repeated his feeling that he would be traded by the Jazz.
-- He said he was "100 percent healthy."
-- He continued to talk as though Miami is his preferred destination, partly because Florida has no state income tax.
Boozer's comment that seems a little strange -- at least to someone who thinks there is a very real possibility that he starts the new season in Utah -- involved last spring's first-round playoff loss to L.A.
Boozer seemingly tossed Deron Williams, Memo Okur, Andrei Kirilenko and his other teammates under the proverbial bus by saying he had "... a really good individual playoff run, but my team fell short [and] we lost to the Lakers."
Ouch.
I'd like to be around if Boozer reports to training camp and someone asks him about that analysis of the Laker series.
Anyway, to hear Boozer's interview on WQAM, click here.
-- Steve Luhm
Boozer, however, went on the radio again and talked about his situation with WMAQ in Miami.
Boozer didn't say anything new.
-- He repeated his feeling that he would be traded by the Jazz.
-- He said he was "100 percent healthy."
-- He continued to talk as though Miami is his preferred destination, partly because Florida has no state income tax.
Boozer's comment that seems a little strange -- at least to someone who thinks there is a very real possibility that he starts the new season in Utah -- involved last spring's first-round playoff loss to L.A.
Boozer seemingly tossed Deron Williams, Memo Okur, Andrei Kirilenko and his other teammates under the proverbial bus by saying he had "... a really good individual playoff run, but my team fell short [and] we lost to the Lakers."
Ouch.
I'd like to be around if Boozer reports to training camp and someone asks him about that analysis of the Laker series.
Anyway, to hear Boozer's interview on WQAM, click here.
-- Steve Luhm
10:16 AM
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5 Comments:
Boozer's comment proves once and for all, that he is not a team player, and no team will ever win an NBA championship with him as a "star" player. The only thing that reflects in his eyes are not "stars" but "dollar signs."
I think Gordon Monson hit the nail in the proverbial head when he wrote that what Boozer did to Cleveland and Gordon Gund was a clear indication of what he's about. Now that it seems clear he no longer has a future in Utah, he's doing whatever he can to force a trade to somewhere he likes.
What in the name of Allen Iverson is Carlos Boozer doing?!
After Carlos pulled the wool over Gordon Gund's eyes in Cleveland five years ago, who thought Boozer would pull some shady garbage in an attempt to get a new contract elsewhere?
Carlos Boozer does not appear to be living in a world based in reality whatsoever. Dude is acting like he's Karl Malone when, in reality, he's more Larry Johnson. He's acting like he's Tim Duncan when, in fact, he's more Derek Coleman.
I cannot, for the life of me, figure out what Boozer is doing. I have no problem if he wants to shop his services in Greener Pastures, but if he wants to do that, wouldn't it have just been easier to opt out and deal with potential suitors directly?
If he doesn't want to be here, why opt in, lie about Jazz brass "mutually agreeing" with him to a trade, and then chasing everybody with a microphone in markets to which he's interested in moving?
Strange. Very strange, indeed.
Why don't Utah work a sign and trade with the NY Knicks for David Lee and/ or another player or draft pick for Carlos Boozer? Both clubs are ready to move on with those players.
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