Carlos Boozer's karma

External Since: Feb 17, 2005 Posts: 1

Boozer infamously backstabbed the Cavaliers after last season and
jumped ship to the Jazz. Now that the all-star break is upon us, let's
revisit Mr. Boozer and let's see how things turned out:

Boozer's stats are about the same as last year, so he's maintained the
same level of performance. But apparently he has brought bad karma upon
the Jazz. Last year, the Jazz were .512 and just 1 game shy of the
playoffs. This year, with a superior team, they are .327 and third to
last place in their conference. That's a 36% worse winning percentage
than last year.

Meanwhile, the Cavs have the 3rd best record in the conference and a
..588 winning percentage. That's a 38% better winning percentage than
last year's .427. Moreoever, Boozer's replacement, Drew Gooden, is
having a career year and completely filled Boozer's void with similar
stats. Gooden costs $3M per year. Boozer costs $10M per year.

The dumbest thing was that Boozer gave up the chance to play with
someone who will be one of the greatest players in NBA history. He
could have been the next Scottie Pippen. If I were Jazz management, I
would dump Boozer *now* because he is all bad karma.

External Since: Feb 18, 2005 Posts: 250

On 17 Feb 2005 22:45:55 -0800, "Bucky" <uw_badgers DeleteThis @mail.com> wrote:

>Boozer infamously backstabbed the Cavaliers after last season and
>jumped ship to the Jazz. Now that the all-star break is upon us, let's
>revisit Mr. Boozer and let's see how things turned out:
>
>Boozer's stats are about the same as last year, so he's maintained the
>same level of performance.

but i suspect that now that he's no longer the 3rd-4th option he was
expected to get bigger numbers & carry the team to a certain degree.
that ain't happenin'.

heh.

> But apparently he has brought bad karma upon
>the Jazz. Last year, the Jazz were .512 and just 1 game shy of the
>playoffs. This year, with a superior team, they are .327 and third to
>last place in their conference. That's a 36% worse winning percentage
>than last year.
>
>Meanwhile, the Cavs have the 3rd best record in the conference and a
>.588 winning percentage. That's a 38% better winning percentage than
>last year's .427. Moreoever, Boozer's replacement, Drew Gooden, is
>having a career year and completely filled Boozer's void with similar
>stats.

gooden AND varejao but yeah, we really don't miss him much at all,
plus we get more blocks from the PF position now.

> Gooden costs $3M per year. Boozer costs $10M per year.
>
>The dumbest thing was that Boozer gave up the chance to play with
>someone who will be one of the greatest players in NBA history.

> He could have been the next Scottie Pippen.

more like the next horace grant than pippen, i think.

> If I were Jazz management, I
>would dump Boozer *now* because he is all bad karma.

who would take him? besides, that would be tantmount to admitting that
they made a mistake.

utah brought the bad karma upon themselves when they structured the
contract in a way so as to prevent Cleveland from matching the offer.
so bozo got his money, and now now he's stuck trying to fill karl
malone's shoes & also has to put up with an owner that won't hesitate
to rip him publicly. i LOVE it. plus i doubt he's going to get any
sort of endorsement income except for invisible ink or liars
anonymous.

i'd consider it true karma if it turned out that carlos boozer never
won a playoff game over the length of his current contract -
regardless of whatever team he was playing for.