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Utah Jazz notes: Boozer not playing tonight against Heat

Is there a water channel anywhere out of the Great Salt Lake that would handle a cruise ship? If so maybe "buddy" Arison could bring in a ship and let the big "important Booze" cruise on out of here. I'm sick of hearing about Booze and his important friends and ways. Goodbye.

A bruised knee and he can't play? So much for all the talk about the Quad. It seems until ALL the pain is gone from the knee, Booz won't play. What a baby.

I wish I could ave this kind of time off when I get a hangnail, however most of the rest of us WORK for a living. Come on Carlos, show us you are not just Boozer the Looser.

Who do we sign, Boozer of Millsap? There is no question that you sign Millsap, and let Boozer walk. Boozer has done a fine job for us. He has been a good scorer, a great rebounder, and an overall good guy. I will be sorry to see him leave.

However, Millsap gives you almost the same offensive and rebounding numbers and a better effort defensively, Millsap is younger and more durable, and is a great guy off the court. Finally, although Millsap is almost an identical player, his perception is not as high, and will cost less to resign than Boozer.

Nothing against Booze, but there is no contest.

SIGN MILLSAP;;;;;; OH, AND ALSO MEMO!

Boozer will be playing for the Heat next year against the Jazz though.

While I want Boozer to recover, I wonder what happened to the days of Stockton and Malone where they would play through the pain. Stockton at one point would play a full game with a broken bone in his foot yet we have guy sitting out because of a jammed finger. I jam my fingers all the time at church ball and even dislocated my jaw once but kept on playing despite the pain. And I do that for free, for crying out loud.

But oh well...

If Boozer truly intended to stay a Jazzman, he would say, "I'm not leaving. I'm committed to this team and bringing a Championship to Utah."

The fact that he just won't talk about it is disturbing.

I guess the days of loyalty are gone and now it's about, "How much can you pay me?"

Forget about when Boozer is coming back, Millsap is holding his own. AK is the key. AK has been the player that really makes the difference when he is playing this season. The Jazz need AK back ASAP!

Hey you guys can keep booze, Weve got pf's and he isnt going to bring us anything we need that we havent got already.

Get ready to hear this reoccurring theme over and over during this month. As bad as it pains me to see D-Will hobbling around on the court at least he man-ed up and took over the game down the wire.

HE GONE!!!

because he doesn't want to show the Heat firshand how soft he is defensively. It might hurt the offer they give him. I really do like Boozer I just wish he could man up on some of this stuff. I'm guessing he can't go yet cuz it might hurt his stats which would hurt his "max money" opportunities

The Jazz would sign boozer, but Money wise it does not make sense. Boozer is the better player, but the Jazz won't be able to pay him what another team will

D-will - 14.5 million (first year of contract)
AK - 16.5 million (second to last year of contract)
Memo - 9 million
Harpring and Korver - 11.5 million
CJ, Brewer, Fess, Koufos, 2 Backup Point guards - 13 million.

That puts the Jazz at 64 million, and the luxury cap threshold will be at 72 million. They have 8 million dollars,

Boozer will make 14 million next year, (look at what Brand, and Gilbert made this year)

Now the if Jazz eats Harpring's 6.5 million dollar expiring contract this off season, and keep Boozer next year, it will kill them in 2010, AK and Williams will make 3 million more a year, Memo needs to be resigned, and Brewer will make much more and the Jazz 2 first round draft picks, Even if you don't resign Korver, 2010 with boozer looks like this
AK - 17 - million
Williams - 16 million
Memo - 10 million
Boozer 15 million - 4 players - 58 million -doesn't work

One more thought, If the Jazz gets rid of AK at the end of 2010, they could keep boozer.

Most NBA players in the league today are fine with collecting paychecks regardless of whether or not they actually earn them. It's just how the NBA is currently.

It's impossible not to think of Stockton & Malone whenever this bum is out for 6, 7, 8 games with a ... strained quadriceps muscle? Is that a joke? Worthless.

Still waiting for him to fill his first lane on a fast break.

MPetre,,,
Did you actually use the word loyalty in a sentence with Carlos Boozer?!?! Um, remember how loyal he was to the Cavs?
Keep him. While Miami needs some offense to bang in the post (no disrespect to Haslem), I question the toughness of a four that can't play through a bruise. Karl must be ashamed.

Have any of you Boozer haters seen the replay of the injury? His knee went sideways maybe 5"!! By no means am I a Boozer fan but let's be honest; that was a very real knee injury. Don't let past media propaganda cloud what is clearly visible on tape.

That said, the Jazz do need to get the most out of Boozer whether that be on the floor or in a trade. Millsap has shown his abilities for 3 years now and that guy is going to make some team an incredibly valuable, durable asset; hopefully that will be the Jazz.

Fact: Some players just have the knack of avoiding serious injury (Millsap, Ron Boone when he played) and playing through pain while others tend toward the opposite of that (AK, Boozer). It's the same in all sports. Boozer is a great player when he is on the floor; that cannot be disputed. But if one guy can play in 20% more games while scoring and rebounding 10% less it's still a better trade-off.

Stockton and Malone don't work here any more....

Boozer is impressive offensively, especially his ability to use both hands but he is soooooo poor defensively that the team can not afford 14-15 mil on a player with such a liability.

When Booz and Okur shoot inside they both fade to avoid contact--that is why Booz does not get to the line near the amount he should. Millsap has enough brains obviously to initiate contact and jump into a shot blocker to get his shot off even though he is undersized. Boozer gets blocked way to much because he fades to avoid contact.

Between Millies better defense and the double doubles he has posted in his starts this year, Boozer has to go. The offense is better when it is spread around anyways rather than through the same guy so much.

Koufus has shown he can provide some nice fill-in minutes. AK is on the road back also. AK is such a SUPERIOR passer to Booz. Booz is a blackhole on offense. Obviously AK is not as good inside as Booz but he has been fabulous at the FT line when he gets fouled.

All those TO's--we really missed AK's passing last night and we barely survived!!

All of you people need to stop complaining about the players being "babies." Have anyone of you even had a serious injury? Obviously not. The "pain" isn't always the issue, especially with a knee injury(as I currently have one). Its just not possible to play at a high level. Yeah, you can play and hobble around(like I tried to do yesterday) but its better off for your team that you don't. I am not saying this to defend anyone(Boozer) as I'm sure there are some players that are milking it. But it's just ridiculous that some of you idiots are saying "Play through the PAAIN!!" Please go get a bad injury to your legs an try to play...