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Boozer Signs Offer Sheet With Jazz; As reported on ESPN...
Topic Started: Jul 8 2004, 06:15 PM (110 Views)
Solace
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I don't usually talk basketball here, but this is a great tidbit. I'm stunned! :serious:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1836318

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So much for verbal understandings.




Carlos Boozer and the Utah Jazz have agreed on a six-year, $68 million offer sheet, ESPN's David Aldridge reports, sending a crushing blow to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who made Boozer an unrestricted free agent with the belief he would re-sign with them for their mid-level exception.


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The huge offer, coming after Boozer drew interest from half a dozen teams once he hit the free-agent market, proves the Cavaliers made a significant mistake in relinquishing their contractual rights to Boozer for the upcoming season.


Boozer, recently named to the U.S. Olympic team, could have been Cleveland's next season for $695,000, but the Cavaliers did not pick up their option after, the club said, Boozer had committed to re-signing for the team's full mid-level exception -- somewhere around six years and $40 million.


Now Cleveland almost certainly cannot retain Boozer. While the Cavs have the right to match the Utah offer, they are only about $4 million under the current cap and would have to trade and/or renounce the rights to a number of players to clear enough room to sign Boozer.


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Earlier this week, the Jazz agreed to terms on an offer sheet with Pistons restricted free-agent center Mehmet Okur for six years and $50 million. Okur, Boozer (15.5 points and 11.7 rebounds a game last year) and star forward Andrei Kirilenko will give the Jazz one of the conference's most potent young frontcourts. The Jazz have also re-signed both of their starting guards from last season, Carlos Arroyo and Gordan Giricek. And Utah selected promising guard Kirk Snyder and forward Kris Humphries in the first round of the NBA draft last month.
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Yeah, that's insane.
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amit
Jul 8 2004, 05:17 PM
Yeah, that's insane.

I think the Jazz overoffered, but credit where credit is due, they made the offer they needed to make to get him. The Cavs are stunned. This is a huge setback for them. In one fell swoop they went from possibly challenging for the 4th seed next year to the lottery again.
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Yeah, the Cavs are gonna suck ass once again. Oh well.
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This is good for the Nets! :dance: The Jazz and the Hawks were the only teams after Kmart. Now the Jazz are out of the running and Kmart isnt going to the Hawks! :clap: :dance:
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Another solid player going to the west.....man the Cavs must feel burned.
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Well this sucks. I don't want to have to watch the Mormons to see Boozer play. I really don't like watching their games. At least with the Cavs, I could watch Boozer and LeBron play together. Oh well, Cleveland would be nuts to match a deal that large, even though Boozer was so important to them last year.
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I was waiting for this to happen as soon as they said they had a verbal agreement. Booman has some nice game.
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I remeber reading last week that the Cavs were gonna let him walk, just so he could check out the free agent market. Utah is willing to overpay (Okur making $50M is just funny) and the Cavs aren't gonna be able to match.

I'd love to see the Nuggets get Kenyon Martin. Melo, Mart, Nene, Camby-Man, and Dre Miller is a good lineup. Plus I wanna see the Nets back where they belong. In the cellar, struggling. :laugh: Knicks, bitches.
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Jul 8 2004, 05:47 PM
This is good for the Nets! :dance: The Jazz and the Hawks were the only teams after Kmart. Now the Jazz are out of the running and Kmart isnt going to the Hawks! :clap: :dance:

You forgot Denver.
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Kiki Vandehweghe told kenyon to go back to NJ. No kidding.
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Jul 9 2004, 12:14 PM
Kiki Vandehweghe told kenyon to go back to NJ. No kidding.

Exactly... :clap:
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Jul 9 2004, 12:14 PM
Kiki Vandehweghe told kenyon to go back to NJ. No kidding.

Where did you read or hear that? I heard Carmelo is pushing hard for K-Mart to join him in Denver, possibly in a sign-and-trade deal for former Knick draft pick, Nene. Either that or they could sign him to an offer sheet and see if the Nets will match.

Actually, I think I might know what you're talking about. Are you talking about Kiki telling Martin to go back to New Jersey if that's where he's happy? If so, that's not exactly telling him to go back to NJ. That's saying he wants K-Mart to sign where he will be happy because he doesn't want a disgruntled player on his team, if Martin regrets the decision to leave NJ.
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