Does anyone else think Carlos Boozer is beyond selfish?

I mean on the Cavaliers he was supposed to be LeBron James's 2nd, but he got greedy and wanted more guaranteed money in his contract. Cleveland was going to accomodate him only if he promised them that he would do something he always had trouble with and that is staying healthy. Boozer initially agreed, but then turned his back on the franchise and did what Elton Brand did to the Clippers years before in leaving to Utah.

Now in Utah he decided not to opt out of the contract and trick Utah into reissuing his contract for a year for 12M after another injury plagued season. Only to afterwards state that he wants to be traded knowing that he will still be ensured the 12M his contract says he would earn for this season. Plus, he can manipulate the FA market next year and gain more money.

I think any team that trades for him this off-season is totally foolish cause they would have to continue to pay his contract and he will likely betray them and leave to another team once his contract expires, so it isn't worth it.

Well after reading what you just wrote, he seems like an asshole

I think he is it will be like Nene demanding more money the year of his testicular cancer season and all those years he was injured before proving nothing. Now after the season Nene had and the upside he has and if he was a FA if he wanted a little more $ it should be given, but Boozer has done nothing and continues to get injured and still is the money hungry player he's always been.

He was outperformed by Paul Millsap, whose ceiling of success is looking really high right now and he has a chance to be better than Boozer, but Boozer's selfishness is repulsive and not good for Utah. Karl Malone should be vomiting at such a sight he is downplaying the passionate play Malone had for that franchise @ the PF position for nearly 2 decades.

Lol, Nene is young and I think he has a nice future ahead of him, deserving most of the money he's getting (he's pretty overpaid)

The Karl Malone thing is nice...haha

Wow, what a complete doucebag.

Players like him make me sick because it seems like he cares more about money than the game and his own franchise he is a part of. That is unfortunate that great players for the Jazz such as Millsap and Deron Wiliams (even Sloan who wants to win a ring before his coaching career ends) have to suffer because of Boozer's greed and his inability to care for the well-being of the franchise.

Jazz fans must hate him right now, lol.

Most players today are overpaid even the great ones. Players from back in the day said that the pay back then was nothing like it is now. That is primarily why athletes today are more selfish and consumed by money than days in the past.

I agree. His off the court attitude has people thinking of him as a great respectable guy. Who knows? maybe he is.

but he is selfish. If he truly wanted to win he would have taken less money from the cavs and stayed in CLE with LeBron. They may have had a ring by now if he had stayed in CLe.

All of this will catch up to him though. He wont be getting more than 11 million in 2010

Tony EM Supports Pringles wrote:

Most players today are overpaid even the great ones. Players from back in the day said that the pay back then was nothing like it is now. That is primarily why athletes today are more selfish and consumed by money than days in the past.

Jordan was getting paid in single digits like 5 million during some of his championship years ad now tmac is making 23 million. wtf?

They said that his jersey sales are at a all-time low. They have plummeted and are now 50% off because of this.

Salaries
Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Chicago Bulls NBA $550,000
1985-86 Chicago Bulls NBA $630,000
1986-87 Chicago Bulls NBA *$737,500
1987-88 Chicago Bulls NBA $845,000
1988-89 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,000,000
1989-90 Chicago Bulls NBA *$2,250,000
1990-91 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,500,000
1991-92 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,250,000
1992-93 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,000,000
1993-94 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,000,000
1994-95 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,850,000
1995-96 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,850,000
1996-97 Chicago Bulls NBA $30,140,000
1997-98 Chicago Bulls NBA $33,140,000
2001-02 Washington Wizards NBA $1,000,000
2002-03 Washington Wizards NBA $1,030,000


MJ in his prime made 2.5 million hahahahaha

Jerome James banks in 5,800M as of 2007-2008 hahaha wow

Boozer is in it for the Money I never liked Boozer
Jazz should not have kept him Millsap is better and not injury prone like Boozer I also think he is overrated Al Jefferson way better, David Lee almost better, Antwawn Jamison
Boozer is overrated and not loyal

Jerome James for his career banks in figures of 31,499,500 and that may be incomplete as of right now. Still wow and mikefox I totally agree.

Tony EM Supports Pringles wrote:

Jerome James banks in 5,800M as of 2007-2008 hahaha wow

How times have changed......

hahahahah

And Raef LaFrentz made more money last year than MJ did during the Bulls first three-peat.

Raef LaFrentz that's another wtf type player right there lol. I remember when he once had a decent shot as a member of the Celtics and Mavericks. Now he is practically a nobody getting paid for doing nothing. Didn't he have 2 seasons without playing a single minute in Portland due to injury?

I hate Carlos Boozer so I agree with you

Boozer is good player but he's selfish so i agree with you