NBA: Carlos Boozer to the Chicago Bulls? What about James?
Two out of the top three pick in this year’s free-agency, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh have come to a final decision while LeBron James still hasn’t announced his future plans. Right underneath the top players stands a devoted player named Carlos Boozer.
Carlos Boozer decided to strike a deal with Chicago Bulls last night, leaving his former team the Utah Jazz after playing six consecutive seasons with them. The person who told the news to the Associated Press did under the circumstances that he should be kept anonyms. Although several close sources have revealed that he will be signing a five-year deal with the Bulls. NBA finally set a salary came to $58M for the next season which means that the Bulls have enough resources to grab another player for a maximum contract, meaning they could certainly still keep their high hopes and dreams of landing James to the roster.
In fact since the Bulls have enough funds to reel in the big fish now, not only is there a possibility of James joining the team because of the money but the fact they have Boozer now makes the dream quite real for them. Boozer formally played for Cleveland Cavaliers back in 2002 with James, so the fact that James has history with Boozer and understands him as a player strengthens the possibility of the King to opt for the Chicago Bulls.
Carlos Boozer has an average of almost 20 points and 11 rebounds per game, His appearance in the Bulls could really elevate the team’s performance as the roster is filled with growing stars like Joakim Noah, and not to forget Chicago’s point guard Derrick Rose who was the Number 1 pick in the 2008 NBA drafts who already has obtained the NBA Rookie of the year and Once an NBA All-Star title.
Carlos Boozer was also in the top 5 list of New York Knicks list but his decision to join the Bulls have left Charles Lee as their second best option for a power forward. On the other hand there is a speculation that the Golden State Warriors are looking into Lee and might offer him a contract.
The New York Nets although have failed in every attempt they have made to get attention of any star player in the free-agency, even then they are hoping that they might get lucky by the end of the night after LeBron James decision. However the team does not seem as ecstatic as they were 4 days ago. Rob Thorn who is the president of the The New York Nets said that they have not been rejected by James and until they aren’t they don’t have to assume anything of feel one way or another.
If the New York Nets fail to obtain any good season, it will be utterly disappointing for their fans; the fact that they have almost 40 large under a $58M salary cap. The only option they would be left off after the free-agency ends would be to sign of trades, which is not likely to happen as they can’t even get hold of a decent player at the moment. So the only thing they would be addition to their roster would be impotent rookies like Travis Outlaw.
Knicks managed to pull centre Amar’e Stoudemire but there is no point, as there is no player to aid him or to compliment the powerful centres game. Even Amar’e knows that and has said in various interviews now that he has made it to the Knicks he hopes LeBron would join him and together they’ll make history.
Until the King does not get off his high thrown and make an announcement tonight the hullabaloo in the NBA would not end.
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