sco wrote:TheGOATRises007 wrote:Stratmaster wrote:Let me make my point more clearly.
Replace Vuc with THAT Boozer and this team would have contended for the ECF even without Lonzo. Put him alongside Drum instead of Vuc.
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It's Boozer. Not Tim Duncan.
IIRC, much of the Boozer complaints were due to his large contract in relation to his production. He was probably a 2nd quartile PF, but paid like a 1st quartile guy. He also annoyed me for his "get it Jo's". Taj was a guy who was a Butler-type developer...he seemed to add something every year.
His defense was bad, he was generally pretty soft as a player, and his production never matched what he did in Utah, but he was a great teammate and clearly cared.
Some of it was also due to him basically being the consolation prize after missing out on LeBron, Wade, Bosh, etc. combined with his backup being a fan-favorite hustle/try-hard guy in Taj who was very easy to root for and was arguably the better all-around player.