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Has he always struggled to finish around the basket.

Yes. When he played for the Jazz as well the ball always seemed to slip out of his hands. VERY CLUMSY!!!

Im a Boozer hater, but I have to say he usualy finished with the left hand pretty well. His lack of leaping ability and height does hurt him in scoring down low versus taller defenders. Finishing around the basketball is not his biggest problem. His biggest problem is he plays no defense whatsoever and thats why the Bulls sit him sometimes in the 4th qtr. He is also injury prone and refuses to play hurt even if he has just a hang nail!

Meh, he is fairly consistent around the rim during the season. During the playoffs however, Yes! Yes he has a tendency to choke in the crunch. His biggest flaw offensively is simply that if his shot isn't falling then his whole game falls apart. He won't try to take it inside, or mix things up. He will just keep chucking.

Nobull wrote:Has he always struggled to finish around the basket.

One possible reason for the perceived (or actual) regular season to playoff dropoff is that smart defensive teams are able to scout him and take away his go-to moves. In the regular season teams have scouting reports, but unless you see the same team frequently it can be difficult to really implement. In the playoffs you're playing the same team several times in a row, and you have at least a day off in between games to prepare.

Just a thought.

Maybe Boozer is more vulnerable to good scouting than other guys.

HappyProle wrote:

Nobull wrote:Has he always struggled to finish around the basket.

One possible reason for the perceived (or actual) regular season to playoff dropoff is that smart defensive teams are able to scout him and take away his go-to moves. In the regular season teams have scouting reports, but unless you see the same team frequently it can be difficult to really implement. In the playoffs you're playing the same team several times in a row, and you have at least a day off in between games to prepare.

Just a thought.

Maybe Boozer is more vulnerable to good scouting than other guys.

No he has been blowing layups for months

Jerry Sloan, Deron Williams and Mehmet Okur made Boozer a 20-10 guy. He was always scared of length.