Lakers win Boozer amnesty auction

laduane1 · Post #1 » by **laduane1** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:34 am

Yes or no do the Lakers want Boozer. Let the drama begin all over again. Boozer seems to be linked to the Lakers for almost 10 years now it seems.

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Post #2 » by **Slava** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:35 am

Rather give as many minutes as possible to Randle and Kelly for development purposes. What we need is defense, shot blocking and someone that can finish well on pick and rolls. Boozer is none of those things.

Also I wouldn't want Randle picking up any of his defensive tendencies.

Exodus · Post #3 » by **Exodus** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:36 am

If he want's to back up Randle, then yes

Austincys21 · Post #4 » by **Austincys21** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:41 am

I'd prefer Blatche cause he can play center. We need a center and sf

laduane1 · Post #5 » by **laduane1** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:58 am

Kelly and Sacre are the tallest players on the team and they are no where starter types. Blatch, not sure we can afford him.

Sofa King · Post #6 » by **Sofa King** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 5:55 am

Can we speculate for another 10 years with Boozers

Fresh360Waves · Post #7 » by **Fresh360Waves** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:05 am

No... and I don't think Boozer would want to come to L.A. anyways.

LApwnd · Post #8 » by **LApwnd** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:13 am

Fresh360Waves wrote:No... and I don't think Boozer would want to come to L.A. anyways.

he doesn't have a choice if we bid on him and won.

moonpie · Post #9 » by **moonpie** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:22 am

No thanks to Boozer.

Michael Lucky · Post #10 » by **Michael Lucky** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:05 am

The first thing a coach would do is start him over Randle, and no thanks to that. Why you may ask? Because whoever is the coach is going to be under pressure to win as many games as possible due to there not being a lottery pick this season for us, so they aren't going to develop our rookies as much.

ROballer · Post #11 » by **ROballer** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:20 am

Agreed with the general consensus around here...no to Boozer

We need to start Randle as soon as possible,he ain't no project who we should bring along slowly....we need another C and a SF,even if we play Kobe there ,PF rotation is fine with Randle/Kelly and maybe Hill on occasions

EArl · Post #12 » by **EArl** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:16 am

I don't want him to stun Randles growth. Other than that I wouldn't mind him

ROballer · Post #13 » by **ROballer** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:11 am

EArl wrote:I don't want him to stun Randles growth. Other than that I wouldn't mind him

Uhmm...if he's here,he's stunting Randle's development no matter what,by the mere fact he'll be eating on his mins..and I doubt Randle has anything to learn from Boozer,perhaps his bad habits on defense but we don't want that

Boozer can go some place else,it's not do or die if we get him,not much impact on the end result

kblo247 · Post #14 » by **kblo247** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:43 am

Boozer sure stunted the growth of Milsap and Taj, oh wait.

He can teach him a lot, not defense, but still a fn lot all while playing and putting up at least 10 and 8 in 20 mins a night. He's a perfect backup and mentor to Randle. Hill, Kelly, and Sacre can run a 3 way at C.

One Love · Post #15 » by **One Love** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:52 pm

Who wants to pay a PF that averaged 16 points & 9 rebounds on 55% shooting a year ago $2 to $3 million... I would take Boozer in a heartbeat... Boozer, Randle & Hill could gobble up the 4/5 minutes... Players step up in contract years & Boozer is a great locker room guy (mentor to Taj) & good teammate us it's a one year deal... Not sure if you have watched any of the Summer League Games but Randle is averaging less than 3 boards a game in 24 minutes...

Don't sleep on Stuckey either... Do it Mitch...

ROballer · Post #16 » by **ROballer** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:57 pm

kblo247 wrote:Boozer sure stunted the growth of Milsap and Taj, oh wait.

He can teach him a lot, not defense, but still a fn lot all while playing and putting up at least 10 and 8 in 20 mins a night. He's a perfect backup and mentor to Randle. Hill, Kelly, and Sacre can run a 3 way at C.

20 mins my ass...that's the **** point,Boozer will see more mins than Randle for sure
More like in reverse,Boozer starts and sees 28 mins and Randle the rest

And no for Kelly at C,for **** sake let's leave this D'Antoni ball behind...actually even D'Antoni didn't use Kelly at C if I remember correctly

Tiesto_Lakers · Post #17 » by **Tiesto_Lakers** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 5:03 pm

As a backup big I'd take him for sure. Would probably complain and demand a trade if he had to backup Randle, though.

ROballer · Post #18 » by **ROballer** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 5:07 pm

One Love wrote: Not sure if you have watched any of the Summer League Games but Randle is averaging less than 3 boards a game in 24 minutes...

Excuse me,I missed the part in which everyone gives a **** about Summer League stats....Let's ignore an entire college season's worth of statistics (which historically translates best to the NBA) for a 2 game sample size in the **** Summer League,where he didn't even practice with the team beforhand

Anthony Randolph should be a multiple MVP judging by his SL performance and MCW should be a huge bust....

Post #19 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 5:11 pm

Depends on the price... If he falls out of waivers and wants to sign here, sure why not? But I do not want to be in a bidding war for him... And I think someone might over-bid for him off waivers. We'll see.

Levity · Post #20 » by **Levity** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 5:16 pm

when bidding on an amnesty player, are we only able to bid up to our remaining cap space? (whatever that is at this point)