Boozer (was: Powe = Pow!)

[Mark Piotrowski]

Ravi --

hmmm....  when I ready teh comments about Boozer this morning I just 
assumed that any deal would include both Wally (as an upgrade over 
Giricek and Harpring) AND Jefferson.

A deal that works moneywise would be:

Boozer + Giricek ---> Szczerbiak, Jefferson, Scalabrine  (Tony Allen 
could be thrown into the mix if necessary too w/o messing up the $$$, 
but i'd want a pick back if we were giving up Allen AND Jefferson).

This would balance our roster out a bit too:

Telfair / Rondo / Ray
West / Allen / Giricek
Pierce / Green / Jackson
Boozer / Gomes / Akinbala or Powe
Perkins / Ratliff / Olowokandi

It woudl open the door for West to pick up the majority of Wally's 
production -- which i think he could do very well, while providing 
better defense and rebounding at the 2 despite being shorter.  Mins 
are freed up too for Allen and Green.

i think i'd do that deal -- i like what Wally brings to this team but 
have thought since he got here that he's a way to package some 
younger guys (who have relatively low salaires) for a high-priced vet 
(like Boozer, Iverson, Baron Davis, etc)

(the othr) mark

>I think Ainge should be looking for an established big guy but I'm not sure
>Boozer should be the one.  He's not known for his defense and this on a
>defensively challenged Boston team.  He can score inside and rebound when he
>wants to though. He's also a big body but hasn't seemed that motivated since
>obtaining the contract from Utah.  But it's challenging to be a boozer in
>Utah so maybe a change of scenery would get him back to where he showed the
>promise and execution his first year or two in the league.  
>
>Perhaps it is just random speculation but Pierce did mention recently that
>he thought Boozer would be one of the guys he'd target to bring to Boston.
>Has Pierce been privy to any conversations with the ownership/management
>group who have been exploring such a trade?
>
>In any event, Boozer would be a huge upgrade over Jefferson.  Boozer is
>still pretty young and has played at a pretty high level in this league and
>Jefferson hasn't done much but the big fella from Utah is on the books for a
>huge sum of money going forward so Pierce, Boozer and Sczcerbiak would be
>eating a lot of salary. Does that core along with two up and coming point
>guards and a developing bench get you a championship?  Won't be many other
>dollars to find additional talent so I guess it would be the team going
>forward. 
>
>Clearly, Utah would have to take Ratliff's salary along with Jefferson and
>with Ratliff on the books for several less years this might just work for
>both teams.
>
>Boozer, Sczcerbiak and Pierce in the starting lineup doesn't seem like a
>running team to me though.
>
>Ravi