| Carlos Boozer - what a scumbag
Is anyone else appalled by what he did? That is one of the lowest things I've ever seen an athlete pull
for those who dont know the situation, Carlos Boozer played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, making near the league minimum (something like 400k a year). Last year, he performed very well, and the Cavs had a team option for this year, meaning they could keep for at least one more year at this incredibly cheap price (relatively speaking), then try to resign him.
But, to reward him for his hard work, and also to try to lock him up for a few years, the Cavs made the following deal with Boozer: We dont exercise your option for this year, making you a free agent, and we sign you to a contract for as much as we can offer you under the salary cap (about 5 million a year). Boozer agreed verbally, then after they made him a free agent, he signed a deal with Utah for like 8 million.
to make matters worse, the owner of the Cavs is not only considered to be one of the nicest people in all of sports...he's BLIND!!! Carlos Boozer figuratively stabbed a literally blind man in the figurative back!!!
All I can say is : What a scumbag
Correction: the deal with cleveland was about 7 mil a year, the deal with Utah is about 11 mil a year, same duration for both (6 years) |