A Carlos Boozer story you never knew
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Isaiah 1:13
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Wow what a story. I’d wondered about what had prompted that decision to move to Alaska. What a devastating loss and at such a young age.
This story is gut wrenching. Just awful that this kind of stuff can happen.
What a parenting play that they dropped everything and moved to Alaska immediately. Not only to get to a safe place, but to protect Carlos from the consequences.
6 year olds dont generally understand the concept of death very well, but after such an incident he would have been at the center of the ensuing discussion in the community and surely had to process things he wasnt necessarily ready for.
6 year olds dont generally understand the concept of death very well, but after such an incident he would have been at the center of the ensuing discussion in the community and surely had to process things he wasnt necessarily ready for.
Sardines
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I take stories from when a +30 year old adult was 6 years old with a good dose of salt. I'm not really saying his friend wasn't killed, but the circumstances seem a bit questionable. A 6 year old crossed over someone old enough to drive, so 16+, so hard that the 16 year old fell over? This pissed the 16+ year old off enough to kill a 6 year old? The entire scenario is outrageous. 16 year olds are approaching full height, so likely in the upper 5ft range, possibly over 6ft. That person is in a basketball game with a 6 year old? The average height of a 6 year old boy is 42-49 inches, so 3'6" to 4'1". Not to mention the strength and coordination differences.
Boozer might believe this is what happened, but it sounds unlikely to have happened the way he described it.
Boozer might believe this is what happened, but it sounds unlikely to have happened the way he described it.
Yes, gang members shoot people over small things. It happens
seattlejazzfan
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yeah, that didn't happen.
I'm also a little hesitant to believe that he isn't embellishing the story. He didn't even get the Michael Jordan part correct claiming they didn't even make the playoffs. I didn't see any mention of the exact age of the shooter but lets assume that since he is a gang member with a gun he is in the16 year old range that you mention. Odds are the other kids are in the 14 to 18 range since it sounds like it was a somewhat competitive basketball game. There is no way that they are letting a 7yr old and a 6yr play with them. It seems like it is far more likely that the kid was killed by a stray bullet.
Did you not read the story at all? He said the older kid with the gun was on a bike. Older kid was likely 8-10 years old who knows exactly but definitely plausible. It’s honestly super weird that your first response would be to dismiss his story. Doesn’t sound outrageous at all.
It is perfectly plausible that the story is true and fairly accurate, since he probably spent a long time actively processing such a traumatic event along with the days leading to the event.
It is also equally plausible that some of the memories have unintentionally changed, maybe even dramatically, due to some of the protective mechanisms our brains have in processing such trauma.
However calling him out for intentional embellishment of such a tragic event is equal to questioning his charracter. I wouldnt go that far.
It is also equally plausible that some of the memories have unintentionally changed, maybe even dramatically, due to some of the protective mechanisms our brains have in processing such trauma.
However calling him out for intentional embellishment of such a tragic event is equal to questioning his charracter. I wouldnt go that far.
Sardines
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He made it sound like the person peeled out on a bike, as in it was a motorcycle. That's how I read it.
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Do 6 year olds typically embarrass 16 year olds on the basketball court though?
"the shooter got back on his bike and calmly pedaled away."
Who said the kid was 16? He was on a bicycle not a car or motorcycle like someone previously stated.
Sardines
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Ahh, I read peeled away. opps
A little less hard to swallow but still a pretty fantastic story. I'm 100% not saying Boozer is lying. He's telling a story from early childhood 35 years later. Every single time he access that memory he puts it back a little different than it came out. That's how our memories work. It's not a slight on him at all.
His parents were there...
Sardines
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They didn't tell the story. He didn't jack into their memories. He also said they never talked about it. By the next day they acted like it never happened according to what I read, but I've already misread some of it so maybe I'm wrong and he provided statements from his parents that I missed.
His parents showed up after.
Sardines
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I'm also not saying that "something" didn't happen and certainly not claiming his friend didn't die. I take his account with a grain of salt. I don't think that's an offensive position. Not sure why you have a problem with it.