Rose as a truly great PG is either suspect or subjective. Prima facie, he reminds me of a prime Steve Francis, himself a poor man's Isiah Thomas, that is benefiting from the current rules in manner separate but equal to a name like Nash.
His facilitation ability -- the Stockton Standard of running a game without needing to take a shot -- is highly suspect. And his hype seems all too obvious, as both market bias and prerequisite. Combining that with Utah's disinterest in IMPROVING, rather than holding steady, I can see why Deron would be interested in getting out of a Jazz uniform.
Frankly, he's been probably the most dissed star in Utah's history. One all-star game. ONE. Losing out to Chauncey ****ing Billups for an All-NBA selection.
Paul drops off? Well, time to anoint a new top Point. As a sine qua non, thus not even a bet, it won't be, isn't, and of course has never been Deron. From a media perspective, and as prerogative.
As far as Boozer hatred, forest for the trees never seems to be en vogue as consideration for this pitchfork fanbase. A kid was zombified in Haiti: quick, what does this have to do with BOOZER?
The reality and concern shouldn't be Boozer trying to boost his own team's morale by hyping his star Point, but should be a question of the media's biases and Utah management's disinterest in either helping Deron with surrounding talent, or pushing him to the media relative to other markets and ownerships (Paul Allen comes to mind).
But I suppose Boozer hate is not only its own point, but also logic. Particularly as the ridiculous assumptions about his abilities being "system"-created fall apart.
