NY Times: Boozer provided toughness to the 2008 Olympic Team

[Ray Stankel]

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/sports/basketball/23teamusa.html?_r=2&hpw

Just who will comprise the team is the biggest question this week. The assistant coach Jim Boeheim, who often oversees the construction of teams for USA Basketball’s youth programs, said the key to building a roster for international play was to find a core of eight or nine players, then add a few specialists. The 2008 Olympic team, for example, had Tayshaun Prince for defense, Carlos Boozer for rebounding and toughness, and Michael Redd for 3-point shooting to complement its stars.

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[carolinajazz]

...well, he SOUNDS tough...when he screams "and 1!"....but that's about where it ends!

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Didn't Boozer play about 15 minutes the whole Olympics?????

 

[Ray Stankel]

I think he supplied more Gatorade to D-Will then he did toughness to the team (which I might add is an extremely valuable service). It was definitely the right move to bring Booze over Durant...

 

[kwb]

The only thing tough he did was make it tough for the guys coming to the bench to find a place to sit because Carlos called dibs on almost every seat on the bench.

 

[Hopper]

I et sum squirrel stew last night that was mo tuffa than dat candyass Booza.

 

[carolinajazz]

I et sum squirrel stew last night that was mo tuffa than dat candyass Booza.

...my uncle Rico cooks some real fine squirrel stew...and raccoon stew, too! With some rice and gravy....that's some fingerlickin good stuff!

 

[Marty McFly]

the only thing tough he did was make it tough for the guys coming to the bench to find a place to sit because carlos called dibs on almost every seat on the bench.

i think he supplied more gatorade to d-will then he did toughness to the team (

lol!

 

[honz]

Watching Jazz fanz rip on Boozer is just disappointing. Dude has his faults, but he gave us 5 very good years of basketball and helped make us relevant again.

 

[carolinajazz]

Watching Jazz fanz rip on Boozer is just disappointing. Dude has his faults, but he gave us 5 very good years of basketball and helped make us relevant again.

...we were relevant before he came and we will be relevant now that he's gone! But was it really 5 years? Are you counting the 2 years he missed with injuries....yet still cashed those $150,000 buck a game checks???

 

[Ray Stankel]

Watching Jazz fanz rip on Boozer is just disappointing. Dude has his faults, but he gave us 5 very good years of basketball and helped make us relevant again.

Funny thing is that this would have been posted while he was still here. Sadly, Boozer takes a lot of flack because the team makeup was never such that it could mask his shortcomings.

That being said, even with the lovechild of Mark Eaton, Dennis Rodman, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dwight Howard, Bill Russell and Sarah Palin (for that hockey-mom feistiness) playing center behind him, you still could never consider him tough.

 

[Stifle Tower]

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/sports/basketball/23teamusa.html?_r=2&hpw



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Well, he looked ghetto with all the tats and most int'l players at least know how to swear in English. So I suppose having a big dude screaming "MF'er" at you could be intimidating. Little did they know Carlos was AT/NA.