As per SAUCES, the Raptors are interested in the corpse of Carlos Boozer.
Sources: Carlos Boozer is in on-going conversations with LAC, SA, Dallas and Toronto
— Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) July 6, 2015
The Raptors may have address the PG and then some, shored up the SF, but they have gotten weaker at the PF with the loss of Amir Johnson, so it makes sense they start looking into fixing that. One of the avenues they’re considering is digging up Carlos Boozer’s grave, who was last interred at Staples Center under the watchful eye of the LA Lakers.
Boozer is an unrestricted free-agent who made $3.25M last season. He played 71 games last season and averaged 11.8 points and 6.8 rebounds in 24 minutes as the Lakers played a ton of garbage games where the outcome didn’t matter. Boozer is 33 years old and hails from Germany (betcha didn’t know that).
Boozer could be a serviceable presence off the bench, but it’s hard to see him being the starting answer at PF in any sort of configuration. Don’t get me wrong, he’s had a useful career and could still probably contribute on the offensive end. The question you have to ask is that given all the defensive efforts the Raptors have made this off-season, does it really make sense to inject a poor defender like Boozer in the middle?
Mobility is the name of the game here, and it looks more and more like the Raptors are trying to play GSW East ball, and Boozer simply doesn’t fit. Again, if he’s in a limited capacity supplying “veteran leadership”, fine, and even there I have to suspend my disbelief that he’s able to provide even that.