Lakers plan to play Boozer at SF

[KingMilz]

Boozer is penciled in as the Lakers' starting small forward, although he has played power forward throughout his 12-year NBA career.
Boozer said he believes he could play up to seven more seasons

Surely they are joking and 7 more season's dude has 2-3 left in him max

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/234430/Lakers-Pencil-In-Carlos-Boozer-As-Starting-Small-Forward

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Sure, why not? How could that possibly go wrong?

 

[miltonap]

Wtf

 

[Bricklayer]

So is this the allergic reactionary response to D'Antoni's smallball?

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Positionless basketball!

 

[Big Cuz 15]

i heard he's working onhis 3 pt shot during the summer.

 

[VF21]

In my vast collection of things I couldn't possibly care less about, this one is pretty close to the top of the list.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Maybe they want to try playing 2 power forwards together and make the opponent match up to their strengths. You don't have to call Boozer a "3", just because another power forward is playing with him. It's 2 power forwards playing together

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Maybe they want to try playing 2 power forwards together and make the opponent match up to their strengths. You don't have to call Boozer a "3", just because another power forward is playing with him. It's 2 power forwards playing together

I'm not sure I would characterize anything on that roster as "strength". They're over the salary cap for ten players, and 6 of those are PF/C. Of their four total guards/wings, one of them is Kobe (who knows how he'll come back from injury) and one of them is Nash (done). I assume that they're going to find a way to grab two players on the cheap (Brooks again?) but they're only a gimpy Kobe away from their entire guard/wing rotation being Lin/Young/??/??.

If they play Boozer at PF, it's because they absolutely have to, and he's going to get abused. You think he's a bad post defender?

 

[gunks]

Lakers on the tank

 

[Chupacabra]

Yes, this is a fantastic idea. Look out for the 7akers next season. Theyre obviously going to do damage in the west.