Carlos Boozer

Retired • Retired after 2017 season • PF/C • 13 years of NBA experience

Height6'9

Born20th November 1981 (age 44)

Weight266 lbs

Nationality🇺🇸USA

NBA Draft35th pick, 2002

Pre-draft teamDuke

HandRight

Agentn/a

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Stats

13 seasons

Year	League	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
2002-03	NBA	Cleveland Cavaliers	81	54	25.3	4.1	7.6	53.6%	0.0	0.0%	4.1	7.6	53.6%	.536	1.8	2.4	77.1%	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.8	10.0
2003-04	NBA	Cleveland Cavaliers	75	75	34.6	6.3	12.0	52.3%	0.1	16.7%	6.3	11.9	52.6%	.524	2.9	3.8	76.8%	3.1	8.4	11.4	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.8	2.7	15.5
2004-05	NBA	Utah Jazz	51	51	34.7	7.1	13.6	52.1%	0.0	0.0%	7.1	13.6	52.2%	.521	3.7	5.3	69.8%	2.8	6.2	9.0	2.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.5	17.8
2005-06	NBA	Utah Jazz	33	19	31.1	6.6	12.1	54.9%	0.0	—	6.6	12.1	54.9%	.549	3.0	4.2	72.3%	2.2	6.4	8.6	2.7	0.9	0.2	2.1	3.2	16.3
2006-07	NBA	Utah Jazz	74	74	34.6	8.7	15.6	56.1%	0.0	—	8.7	15.6	56.1%	.561	3.4	5.0	68.5%	3.2	8.5	11.7	3.0	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.9	20.9
2007-08	NBA	Utah Jazz	81	81	34.9	8.8	16.0	54.7%	0.0	0.0%	8.8	16.0	54.7%	.547	3.6	4.9	73.8%	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.9	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.6	21.1
2008-09	NBA	Utah Jazz	37	37	32.4	6.8	13.8	49.0%	0.0	—	6.8	13.8	49.0%	.490	2.6	3.8	69.8%	3.0	7.4	10.4	2.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	3.6	16.2
2009-10	NBA	Utah Jazz	78	78	34.3	7.9	14.1	56.2%	0.0	—	7.9	14.1	56.2%	.562	3.7	4.9	74.2%	2.3	8.9	11.2	3.2	1.1	0.5	2.7	3.5	19.5
2010-11	NBA	Chicago Bulls	59	59	31.9	7.3	14.3	51.0%	0.0	—	7.3	14.3	51.0%	.510	2.9	4.1	70.1%	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	3.2	17.5
2011-12	NBA	Chicago Bulls	66	66	29.5	6.8	12.8	53.2%	0.0	0.0%	6.8	12.7	53.3%	.532	1.4	2.1	69.3%	1.7	6.8	8.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.5	15.0
2012-13	NBA	Chicago Bulls	79	79	32.2	6.9	14.4	47.7%	0.0	0.0%	6.9	14.4	47.8%	.477	2.4	3.3	73.1%	2.2	7.5	9.8	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.2	3.0	16.2
2013-14	NBA	Chicago Bulls	76	76	28.2	5.9	12.9	45.6%	0.0	0.0%	5.9	12.9	45.7%	.456	1.9	2.5	76.7%	1.8	6.5	8.3	1.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	2.8	13.7
2014-15	NBA	L.A. Lakers	71	26	23.8	5.2	10.5	49.9%	0.0	—	5.2	10.5	49.9%	.499	1.3	2.1	62.7%	1.6	5.2	6.8	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.6	11.8

Teams

6 entries

Date	Team
1999 - 2002	Duke (NCAA)
June 2002 - July 2004	Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)
July 2004 - July 2010	Utah Jazz (NBA)
July 2010 - July 2014	Chicago Bulls (NBA)
July 2014 - June 2015	L.A. Lakers (NBA)
July 2016 - June 2017	Guangdong Tigers (China)

Transactions

10 entries

Date	League	Transaction
2002 NBA Draft	NBA	Drafted 34th overall by Cleveland.
7th August, 2002	NBA	Signed a guaranteed three year contract with Cleveland, for $425,000 in the first season and the following two years at the minimum salary. Included team option for 2004/05.
30th June, 2004	NBA	Cleveland declined 2004/05 team option.
14th July, 2004	NBA	Signed a six year, $68 million offer sheet with Utah. Included player option for 2009/10.
29th July, 2004	NBA	Cleveland decined to match Utah's offer.
30th June, 2009	NBA	Exercised 2009/10 player option.
8th July, 2010	NBA	Signed and traded by Utah with a five year, $75 million contract, along with a 2011 second round pick (#43, Malcolm Lee), to Chicago in exchange for the draft rights to Mario Austin.
15th July, 2014	NBA	Waived by Chicago via the amnesty clause.
17th July, 2014	NBA	Claimed off amnesty waivers by L.A. Lakers, for $3.251 million of the outstanding $16.8 million.
30th July, 2016	China	Signed a one year contract with Guangdong Tigers.

NBA Salary

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Listed total $23,150,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$4,850,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$5,475,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$6,100,000 Retired $3,050,000 guaranteed Team option	$6,725,000 Retired $3,362,500 guaranteed Player option

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The evolution and devolution of Carlos Boozer’s hair

15th February 2012

As a paranoid man, I am well read in the ways of male pattern baldness. I’m not bald, but I will be, and it is not a comfortable admission. As a result, for some strange reason, I have taken to spotting the development of male pattern baldness in others, as something of a really horrible habit. This habit has been a particular magnetic draw in the case of Bulls forward Carlos Boozer, whose hair has had quite the week.

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Chicago's Meticulously Crafted 2011 Offseason Plan That Relies An Awful Lot Upon Guesswork

9th June 2011

In one of Keith Smart's better moves, Golden State triple-teamed Rose as soon as he got over halfcourt for an entire second of a regular season game, one which they ended up winning. You would think that in a league scouted as heavily as the NBA, coaches other than Eric Spoelstra would have known about the success of this strategy, and adopted it for themselves. But then, this is a league in which the Bulls spend $75 million on Carlos Boozer, and then discover that he missed upwards of 45 defensive rotations a game. Perhaps these things are known, yet are overlooked anyway.

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