Draymond Green On Cameron Boozer

Draymond Green is kind of nuts when he’s working, but no one can deny that he’s an incredibly smart basketball player. He’s built a career as a 6-6 center, at least on defense, something we don’t think anyone has done since Wes Unseld. And while the Warriors have occasionally had big men, as they now have 7-2 Kristaps Porzingis, Green has played the post for most of his career and will probably do it at times again next season.

So while at times he can seem loony (like when he compared himself to Charles Barkley recently), when he opines on a younger player, you should listen.

And in this case, since he’s talking about former Blue Devil Cameron Boozer, Duke fans will be interested. Here’s what he said:

“Cam Boozer is probably a 20 [points] and 10 [rebounds] guy from the time he walks in [to the NBA]. He wins and he’s fundamentally sound.

“Tim Duncan never had to blow you through the roof, yet he was so great. He’s one of the greatest players we’ve ever seen. And I think that was Tim Duncan. And you look at Cam Boozer, he has a similar thing. Not saying Cam Boozer is going to be Tim Duncan. I don’t know that.

Tim Duncan’s the greatest power forward we’ve ever seen play. But what I’m saying, there’s no wow to it. It’s just results after results after results after results.”

That kind of sums it up, but he missed a key strength: first, his teams tend to win, and second, people seem to always miss his passing, because Boozer is a tremendous passer. He’s not Larry Bird, making passes over his shoulder or without looking, but like everything else in Boozer’s game, his fundamentals are impeccable, and he’s strong as hell.

Most teams will find that useful.

Speaking of Boozer, there are strong rumors now that the Utah Jazz are genuinely torn on who to take with the #2 pick. They like AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson, but Boozer has apparently made an impression as well.

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