Thursday, October 28th, 2010 at 12:05 pm  |  106 responses

Boozer: ‘D-Rose Will Be the Best PG in the League’

Carlos expects big things from his new teammate (who has his own lofty expectations). From Bulls.com: “By the end of this season, DRose,’ Boozer declared, ‘is going to be the best point guard in the league.’ Now, we know players tend to gush about their new teammates, whether serious or not, but this is a player who just finished a long run with the point guard generally regarded as the best in the league now, the Jazz’ Deron Williams. ‘No, Deron is really good,’ Boozer was saying, ‘but DRose … I didn’t know how good he was,’ Boozer marveled. ‘I’d seen him like everyone, but when I came here you hear he couldn’t shoot. He can shoot. And how fast this guy is. You see the speed and think back to (Allen) Iverson. I don’t think there’s anyone faster, and then there’s the explosion. There’s no one like that (for point guards). And then you see how hard he works and how serious he is. And now he’s got more guys to work with, to pass to.’”

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  • IHaveADream

    @Feez22
    No use in arguing with someone who’s clearly not on a respectable level with his basketball knowledge. Some people just aren’t articulate with this subject. But I respect your biased opinion. You harbor some sort of dislike for Rose and some sort of love for Nash.

  • IHaveADream

    @Feez
    Rondo and Rose played each other to a stalemate. Both were spectacular. You clearly harbor some sort of dislike for Rose and a love for Nash. You’re in the minority with your views on Rose.

  • Ronald

    @Diesel: CJ Miles must be pretty good to be able to mark Westbrook all the way from Utah.

  • Jagster

    @I have a dream.

    Derrick Rose was not “a lot more athletic than Stephon Marbury”.

    What world do you live in?

    Do you think athletic point guards just dropped in the NBA for the last 4-5 years?

    Marbury was incredibly athletic. He just chose to not jump into the paint all day like Rose. But he did on occasion. And he was taller than Rose to.

    PS: Probably the most skilled point guard offensively in NBA history (I said skilled guys, Magic was just bigger), Isiah Thomas had incredible athleticism.

    Everyone once in a while he’d remind us by dunking on peoples heads. But he was smart enough not to most of the time, because he was a incredibly skilled dribbler, passer, faker and shot maker.

  • Luiyo

    Good player, awful point guard

    He is a PG with a SG mentality, if you watched the OKC vs. Bulls game, nearly everytime he went to the Pick & Roll with Noah he looked to score even when Noah rolled alone, there’s NO excused to take 31 shots,it’s not coincidence that they were losing when he went to the bench, all of the sudden they tied the game and went he came back, the Thunder opened the game again… Maybe it was the first game and he was trying to prove something…

    If you say the best PG in the league is gonna be such a bad passer, with poor court vision, bad jump shot, averaged defender with good handles, great speed and quickness then the league is in trouble…

    I think Rondo, Westbrook & even John Wall are gonna BE (not are) better than him…

    But because he is from the Bulls (Big market team) they wanna crown him already as the best young PG and future best at the position but I think is a bit premature to do so… That he can be? Yes he can, but in my humble opinion I do not think he will be the best in 5 years

  • hooper520

    ok now…………….who still thinks hes not the best pg?

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