Is Carlos Boozer’s Marriage Saved?
Before All-Star forward Carlos Boozer decided to stay in Utah for the 2009-10 season, there were stories reporting that he may opt out and test the economic waters on any of the other 29 teams. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out, he wasn’t going to find a better deal than the $12.7 milli he’ll make by staying with the Jazz and so it doesn’t take a genius to figure out why he stayed.
But as obvious as the situation seems, maybe the situation took the long way around to get to the familiar destination. See, ’cause Carlos Boozer is getting a divorce. Court papers were filed in March, but have been sitting in waiting ever since the couple decided to try and make it work.
Honestly, it must be working out because under he terms of the divorce, filed in March, someone with Boozer’s self-centered reputation would never stay in Utah if he felt his marriage wasn’t going to work.
What are the terms?
Boozer’s wife will supposedly be entitled to half of Boozer’s current contract with the Jazz. Any contract he makes after the Jazz isn’t covered in the divorce papers. Simply put: With Boozer staying in Utah, his wife CeCe is entitled to $6.35 million of that money. If he signed with Detroit or Oklahoma that might have possibly given him the $13-15 million he was asking for, his ex would not be entitled to any of it.
Even though it was unlikely he would have yielded that much money in this economy, had he signed with some other team for $8 or $9 million, he’d still be making more than if he’d stayed in Utah.
This is all theory and will likely stay theory. But it’s the offseason. What do we have if not theory?
But he chose to stay. And for someone who fled Cleveland for extra dough and who sounded an awful lot like a guy who was ready to leave Utah if the dollars were singing elsewhere, it’s hard to believe that he’s not a guy who goes wherever the most money is.
So if the most money is still in Utah … well, I’m happy for the Boozer clan. All you need is love. Love is all you need … along with $12.7 million.
Thanks to Detroit Bad Boys
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