Talk:Bob Boozer

Boozer's impact with the Royals
Bob Boozer's ability as a player were never in question. Boozer was an agile 6'8 230-pounder with good shooting range who could have an impact at either end of the floor. He played for the AAU Peoria Caterpillars to remain eligible for the 1960 U.S. Olympic team. Politics got a number of questionable non-NCAA players on that all-amateur team. But Boozer wasn't one of them. He belonged legitimately. The Cincinnati Royals had a strong interest in that Olympic team, and in regional stars, with Boozer playing AAU ball in Illinois. Other Olympians on that team were Oscar Robertson, of Indiana and U. of Cincinnati, Jerry Lucas from Ohio State, Adrian Smith, who played at Kentucky, and Jay Arnette, an Olympian from Texas. Boozer wan an integral part of the 1962-63 Royals team that took the Boston Celtics a full seven games in the East Final. All that team needed was a little more help to become NBA champions. When Jerry Lucas arrived the following year, the Royals were nearly there. But then the Royals inexplicably traded Boozer away to New York, ending their own title threat. In Oscar Robertson's bio ' The Big O ', the trade is shown as part of a string of misguided moves by the team. Lucas felt the trade robbed the Royals a chance to be one of the great NBA teams. Boozer had claimed not unhappy in his reserve role and did not seek the trade. Being black was at root in Boozer's moves about the league, first to expansion Chicago, then expansion Milwaukee. When he ended up in Milwaukee, former Royals Wayne Embry and Oscar Robertson had sought him out. Another former Royal, Jon McGlocklin, also joined the Bucks, who won the 1971 NBA title. It wasn't the career the good but not great NBA forward could have had. But he did get his ring. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jerjets11 (talk • contribs) 05:40, 17 December 2006 (UTC).

Any relation to Carlos?
Just wondering—if so, it might be nice to mention it... 165.176.7.3 (talk) 16:40, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * exactly what i was thinking Stuntman crow (talk) 00:43, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Per the article
 * (as well as others) there is no family relationship with Carlos Boozer.&mdash;Myasuda (talk) 20:35, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * (as well as others) there is no family relationship with Carlos Boozer.&mdash;Myasuda (talk) 20:35, 20 May 2012 (UTC)