Carlos Boozer took his all too familiar spot Wednesday morning at the Bulls last shootaround practice before the opening of the regular season, watching his teammates. Boozer has his own opener of sorts coming Tuesday when he gets his hard cast off his broken right hand and the pins removed so he gets ready to begin his rehabilitation process that, hopefully, gets him back playing by the beginning of December. “I’m excited about that,” said Boozer, wearing a baby blue cast as he amuses himself these days by changing colors. Boozer joked he was wearing the Thunder colors to try to distract them “They’ll take the pins out and put me in a soft cast and maybe four to five days I can begin to attack my rehab,” Boozer said. “I’m going to work my butt off. I’ve been able to stay in shape (by) lifting and doing conditioning.” But mostly he’s had to watch, and in watching carefully Boozer saw something he wasn’t surprised about, that the Bulls could be a very good team. “I always felt good about the prospects of the team,” Boozer said. “That’s why I signed here.” And something he didn’t quite expect. “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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"I will resign if you give me more money." -Boozer Deron Williams is the best PG in the league. (Plays for the Jazz) Chris Paul is the best PG in the league. (Plays for the Hornets) Tony Parker is the best PG in the league. (Plays for the Spurs) Derek Fisher is the best PG in the league. (Plays for the Lakers)
