Brand or Boozer?

[Icky Thump]

Discuss... Who would be better for us and which would be easier to bring in? I would think Brand is the better player but how serious is the injury? What would it take to get him? Etc. I think either could be a positive beside Okafor but it really depends on what we have to give up to get either player...

[ohara831]

I'd have the team doctor's check Brand out. If they cleared him, he'd be my choice over Boozer in a heartbeat. Brand is tough, and I saw Boozer "disappear" too many times vs the Lakers. Brand is by far a better PF.

[Mustachio]

either way we are improving our team drastically. Brand is a little older, but id say hes a little more talented as well.

but id take either of em

[Slam]

Brand.

He is better by the fact that he plays D.

[dnbman]

I'd actually take Boozer.

Brand may or may not return to peak form. Meanwhile, Boozer is looking more and more like Karl Malone. He'd open things up for Okafor and give us a guaranteed offensive presence inside for years.

[mrtarheel]

Boozer would come at a cheaper price and he would also come with another young player while Brand comes alone with a high price.

[BobCatsFanInTx]

Discuss... Who would be better for us and which would be easier to bring in? I would think Brand is the better player but how serious is the injury? What would it take to get him? Etc. I think either could be a positive beside Okafor but it really depends on what we have to give up to get either player...

Neither guy is as likely to leave his team as Jermaine O'Neal is. Enough said. J.O. will most likely be leaving Indiana sometime this year and if you think trying to get him is a gamble just wait til he is kicking Bobcats ass while playing for another team. Dismiss me all you want but the reality is that neither Boozer or Brand is likely to leave their current teams. J.O. due to his injuries will most likely come much cheaper anyhow.

[mrtarheel]

The only way j o comes cheaper is if he was cut outright by the pacers. I read a article on inside hoops stating that utah is afraid that the would loose boozer next year and get nothing for him. Why not give them something and hope like hell his family still stays in this area so he would be close to them and we get the homeboy hook up.

[Slam]

Neither guy is as likely to leave his team as Jermaine O'Neal is. Enough said. J.O. will most likely be leaving Indiana sometime this year and if you think trying to get him is a gamble just wait til he is kicking Bobcats ass while playing for another team. Dismiss me all you want but the reality is that neither Boozer or Brand is likely to leave their current teams. J.O. due to his injuries will most likely come much cheaper anyhow.

if you want to call $44 million over two years cheaply!!

[timang]

brand brand brand.