3/15/2005 05:50:00 PM|||Shep|||Yahoo! Sports - NBA - Injured Boozer won't return to Cleveland: "Utah forward Carlos Boozer is recovering from a foot injury and won't play against his former team when the Jazz face the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night.
He will receive treatment in Salt Lake City and will not join the team on its five-game road trip, Jazz spokeswoman Cindy Edman said.
Boozer, averaging a team-high 17.8 points and 9.0 rebounds, sprained his right foot at Phoenix on Feb. 14."
Okay, first off, how misleading is that headline? Anyway...
Fantasy Impact
According to my hand NBA schedule analyzer, the Jazz play four games this week and 3 next week. That means Boozer won't be playing at all this week, and at most 2 games next week. If you're on daily changes, you don't have to worry about playing him for a while. If you're a weekly changer, hopefully you left him this week. If you've got a decent backup to put in next week, it's probably the safe thing to do.
Hopefully (for me) this means that Mehmet Okur will get a chance to play a little (and peform a little better). His minutes, as well as those of Andrei Kirilenko have gone up with Jason Collins and Boozer out. Matt Harpring is also playing slightly more than usual.
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