'I've never been through an achilles injury; I don't want to put it on the injury,'' Boozer said. ''He's the guy I looked up to my whole career; he'll you that. He's helped me a lot in my career. He's got the body of a power forward and the quickness of a 3-man (small) forward) when he was with the (Los Angeles) Clippers. The achilles injury hurt him a little bit, but he's also trying to get used to a new system.
''In my mind, EB's a 20/10 (points and rebounds) I'm used to seeing. He's taught me how to do a couple different things being an undersized power forward. He helped me a lot, especially early in my acreer. I love him to death. He's a hard worker. They (ought to) give him some more minutes, some more touches, in my opinion. Nothing against the coach, though, but Elton, to me, is a great talent. They don't go to him a lot; they go to Thaddeus (Young) and Iggy (Andre Iguodala) a lot, and deservedly so. In my opinion, he's one of the best power forwards in the game. He juswt needs to get a little more opportunity.
''When he was with the (Los Angeles) Clippers, he was their offense, except for the year they went to the playoffs when they also had Sammy (Sam Cassell). For the most part, they went to him 5 out of every 7 possessions. But the system now is a little different. He told me it's hard to get going when everything is perimeter oriented. With the Clippers, it was inside/out; here, it's outside/in; when the perimeter players get going, then it goes inside.
''Don't get me wrong, I mean he has to step up to the plate and do his job, but at the same time they have to use him in a different way. Also, here in Philly, there are some tough critics. He's going to hear it every time, so he's going to try and do more and more. Nothing against what they're doing over there, but if I had Elton on my team as a coach, I'm going to feed him til he tells me he can't take any more. He's a star trying to fit in instead of standing out.''
