I can't tell you when he sprained his ankle exactly. All I know is since he's been back, he's been awful. I'd say he played near 18 games or so after the sprain.
Noah always steps up his game in the playoffs. Since Boozer isn't as energitic as Noah is, his numbers will go down anyways. On top of that, as mentioned earlier, he's been playing injured pretty much all season. The playoffs haven't been good to Boozer, but despite his foot injuries, he's averaging 9 and 9 a game, not the numbers his salary is worth, but not as bad as fans make it out to be either. He was and never will be known as a defensive player, but that's fine when you have Deng and Noah shutting players down on that end of the court.
And the world won't call him out if he doesn't play because guess what? It's not his decision. He has turf toe, camel toe and his ankle is still not well. He's not effective on either end. Obviously the right coaching decision would be to sit him.
True, but as mentioned earlier, you and I would still give him crap for not playing during the playoffs. I give him credit for not taking himself out of the series.
Thiobodeau's downfall may be playing these guys too hard during the regular season, as mentioned by many on here.
You might be a little too fixed and the Jay Cutler situation,
Another Chicago athlete who got a ton of crap was Soriano who was playing on a bum knee 2 or 3 years ago. Now that he's healthy, rehabbed and got his surgeries, I don't see or hear any criticism of him anymore.
