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Byline: Brian Windhorst
ORLANDO, Fla. _ A game-day practice was ending earlier this month in Detroit, and Jeff McInnis was looking for a little action from Carlos Boozer.
McInnis' North Carolina Tar Heels were playing Boozer's Duke Blue Devils that night, and a wager was at hand.
"Not too much," Boozer cautioned while in negotiations for the sum. "I don't have that much money."
For many fans, that might sound like ridiculous elitism. Boozer doesn't have trouble making the mortgage payment every month.
But this is NBA basketball we're talking about and, in those terms, Boozer is a pauper. McInnis makes roughly six times what Boozer pulls down. Teammate Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes more in four games of work ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Honorable Boozer a bargain for Cavaliers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)