Carlos Boozer's Son Cheer For Heat: Carmani Boozoer Caught Rooting Against Bulls (VIDEO)

Well, this could make for some interesting conversation at the Boozer dinner table. Early in the fourth quarter of the Heat's 97-93 win over the Bulls on Sunday, the ESPN cameras caught the eldest son of NBA forward Carlos Boozer enthusiastically participating in a "Let's go Heat!" chant, which would have seemed completely normal... if his father wasn't on the court playing for the Bulls.

ESPN broadcaster Jeff Van Gundy noticed Carmani cheering against his father's squad and couldn't resist commenting.

"If I'm pops and I'm watching this film, if my kid is yelling 'Lets go Heat,' like we just saw, I got a problem," Van Gundy said. "You like LeBron James, that's one thing, [but] you can't go against pop's team."

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On the surface, Van Gundy's assertions seem spot on. However, it's not overly difficult to understand why Carmani might cheer for the Heat if you have a little background on his childhood. Carmani was born with sickle cell disease, and he was treated at Miami Children's Hospital. Although his father spent the majority of the young boy's life playing in Utah, Carmani lived in the family's home in Miami for most of his life as the symptoms of the disease are known to worsen at high elevations.

So while it may appear that Carmani was betraying Dad by cheering for the Heat, the truth is, he was only rooting on his hometown team. Although I'm sure Carlos may still have something to say about that.

Comments

[petben]

01:52 PM on 02/01/2012

Leave the freaking kids alone.

[tqcobb]

01:30 PM on 02/01/2012

funny and charming...but he probably can kiss that new bike bye bye :o)

[blurredmolly]

09:13 PM on 01/30/2012

funny

[ChristopherAtom]

07:30 PM on 01/30/2012

I wonder if he will be punished for asserting a little independence. I sure hope not. But sports have a strange power over certain people. Just ask this guy;
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/big_lift_for_beaten_fan_Ns6PPpbEMBzPCjcdhLbr9J

[stjoshy]

06:06 PM on 01/30/2012

...really? an article with the recap of UFC2 was no written in favor of this? who cares bout the lil dude and who he roots for

[chiodo08]

01:32 PM on 01/31/2012

...nobody cares about fight p0rn...zzzzzzzzz

[stjoshy]

04:18 PM on 01/31/2012

dont feel threatened because that is not my intention.. but by reading what you just wrote i know that i could kill you in under 5 minutes if i needed to. its not porn unless your a homosexual who is into seeing men get ktfo and get their arms and necks crancked until they submit. ya diggums chief wiggums?

[K White]

04:51 PM on 01/30/2012

LOL! That cute little boy was just trying to have some fun at the game. Maybe next time Mom will start up a Bulls chant.

[47th]

10:15 PM on 01/30/2012

That kid really is cute!

[Iain Banks]

02:22 PM on 01/30/2012

As Nelson would say "ha ha".