Boozer has heard all those who've questioned why he's been out since last Valentine's Day with foot and hamstring injuries, and he says he's "not worried about them. I've been through much worse already," he said, referring to the bitter way he left Cleveland.

When he does return to the court, he'll quiet doubters. "All they see is you sitting behind the bench in that suit. They don't see you working out. They don't see you lifting weights. They don't see you running. They don't see you doing drills to get better. They just see you're not in uniform.

"It comes with the territory," he said.

EVERY DAY: Kirilenko said he got no Christmas presents Sunday. "In Russia, we have Christmas seventh of January," he explained. He did buy some things for wife Masha and son Fedor and quipped, "Fedor got Christmas every day," being the small son of a rich NBA player who wants everything he sees in the stores. "But he has a rule — he can buy only one. One at the time he goes to the store with us." And that's only every three to five days.

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