Utah Jazz listening to offers for Boozer

On the same day they formally announced they will match the offer sheet restricted free agent Paul Millsap signed last week with Portland, the Jazz did not deny efforts to move fellow power forward Carlos Boozer are ongoing.

The match is dependent on a physical exam taken Friday, and Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor said he would not comment on the matter — beyond a short statement contained in a news release — until he knows for sure that Millsap had passed all medical tests.

"It's a relief, in a sense," Ara Vartanian, one of Millsap's representatives, said of the decision.

"We know Paul fits in well with the way coach (Jerry) Sloan coaches," Vartanian added, "so there's no mystery or question to it, so we're excited about it."

As for Boozer trade talk, O'Connor was asked Friday afternoon if the Jazz were now in sit-and-wait or proactive mode.

It sounded as if they're perhaps somewhere in-between.

"I don't know what either one of those means," he said. "But I think we're continuing to talk, and continuing to monitor things, and continuing to look at what we can do to make our team better."

Chicago, Miami, New York, Detroit and now New Jersey have been most prominently mentioned as possible destinations for Boozer ever since he decided late last month to opt in for the final season and last $12.65 million on his current six-year, $68-million contract with the Jazz.

Miami's true level of interest, however, came into question Friday — even after yahoo.com earlier in the week sourced an unidentified league executive in reporting the Heat had "hatched a three-way proposal" with Utah and Memphis to "secure Boozer" while delivering both Heat power forward Udonis Haslem and financial relief to the Jazz.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Friday, after details of a private meeting between team president Pat Riley and Miami season-ticket holders were made public, that "the Heat has not entered talks about possibly acquiring Boozer ... but is monitoring that situation, with no expectation of a quick resolution by the Jazz."

If they don't land Haslem, or perhaps pry forward Tyrus Thomas from Chicago, signing Boston Celtics restricted free agent Glen "Big Baby" Davis to an offer sheet remains a possibility for the Jazz.

The New York Daily News, meanwhile, reported that while "a deal with the Knicks is possible," it also is "complicated" because restricted free agent forward and possible trade piece David Lee is a base-year compensation player.