Utah Jazz: Couldn't be happier with Boozer

Remember the tumultuous summer? The trade talk? Open flirtations with Chicago and Miami? The distraction that Carlos Boozer was perhaps going to be in this, the final season of his six-year Jazz contract?

The Utah Jazz have put it behind them and are raving about how Boozer has acted this preseason, according to general manager Kevin O'Connor.

O'Connor said the franchise is focusing on "the positives that he brings (as a) veteran that is in the prime of his basketball career." The Jazz love how hard Boozer worked to report in shape, how healthy his body has been and his attitude.

"He's been an absolute, total professional," O'Connor said, "working on the things that he has said himself he wants to work on to become more of a complete player."

As far as playing in the final year of his contract goes, O'Connor told reporters Sunday that "he is here to play basketball" just like other free-agents-to-be such as Kyle Korver and Kyrylo Fesenko.

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