<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">With Carlos Boozer trade rumors still swirling, but no deal imminent, Jazz basketball boss Kevin O'Connor on Wednesday did not rule out the possibility of a major offseason swap. "Let me reiterate this, and I think it's important: We feel like we made a very good improvement from a year ago. And obviously we needed to," said O'Connor, the Jazz's senior vice president of basketball operations. "But we're not finished . . . If we could get a great player, would we trade somebody? The answer is, 'Yes.' "So, we would look to improve our team. That's just part of the nature of what happens. It's written about a lot more than it happens, but it does happen ? and I'm not saying it won't." Boozer has been the subject of trade speculation since word of a potential deal with the Los Angeles Lakers surfaced in February of 2005, less than seven months after the power forward came to Utah from Cleveland via free agency. The Jazz apparently engaged in preliminary discussions regarding Boozer, and perhaps other players, with multiple teams earlier this month at the NBA pre-draft camp in Orlando. Last Sunday, the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal reported Memphis is talking with Utah about Boozer. On Wednesday, the Racine (Wisc.) Journal-Times reported Utah, Atlanta, Toronto and Golden State are "among the teams that have been linked" to trade-target Jamaal Magloire and that the veteran center seemingly gives the Bucks "the ammo to acquire either Troy Murphy from Golden State or Carlos Boozer from Utah." According to the Journal-Times, "Both Murphy and Boozer are available, and both are power forwards, a position the Bucks want to bolster. However, both players have large and lengthy contracts, which Bucks owner Herb Kohl might be reluctant to take on."</div> Source
