Jazz Season Ends, Boozer Questions Start

By J.A. Adande For some players it’s already time to analyze every facial expression and pronoun, so let the record show that as Utah power forward Carlos Boozer sat in front of his locker and absorbed the Jazz’s second-round sweep at the hands of the Lakers he used the first person plural. “We have to improve,” Boozer said. “We have to get better.” Does Boozer, who will be a free agent this summer, want to continue playing in Utah? “It would be nice if it worked out,” he said. And that’s about as much as he would discuss his future. It’s not strictly up to him of course, it’s a matter of the Jazz deciding how to allocate their resources, especially after the Portland Trail Blazers forced Utah to ante up $32 million on a four-year contract for Paul Millsap after the Blazers attempted to land the restricted free agent last summer. Millsap plays the same position as Boozer – and actually scored more points th...