Because of his expiring $12.8 million contract and a public declaration last summer that he expected to be traded, Carlos Boozer's name will continue to be prominently mentioned in trade-related stories over the next five weeks.

In the last two days, Boozer has been connected to trades scenarios involving Detroit and Dallas.

"It doesn't matter to me," he said before practice Wednesday. "If you play in the NBA, there are going to be very few times throughout the course of a season where you aren't going to be [mentioned] in a trade rumor, especially with the deadline coming up.

"Me personally, I don't worry about that. I've been in a whole bunch of trade rumors my whole career, especially when I left Cleveland. So for me, I just play. I don't worry about it. I don't think about it. I'm just enjoying the game right now."