Carlos Boozer is at this point in his rehabilitation again.

Boozer said he is healthy enough to rejoin the Jazz's practice, and he intends to take part in a workout or two sometime this week. "Not jumping in full steam, just working in and getting comfortable playing again," Boozer said after Utah's loss to the Mavericks. "Being careful about it."

That's because the last three times he began pushing his strained left hamstring, he re-injured it, a mistake that has kept him out of all 44 games this season.

The Jazz have estimated that Boozer, who last played on Feb. 14, will need several practices before he is ready to enter a game again, and they have refused to put any sort of timetable on his return. But the power forward, who averaged 17.8 points in 51 games last season, seems to be on track to play in early to mid-February.