Jazz coach Jerry Sloan is ready to forgive Carlos Boozer for his offseason transgressions.

Boozer, appearing to angle for a trade, professed his desire to play for a few other teams. Most notably, the Heat.

"In order to win in this league, you have to have good players," Sloan told the Deseret News. "And he's a good player."

Boozer opted into the final year of his contract, then went public with his desire to be dealt.

"My job is to coach whoever's here. That hasn't changed," Sloan said. "If we lose 56 games, I've got to coach the same (with) the people that are on the roster. We'll do everything we can to make it work.

"Now, will we be perfect? Probably not."

Sloan added that he has experience dealing with disgruntled power forwards.

"I could have had hard feelings with Karl Malone if I would have wanted to a few times," Sloan recalled. "My job is to coach whoever walks across this line. That's all we'll do is do the best we can and hopefully be a good basketball team."