The Jazz completed a sign-and-trade with the Bulls for the services of Carlos Boozer on Thursday.

Utah will give Chicago a protected second-round pick in the deal, but will receive a trade exception expected to be worth around $13,000,000, Boozer's first-year salary.

The Jazz have one calendar year to use the exception.

"It gives us the opportunity to start investigating other rosters to see if somebody might interest us," general manager Kevin O'Connor said.

"The key is for us to remain competitive. We want to get somebody that will keep us competitive, but we also don't want to take somebody that another team doesn't want."