Salt Lake City, UT – Utah Jazz Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations, Kevin O’Connor, announced today that the team has signed restricted free agent Carlos Boozer to a multiyear contract.  Per club policy terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“We’re thrilled to have a young power forward who has demonstrated that he can play at a high level in the league,” said O’Connor.

“Utah has a great coach and is a first-class organization,” said Boozer.  “They are going to present me with an opportunity to be who I want to be individually as a player and at the same time be part of a winning franchise that contends for a championship.”

Boozer was named to the USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team on July 8 and will participate in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.  The US Team is currently training in Jacksonville, Fla. and will play their first exhibition game on Saturday, July 31 against Puerto Rico.

Selected by the Cavaliers in the second round (35th pick overall) of the 2002 NBA Draft, Boozer played and started in 75 games for the Cavaliers during the 2003-04 season and averaged 15.5 points and 11.4 rebounds (fifth overall in the league) in 34.6 minutes per game.

The 6-9 forward has played in 156 career games (129 starts) over two seasons with the Cavaliers and has averaged 12.6 points and 9.4 rebounds in 29.8 minutes per game.

Boozer finished his collegiate career at Duke as their all-time leader in field goal percentage with .631 percent (554-878) which ranks third all-time in the ACC. Played in 101 games as a Blue Devil and averaged 14.9 points and 7.2 rebounds in three seasons.