Deseret Morning News - After the initial flurry of activity, the NBA's meat market has slowed down a bit, partly because teams are waiting for the results of the NBA's new one-time amnesty rule that allows teams to dump a big salary to avoid paying the luxury tax.

"I think that's the next step," said Utah Jazz senior vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor on Monday.

The deadline for use of the amnesty waiver is next Monday. Not all teams will use the opportunity.

"We're working on it," said O'Connor about possible roster changes that could involve signing free agents or making further trades, "but it's something that doesn't come as easily or as quickly as you want."

What does come quickly and easily are rumors, and O'Connor bristled at mention of one that was making the rounds Monday, that power forward Carlos Boozer and swingman Matt Harpring have been made available for trade by the Jazz.

The rumor on a relatively new Web site quoted an unnamed NBA general manager as saying this was known around the league and that Atlanta, Boston and Dallas are the most interested. "Boozer and Harpring are both names that have been mentioned to me, as far as guys they are wanting to trade," the unidentified GM told the Web site.

"That's an absolute lie. It's an absolute lie," O'Connor said Monday.

Told it was purportedly an unidentified NBA GM who said that, O'Connor said, "Well, he's a liar, and you can write that. I wish some of these people would step forward and say this is the guy. Put your name next to it.

"We're not shopping them and it's an absolute lie," O'Connor said.