By his own estimation, Carlos Boozer has been "working his tail off" in the offseason so he will be in the best shape possible when he joins the Jazz in training for the upcoming season.
    But his reunion with his teammates in training camp has been delayed while he cares for his year-old son, Carmani, who recently underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat his sickle cell disease and remains in a Miami hospital.
    The Jazz have media day Monday, after which they'll travel to Boise, Idaho, for training camp that runs through Oct. 6. The Jazz have given Boozer permission to report late. It's unknown when he'll join the team.
    "As soon as my son is home from the hospital and stable, I will join my teammates," Boozer said in a statement. "Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated by me and my family during this time. We have been in contact with the Jazz organization, including Mr. [Larry] Miller, Kevin O'Connor, and Coach [Jerry] Sloan, and all of my teammates, and everyone has been incredibly supportive of my family during these days. We want everyone to know how grateful we are for that." Doctors used stem cells in the procedure from the umbilical cord of Boozer's wife, CeCe, who gave birth to twins in the summer. The procedure is one of the many new treatments researchers are studying, Edwards said.
    "It's an exciting time because there are a lot of new treatments, but it's also depressing, because we don't have the funding for them," she said. "There is one genetic defect that causes this, and if we put some energy into it, this could be the first genetically cured disease."
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