Carlos Boozer was born in Germany, raised in Alaska, spent his college years at Duke and played with the Utah Jazz for the past five seasons. But ask him what city he considers home and where he would like to be traded and, without hesitation, he replies: ``Miami.''

The two-time NBA All-Star said Monday that he and the Jazz have ``mutually agreed'' to a trade, and it would be ``a beautiful thing'' if he wound up reunited with Olympic teammate Dwyane Wade on the Heat.

Boozer and his wife, CeCe, have spent every offseason since 2004 in Miami -- first in a Brickell Key condominium and then in a $7.3 million waterfront home in Coconut Grove with their three children -- 3-year-old son Carmani and twin 2-year-olds Cameron and Cayden. That house is for sale, but they plan to stay in the area.

He runs a summer basketball camp at Gulliver Prep Academy in Kendall, along with good friend Benny Fragela, a former Coral Gables High guard he met during pickup games with Alonzo Mourning. He has many other close friends in South Florida, including Wade, his Olympic teammate in Athens and Beijing, and is crossing his fingers the Heat and Jazz can work a deal.

``We first came here for tax reasons and fell in love with it,'' Boozer said, taking a break from his campers. ``We love the palm trees, the laid-back attitude, the sun, quality of life. It's like paradise here, and I would love to be part of the Heat. They're a very good team, and I'm real close to some of the guys. Dwyane and I started to get close at the Athens Olympics in 2004, and I'd love to play on his team. Plus, I already live here. I'm just waiting to see what happens.''

Boozer, 27, said he and the Jazz have agreed to part ways, and it's just a matter of ``finding the right fit and making it happen.'' He said there is no timetable, and the first thing he does every morning is check his cell phone to see if there are any messages about his next destination.

The Heat, in the market for another forward, has shown interest in Boozer and in Los Angeles Lakers free agent Lamar Odom, another friend of Wade's who used to play for Miami. Odom's price tag has been reported at $34million over five years. Boozer has one year left on his Jazz contract, and he was due $12.7million next season. Utah is looking to dump his salary to match Portland's four-year, $32million offer sheet for Paul Millsap.

There has been talk of a three-way trade in which the Heat would secure Boozer by sending Udonis Haslem and Dorrell Wright to the Jazz, and then Wright would go to Memphis.

OTHER TEAMS INTERESTED

The Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks also have been mentioned as possible suitors for Boozer, who is 6-9 and 266 pounds. He has averaged 16.8 points and 10 rebounds per game over his seven-year career. His playoff averages are 20.4 points and 12.4 rebounds. He said he is ``excited'' to begin the next chapter of his career, no matter where it might be, but Miami is his No.1 choice.

Since planting roots along Biscayne Bay five years ago, he has gotten more and more involved in the community. His camp business with Fragela is growing. Their company, CBF Enterprise, runs camps in Miami, Salt Lake City and Alaska, and their plan is to run other athletes' camps around the country. With the help of sponsors such as Converse, Powerade, Navarro Pharmacies and Pilon Coffee, they have been able to offer scholarship aid to kids who otherwise cannot afford camp.

Boozer said he loves working with campers because it is ``basketball at its purest,'' and he has fond memories of going to camps as a kid. Also, his half of the camp proceeds are donated to his Boozers Buddies Foundation for families of children with sickle cell anemia, a cause near to his heart.

FOR A GOOD CAUSE

His son, Carmani, was diagnosed with the disease while in the womb, and the Boozers spent $1.3 million on medical treatments that included a bone-marrow transplant. The delicate operation was performed at Miami Children's Hospital in 2007, when Carmani was 14 months old.

In order to get matching stem cells, the Boozers, with the aid of a genetics lab in Detroit, did in-vitro fertilization for a sibling (they wound up with twins) and one of them, Cameron, was an identical match. The stem cells were taken from his umbilical cord and used to save Carmani.

``Going through that puts everything in perspective,'' Boozer said. ``It makes you think about what's really important, which is family and health. I feel very lucky that we were able to afford those procedures, but most people can't. The average family couldn't do what we did, so my goal is to raise as much money as I can to save one kid a year. That's why this Miami camp means so much to me. Every kid who comes here is helping save another kid's life.''