According to CBSSports.com's Ken Berger, the Celtics and Lakers have "engaged in preliminary trade discussions" in a deal that would send Dwight Howard to the Celtics and Rajon Rondo to the Lakers.
Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak told ESPN's Chris Broussard, "I haven't talked to Danny Ainge in weeks. I made the statement a week or two ago that we're not going to trade Dwight Howard and that hasn't changed."
When asked if a possible Howard-for-Rondo trade was discussed with Ainge, Kupchak responded, "No."
Kupchak had no choice but to deny the report. He can't come out and say that the rumor is true, or else that would go against everything he said a few weeks ago. It would also show that he made a mistake when he traded for Howard.
In today's NBA, you just never know. I wouldn't put it past Ainge.
But, it's highly unlikely that this deal happens.
Also...
* While speaking to reporters at NBA All-Star Media Day, Kevin Garnett clarified his cryptic comments after Wednesday night's game. Garnett downplayed any talk of him retiring at season's end.
"I did say that, didn't I?" joked Garnett. "I'm just being honest. To think that, first off, not to take this for granted and I'm more than honored and flattered. But to think that two years left, who knows what the future's going to hold for me. I can't say that I'm going to be an All-Star next year at 37, 38 years old. That's ludicrous.
"The question kinda came off as whether next year [I'm] making the All-Star [Game], I was like, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is probably my last,' then went into that way and spoke on it. I never said that I wasn't going to anticipate playing like an All-Star next year, I didn't say that.
"But to sit up here with all those young guys and up-and-coming talent, I can't just say that. I'm not that brash, that egotistical of a guy to say nothing like that. I'm more than honored to be here, it's not by coincidence, I'm working hard like the next man. But to sit up there and say that next year [he'd be an All-Star], I would never disrespect the game like that."
In an interview with WEEI this morning, Doc Rivers was asked to address Garnett's comments from Wednesday, and Rivers admitted that he doesn't even know Garnett's plans.
"Basically that we don't know what he knows," Rivers said. "With Kevin, I think every year is going to be year-to-year, and I really believe that."
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