Bruce Ratner has emphatically denied any talks with parties looking to buy the Nets and move them to Newark. "The team is very simply not for sale and any stories that suggest or insinuate that we would be interested in listening to those conversations are flat out false," Ratner said. "We are focused on breaking ground on the Barclays Center in Brooklyn later this year and building all of Atlantic Yards, nothing else." Governors of New York and New Jersey each expressed hope the team would wind up in their state.

• Ratner: Nets Not For Sale - Tom Canavan - AP
• Booker to Brooklyn: Let's settle Nets matter on basketball court - Jeffery C. Mays - Star-Ledger
• Corzine wants Nets to stay in New Jersey - Ian T. Shearn - Star-Ledger
• No Nets' For Sale Sign - Richard Sandomir - New York Times
• Nets owner says NBA team not for sale - Julian Garcia - New York Daily News
• Rally Will Call on Governor To Halt Atlantic Yards - Peter Kiefer - New York Sun
• It's time to bring Nets to Newark - Steve Politi - Star-Ledger
• Paterson Sympathizes With the Dolans Over M.S.G. - Em Whitney - New York Observer