The Nets have been through this before. Late Friday afternoon, they began training camp, again dealing with a circus of trade rumors. And again, they had no choice but to get started, preparing for a season that starts Dec. 26. Fourteen Nets were in the gym. Travis Outlaw can't partake in scrimmages or contact drills for 10 days.

"I guess it comes with the business," Brook Lopez said of the rumors afterword, "but what can you do?"

"It's just a rumor," Deron Williams added. "There’s nothing you can do about that. We can’t get caught up in all of that. I’m not paying much attention to it."

Outlaw said that he hopes to remain with the Nets. "I don't wanna be known as a player that got a check and all of a sudden disappeared out of the league."

Meanwhile, in Orlando, Dwight Howard didn't exactly assure Magic fans that he wants to stay.

• Nets open camp as Howard buzz resonates - AP
• Practice video - Nets Basketball (via Facebook)
• Howard trade talks include Lopez, though center hopes to stay with Nets - Colin Stephenson - Star-Ledger
• Nets' Travis Outlaw still with team, but he may soon be an amnesty victim - Colin Stephenson - Star-Ledger
  
• As camp starts, Nets are center of attention again - Al Iannazzone - The Nets Insider
  
• Lopez trying to 'ignore' trade rumors - Mike Mazzeo - ESPN New York
• Williams says practice going very fast - Mike Mazzeo - ESPN New York
• Williams says practice going very fast - Mike Mazzeo - ESPN New York
• Nets Stay Focused Amid Rumors - John Schuhmann - NBA.com