The trade deadline is 3 p.m. Thursday but as the hours roll by the chances of a deal diminish. The Nets president of basketball operations continues to work the phones but attempts to acquire Melvin Ely or even Tony Battie have fallen flat. And the Nets' reported interest in Travis Outlaw? That apparently was not much more than an attempt to work a three-way deal to get Ely and it didn't work, either
- No deal, schmiel - Dave D'Alessandro - NJ.com
- Thorn doesn't see deal on horizon - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- Nets won't make any moves unless it's the right fit - Bob Considine - Asbury Park Press
- Mail's In - Dave D'Alessandro - NJ.com