[skip] Who told you that this trade has been "dead" or "revived", all happened between several hours? Everything we can read other than those "official" announcements from both parties (and of course, the grumbles by peja), are coming from Jim Gray and Chris Sheridan, both from ESPN. The local radio stations now are saying, all of this mess very well could be just that: It never was that close to come to fruitation, at least till now. It very well could be that certain journalists are making something out of the blue. Let's see where was it all started this morning. NY Post, Peter Vescey reporting that "It's finally getting down". I guess he can't be more happier right now, being looked as the prophet, after thousands of misses. There did almost have a trade today, and there did have some blocks on the road (mostly it's like from the agent of Artest, ironically). I would call it right now, that this trade is "postponed". Certainly not dead. Ron will meet with Pacers' top brass next morning and we should get a much better idea about how things will turn after that. And bottom line is, I will choose to comment on certain player's behaviors AFTER everything is done and the smoke is cleared. Especially in this case, when it seems like it's Mark Stevens, the agent (maybe soon to be ex-) of Artest, who acted as the spoiler of the whole thing. If Ron still has a brain (which sadly is a BIG IF), he won't get into the way. More patience is definitely needed, for both side of the fans, in this bewildering hour... --

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