<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Burning questions as the Pistons head toward the All-Star break and the trade deadline: Q. Anything happening on the trade front? A. Not as far as the Pistons are concerned, anyway. Joe Dumars told me that most teams are biding their time, waiting to get closer to the Feb. 22 trade deadline. I don't think the goal has changed. I think the Pistons are still trying to move Nazr Mohammed and Flip Murray. I think they would like to get a veteran point guard or combo guard. But, for sure, there is no urgency on Dumars' part. He is not desperate to do anything. Q. What about reports linking the Pistons to Portland's Juan Dixon? A. I think that's the type of player the Pistons would be interested in, but not him specifically. The Pistons never discussed him, internally or externally, until the report surfaced. It was subsequent to that that the Blazers made a call to Dumars. The Pistons like Dixon as a player, but they aren't making any deal for him. Q. With the East so wide open, you would think there would be a lot of wheeling and dealing. How come it's been so quiet? A. The fact that it's so wide open is part of the problem. There are more buyers than sellers. I think, too, that Pau Gasol is the big domino this trade season. I think a lot of teams are waiting to see how that turns out. But things always pick up after the All-Star break. All the general managers will meet in Las Vegas. Certainly some deals will be hatched there.</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">hustler Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Nice to not hear any Billups trade rumours.</div> Huh? Why would there be any?
<div class="quote_poster">AllNet Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Huh? Why would there be any?</div> I was concerned because at the beginning of the season, there were questions whether or not he stays.
<div class="quote_poster">hustler Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I was concerned because at the beginning of the season, there were questions whether or not he stays.</div> It wasn't trade rumors, people were just thinking he might not pick up his player option after this season.
