Deal for KG almost Dead

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I think [a trade] is unlikely. I'm expecting to make our pick," Ainge, the Celtics executive director of basketball operations, said Wednesday. "I've felt that way from the beginning, that these trades are hard to come by."</div>

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2007/ne...tory?id=2918509

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">As ESPN.com reported on Tuesday evening, Minnesota was looking to acquire Atlanta's No. 3 and No. 11 picks in the draft along with several cap-friendly contracts from the Hawks and Phoenix Suns. To participate, Atlanta wanted Amare Stoudemire from Phoenix.

On Wednesday, sources say one of the Hawks owners vetoed a hypothetical deal for Stoudemire.

The Suns claim to have never had any direct contact with the Hawks about a deal. While they have shown strong interest in acquiring Garnett, the deal never reached a stage where they were asked by either team to give up Stoudemire and never offered him in a trade.

While teams like the Lakers and Suns will continue to pursue Garnett, and the Wolves seem intent on trading him, sources say that it's unlikely a deal goes down by the time of the draft.</div>

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2919016

 

Quote from Jim Gray:

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Jim Gray quotes Steve Kerr: "There is absolutely no trade being discussed, I got a call a few minutes ago from the Hawks and it wasn't even for that, there is no truth to any of this. We are not trading Amare' Stoudemire to the Atlanta Hawks." Apparently Kerr met with Amare today and told him to dismiss all the rumors. But Amare also called Jim Gray tonight to see what was going on.</div>

Not surprised the Hawks deal fell through, I'm skeptical of Kerr, but I didn't think he would be that stupid.