no, it really doesn't make sense. assuming the rumor was truth and then that the rumor that talks are dead is also true doesn't make any sense on its own, but if we go ahead and assume those are both true and that the talks are dead it would make no sense to try to hide that as some scheme to trick people into talking about amare more.
Well... that's part of the plan. The other part, of course, is if we get 1,000 posts about Amare, the Blazers get him. It's in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Unfortunately, my scheme was exposed and all of my hard work has come undone. Ed O.