<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class="bodytext"> </div><div class="bodytext"><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Bird took time from the draft to shoot down the latest trade rumor surrounding forward Jermaine O'Neal. Bird called a supposed deal with New Jersey for small forward Richard Jefferson and centers Nenad Krstic and Jason Collins "bogus." "We're not close (to making a deal)," Bird said. "We haven't even talked to anybody. All these trade rumors out there, it's all bogus."</div></div><div class="bodytext"> </div><div class="bodytext"> </div><div class="bodytext"> </div><div class="bodytext"> </div> http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...0550/-1/LOCAL17</div> </p> Posted by JCB earlier.</p> -Petey </p>
