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This just in. . .

Jerry West refused to confirm or deny the exisitence of the "so-called trade deadline."

Danny Ainge was just sent a thank you note by Nextel Wireless.

Juwan Howard, who has been traded in two of the last three trade deadlines, has gone into hiding. He was last seen with Chris Gatling, the patron saint of trade deadline deals.

League sources say the Knicks are offering the Hawks an autographed photo of Isiah for Rasheed Wallace.

Allen Iverson is already feeling disrespected by the 28 teams that haven't traded for him. "I'm not going to put up with it," Iverson said. "Our relationship is over."

The Pacers promise to include Larry Bird in any Austin Croshere trade.

Donald Sterling just sold his Clippers season tickets.

Mark Cuban claimed there was a 99.9 percent chance that the Mavs won't make a trade unless they're offered Erick Dampier, Rasheed Wallace, Brian Grant, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Kurt Thomas or anyone else for that matter.

It's the trade deadline, baby. The crap coming from teams smells a lot like the Magic and the Hawks. The truth, as the Knicks have reminded us all season, is that good trades can still happen in the NBA. And sometime after the 3 p.m. ET deadline, we can all go to bed. . .

Until then, ESPN Insider breaks down what is and isn't going down as we head into the homestretch. . .

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