Jodie Valade of the Dallas Morning News writes that Don Nelson and Mark Cuban continue to deny they'll make any blockbuster trades before the deadline.  Cuban shot down the notion of trading Juwan Howard for Marcus Camby and change, saying, "We aren't looking to add people to the IR right now."

But, the Mavs are looking to get a little payoff acting as a facilitator in other deals, namely whatever deal Denver can put together in shipping out Nick van Exel.  Dallas hopes to grab a defensive-minded role player likes James Posey in such a deal.