Bulls GM Paxson Says "No Deal!"

"There's not a deal done," said Bulls GM John Paxson. "There's not going to be a deal done. All the things that were out there were really unfair to all of us who were trying to do our jobs. The misinformation ... I think gets in the way of the process. It's just such a complicated thing and we kind of put it to rest now."

There was a rumor most recently that would have seen Ben Gordon and a signed-and-traded P.J. Brown to Sacramento, Chicago's Ben Wallace and the Kings' Ron Artest heading to Los Angeles and the Bulls landing Kobe Bryant. I could see that deal working defintely infavor of both the Bulls and the Kings, but the Lakers getting an over-the-hill Ben Wallace and a time bomb like Ron Artest just wouldn't have been a logical trade.

The trade deadline isn't until February, so it's possible talks between the Lakers and Bulls could resume.