Any hopes for a deadline deal look to be...well...dead. It's getting really sad to see how much of a bust Miles has become, because he really showed a lot of promise in the early years.
"That's the thing: Maybe he'll be up and down this season, but when he's up, is there another center in the league quite like him? He protects the rim, passes out of double teams, has great hands around the basket, up-fakes on his jump-hooks, rebounds in traffic, even has a motor that keeps going and going (unlike a stiff like Eddy Curry). I'm not sure what's missing here. This is stunning. This is startling. There's almost no precedent for it. Just what the Lakers needed: More obscenely good luck. Meanwhile, I have to watch Al Jefferson whip jump-hooks off the front of the rim for the third straight season. I will now pour scalding hot water down my pants." -Bill Simmons on Andrew Bynum (11/08/06)
Notable mostly because it keeps Bell from joining the Lakers. Sources: Raja Bell spurns Los Angeles Lakers, headed to Utah Jazz So instead of a truce, we get another chapter to the feud.