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Dodigago · 11-14-2005, 07:26 AM

Rumors persist that Sacramento’s Peja Stojakovic wants a trade to the Bulls or is hoping to sign here as a free agent next summer. But Deng’s upside makes acquiring another small forward a difficult call. The biggest question right now is the revolving door at power forward. Michael Sweetney (9.8 points) has been an effective scorer, but coach Scott Skiles hasn’t played him more than 25 minutes in any game." Arlington Heights Daily Herald

NR 1 · 11-14-2005, 10:04 AM

just a rumor after loss..

maKINGSofgreatness · 11-14-2005, 06:05 PM

There really doesn't seem to be a reasonable trade between the two anyways. They are not going to mess up their young team for a 28 y/o player who doesn't do anything more than shoot, and unless the Kings are ready to blow it up, which they shouldn't be, they'd be breaking up a veteran team.

They wouldn't trade Tyson, Hinrich, Gordon, or Deng.

Pejavlade · 11-14-2005, 07:27 PM

http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/be....asp?id=120502

bballisgreat · 11-15-2005, 01:46 AM

the kings are really struggling right now, these types of rumors happen alot when a team is not playing up to expectations.

**Peja Vu** · 11-15-2005, 07:07 PM

Peja's agent denies story of trade request

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"My first reaction was, "What the (...) is going on?" Bauman said.

"So I called Peja and wanted to find out if anything had happened in the last 24 hours since we'd talked."

What had happened was an Arlington Heights Daily Herald story which stated that "rumors persist that… Stojakovic wants a trade to the Bulls or is hoping to sign here as a free agent next summer."

The report prompted various NBA Web sites to circulate the speculation that Stojakovic - who asked for a trade before last season - wanted out again. Bauman, though, said that couldn't be more false.

"We categorically deny that we're asking for a trade," Bauman said.

"We haven't discussed free agency at all in the past two months. It's the furthest thing from his mind. I know he just wants to get the team right. These kinds of false rumors, it's almost like they're designed to cause turmoil.

"I guess that's what they need to do to get people to click on their web sites, but I really resent people printing rumors as fact. I can tell you we had nothing to do with it."

When asked about the report on Monday, Stojakovic said, "I can't control what the papers (do), or what somebody is going to write. It's going to be what it's going to be. I can't really say what's going to happen (in the offseason)."

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