Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff

The alarm has sounded and no, there is not a snooze button to hit two or three times. The NBA trade deadline has come and gone. The Celtics were not-so-surprisingly silent, but they weren’t the only ones.

They say where there’s smoke there’s fire, but this year’s trading deadline was just a smokescreen pure and simple.

Nets stars Jason Kidd and Vince Carter will be playing out the string in the Garden State despite rumors sending Kidd out West or Carter to New York.

It appears that Pau Gasol’s home will remain with the Grizzlies until the end of the season. His possible destinations were said to include Boston for several weeks now. Instead, he’ll continue “Walking in Memphis.”

No, the only fire came from Portland swapping guard Juan Dixon for Toronto’s Fred Jones, and the Atlanta Hawks getting their claws on veteran guard Anthony Johnson in exchange for sending their second-round pick to Dallas.

There was smoke alright. It came from a few over-hyped trade deadline firecrackers.

We’ll let you know if something happened late and just doesn’t get announced until later in the day.

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