Oct 15, 2008 9:03 AM EST

Denver officials claim that trade talks involving Jamaal Tinsley are dead, but Indiana president Larry Bird says that negotiations are still active.

"We've been talking to Denver quite often, and I think it's in their hands now," Bird said on the radio earlier this week. "And I think we'll be talking a little bit more this week."

Nuggets coach George Karl said last week he "never knew it was alive" when asked about the possibility of landing Tinsley.

Via Indianapolis Star