The Cavaliers and Blazers both made a push for Caron Butler, but Ernie Grunfeld never seriously considered trading either player, according to team and league sources.

"We were having a number of conversations and usually those conversations go right down to the deadline," Grunfeld said. "There were a couple of things we thought might happen, but nothing came to fruition that we thought was going to help us."

Via Washington Post

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