Yeah, we know, you have heard enough about Nick Van Exel to last you a lifetime.  Well after 6pm Eastern today it shouldn't matter anymore, because Nick will either still be with the Nuggets or he will be the newest member of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

According to Kyle Ringo of the Rocky Mountain News the Nuggets had a deal lined up with the Boston Celtics that would have made Van Exel a Celtic, but he said he killed the deal because he was being asked to make too many concessions to complete the trade. What happened to following through on your word, ey Nick?  The Celtics then turned around and completed a deal with the Phoenix Suns, landing Rodney Rogers and Tony Delk.

Van Exel believes that either the New York Knicks or the Minnesota Timberwolves are the team still in the hunt for his services.  Reports out of New York say the deal is dead, leaving Minnesota as the other potential possibility, but all Nuggets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe said when told Van Exel still thought there was a chance was "It's questionable."

It is unsure if Van Exel would ever take the court again for the Nuggets even if he wasn't traded, perhaps opting for season-ending surgery on his elbow instead.

"I would hope so," Vandeweghe said when asked if he hopes Nick would play if physically able. "Nick is a very good basketball player. Obviously, as you all know, we are paying him a lot of money and we would certainly hope that he would play."

"What I would like to do is to see if I could play without damaging it any more, because it was hurting in December and I got it shot up, and what I was told was that it wouldn't flare up again until (the time of the playoffs)," Van Exel said. "We're far from that. We're in February and it's flaring up again. It's just really taking a chance on me hurting it worse than it already is and being worse for being surgically repaired. I've got to make that decision."