So, wait a minute. The New Jersey Nets want to trade for the Jazz's Karl Malone?

Somebody has been watching too much soccer.

Malone going to the Nets, as the latest popular rumor suggests, is about as likely as Sherman trading blue for gray.

In case you forgot, the Nets are the team run by former league disciplinarian Rod Thorn, whom Malone believes has been out to get him for years. They are coached by Byron Scott, who taunted last season that Malone has "no heart." And they are significantly propelled by Kenyon Martin, who tried to take Malone's head off with a clothesline foul last December.

Yeah, that would work.