K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune reports that the latest trade rumors involving the Bulls? Jalen Rose and the Knicks? Latrell Sprewell are false according to Chicago GM Jerry Krause.

"We're going to end this absurdity," the Bulls' general manager said. "I just talked to Jalen and I told him there is totally no truth to all these rumors. ? I wouldn't say it to him again except his family had heard it. All this junk that has been printed, there is totally no truth to it. So that ends that."

Rose was glad to hear the public announcement.

"I come to practice and the guys watch the news and the reports and they saw the rumor, so eventually everybody is going to ask me about my knowledge of it," Rose said. "I think it's good for a guy [Krause] to come in and put it to rest in the mind of the team."