A potential trade of center Marcus Camby to the Portland Trail Blazers "never got off the ground," Vandeweghe said.

The talk centered around the Nuggets sending Camby to Portland for center Arvydas Sabonis and the 23rd pick. The Nuggets already had $18 million in salary-cap space, and that trade would have given them an additional $8 million because Sabonis is expected to retire.

Vandeweghe said the trade never came close to happening.