The Bulls and Toronto Raptors were involved in serious trade discussions Friday for a deal that would include Jalen Rose, Antonio Davis and others, The Associated Press learned. But despite rumors that floated around all day, Rose was in the starting lineup for the Bulls against the Lakers Friday night.

Other players whose names have come up in the talks include Alvin Williams, Jerome Williams and Morris Peterson of the Raptors and Eddie Robinson and Donyell Marshall of the Bulls, according to a source close to one of the players who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The teams planned to speak again Saturday, the source said, and were likely to focus on a two-for-two deal. Rose, however, said he had been assured by Bulls vice president John Paxson that he would not be dealt to Toronto.

"It's blown up and become the kind of item that everybody that I know is calling me about," Rose said prior to Chicago's game against the Lakers. "People that I know in L.A. feel like they're coming to see my last game as a Bull.

"If it does happen, that means he went back on his word," Rose said. "I see him as somebody that's a man of his word and I have no reason to believe otherwise."