Donnie Walsh didn't entirely dismiss the concept of New York trading for Gilbert Arenas when asked about it on Friday.

"I don't know if he's available, and I don?t know if he?s going to be able to play. There are a lot of questions, and we?ll have to see as time passes what the story is, but I know this: When I had guys in the same situation, I traded all of them," Walsh said.

Walsh was running the Pacers when he was essentially forced to trade both Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson for behavior issues.

"I?d have to make that decision at that time," said Walsh when asked if he would sacrifice his future cap space to acquire Arenas. "But he?s a very good player."