Resisting an urge he gets every year about this time, Glen Grunwald decided to stick with what he's got on the Toronto Raptors. Even if no one can be certain just what that is.

After a day spent listening to proposals from other NBA general managers, Grunwald let the league's trade deadline pass without as much as swapping second-round draft picks or divesting himself of someone buried at the end of the bench.

"We just couldn't find a deal that would make sense for us," Grunwald said last night after the 6 p.m. deadline passed with no action. It wasn't for a lack of trying, though.

Grunwald said he had several conversations with other GMs during the day but wouldn't say if he got close to a move. And the fact he was talking doesn't necessarily mean he's not happy with the roster he's constructed, just that he's supposed to talk at this time each year. "You have to listen," he said. "I'm supposed to make this team as good as it possibly can be."

The biggest name the Raptors pursued in the last week or so was Phoenix guard Penny Hardaway, but the talks broke off. There were a variety of other smaller deals Grunwald said he considered.

"We thought about several proposals."

One of the big reasons Grunwald didn't make a deal of any kind is that he thinks he might have a pretty good team whenever the injured players get back into action.