Schmoozing the players, strong-arming the agents, blueprinting the strategy -- that was the easy part of the free-agent process. Today, Kevin O'Connor must do something far more difficult:
   
Nothing.
   
NBA free agents can sign contracts beginning today, and an All-Star roster of talent -- Jason Kidd, Gary Payton, Jermaine O'Neal and Karl Malone among the most notable -- is expected to make official moves that have been discussed for weeks.