Miami Heat heac coach Stan Van Gundy has heard the rumors, but chalks it up as idle talk.

"What I would say to Caron is there's good reason your name keeps coming up," Van Gundy said. "First of all, all the good young players' names will come up because their contracts are low so they're good values No. 1.

"No. 2, if you're going to deal with the Miami Heat he's about the only name that's going to come up. I think people assume we're not going to give up (rookie guard) Dwyane (Wade) after the rookie year he had, and our other guys who people might want have very large contracts.

"We're not looking to deal Caron. That's for sure. Nobody in this league is beyond being discussed. (Shaquille O'Neal's) name is out there now."