Morey's trades are never leaked before they happen. Ever. If a trade happens, it will be out of nowhere. If he's in 'talks' with somebody, just ignore it. Lin was a lock to go to Philly last week btw...And Asik to NOP was out of the blue.
Not the same as a trade. When you are in talks with signing a Free Agent you can be sure that a lot of people know about it since the Agent is probably trying to play one team against the other to drive up the player salary. In a trade, DM may only be involving one other person until the trade goes down.
and Deng and Pierce and Gasol and every other FA in existence Rockets claims that they are very serious to everyone. Thus, no one can know who they're truly serious with.