horrible if true

["Ozersky, Joshua A" <OzerskyJA@corning.com>]

from CBS sportsline

Trades cannot be made until Aug. 1, so the Raptors would have to select players on the Rockets' behalf during Wednesday's NBA draft. 

Can this be true?  We have to endure another whole month of rumors???  I can't take it no more!  What's the deal, does anybody know?
Joshua Ozersky
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