If there was really much of a question...this afternoon's 2 p.m. trade deadline came and went and Ricky Rubio still is a Timberwolf.
So is Kevin Martin and everybody else as the Wolves head into the season's final two months with the same team that went 17-37.
At least for now.
Wolves general manager Milt Newton said teams called about Rubio and he had a duty to listen, but said he never shopped his starting point guard around.
"We're always willing to take calls about our players if it makes us better," Newton said. "When your phone rings, you have to consider.