denverpost:Indiana forward Ron Artest's agent expects his client to spend this holiday season in a Pacers uniform.
The Pacers still plan to trade Artest, who recently requested to be dealt and then changed his mind.
The Nuggets have acknowledged talking to Indiana about Artest and are rumored to be dangling forward-center Nene and guard Earl Watson in exchange for Artest and guard Anthony Johnson.
Artest's agent, Mark Stevens, said Wednesday he is talking to Pacers president Donnie Walsh regularly and expects a trade after the holidays.
Walsh told The Indianapolis Star he doubted a trade would happen this week and said he was still trying to narrow teams for a two- or three-team deal.
"We're just waiting to hear," Stevens said. "Of course, we are part of the process, and no team wants a player that doesn't want to be in that city."
Stevens said he and Artest have not discussed the Nuggets.
"If that becomes an option, we'll cross that bridge when we reach it," Stevens said. "But right now it's not an option. To speculate would be like saying, 'What would you do with a million dollars?' When you get the million dollars, then you decide what to do with it."
