Omer Asik talks progressing

Latest rumbles from the Omer Asik trade sweepstakes:

While strong rumbles persist that the Philadelphia 76ers are the team most likely to go along with such an arrangement, there's fresh talk in circulation about another potential co-conspirator.

The Boston Celtics.

The Celtics possess two players in different salary ranges that would presumably fit in useful ways next to Dwight Howard: Jeff Green and Brandon Bass.

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The latest signals out of Cleveland indicate that the Cavaliers like the thought of keeping Anderson Varejao better than the prospect of trading him for Asik.