"The Spurs apparently were active right up until the cutoff point before the lockout as they attempted to swing a late trade.

ESPN.com's Marc Stein tweets that Spurs and the Knicks both were interested in 6-for-9 forward Omri Casspi, who eventually ended up in Cleveland in the J.J. Hickson trade.

Casspi remained with the Cavaliers and the Spurs couldn't get the deal done before last Thursday's shutoff point. "