No deal imminent involving Maggette

General Manager Elgin Baylor recently said the Clippers had ended discussions about a proposed trade that would have sent Corey Maggette to the Sacramento Kings for forward Ron Artest.

Although the Clippers might move Maggette, whose agent has requested a trade, before the Feb. 22 trading deadline, no potential deals are considered imminent, team sources said Thursday.

Many teams are interested in Maggette, sources said, but the Clippers have not received what they consider acceptable offers. Maggette averaged at least 20 points in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons and has a cap-friendly salary of $7 million a season through the 2008-09 season, so the Clippers would want to receive much for him.

Moreover, owner Donald T. Sterling’s feelings about Maggette could present another hurdle.

Maggette has been among Sterling’s favorite players since Baylor acquired the 6-foot-6, 225-pound wing player from the Orlando Magic after his rookie season.

Sterling probably would have permitted Baylor to trade Maggette for a player the caliber of Artest, but the basketball-operations staff might have more difficulty in persuading Sterling to move Maggette for many other players.

The Clippers might have two first-round picks (theirs and Minnesota’s from the Sam Cassell trade) in the June draft, so they could wait until the summer to package Maggette with a pick in a bigger deal.

Stay tuned.

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Quinton Ross scored a career-high 24 points in Wednesday’s 115-109 victory over the short-handed Golden State Warriors, who dressed only eight players.

“They were playing a lot of zone, so there were a lot of open gaps, open shots, but you’ve still got to make ‘em,” said Ross, averaging 6.2 points. “I got the looks and I made ‘em.

“It’s just all about the mind-set. You just have to be confident out there and take what the defense gives you.”

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The Clippers and Indiana Pacers moved to end speculation of a potential Maggette-Mike Dunleavy Jr. trade.

Before Wednesday’s game, the Warriors sent forwards Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, Ike Diogu and guard Keith McLeod to Indiana. They received forward Al Harrington, swingman Stephen Jackson, forward Josh Powell and guard Sarunas Jasikevicius.

“I talked to Indiana today for 45 minutes and there was no talk of any kind of deal,” Coach Mike Dunleavy said. “He’s there because they want him there.”

Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh said a report about a proposed trade was “absolutely untrue.”

jason.reid@latimes.com