(1)Danny would say he is not interested in player X, if he is not interested in X.
(2)Danny would also say he is not interested in player X, if he has already made a deal to trade for X.
Until the trade season is over, Danny is both interested and not interested in any given player.
Briefly put, Danny's thoughts and actions interact in ways that one cannot be accurately described independently of the other. Instead, his thoughts and actions must be described as a holistic system (aka
Verschränkung Danny).
Note also that Danny is technically not lying in (2). Why would he be interested in a player he has already traded for?