02-07-2008, 08:26 AM
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 Grizzlies logic
Isiah Thomas ----are you listening to this???? Quote:
Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley said he agreed to deal Gasol to the Lakers for Kwame Brown (and his expiring contract), point guard Javaris Crittenton, veteran Aaron McKie, two first-round picks (2008 and 2010) and the rights to Marc Gasol.
Heisley's reasoning was simple.
"We tried to do trades with three or four teams, and what we were offered wasn't going to do anything to improve the team," Heisley said. "We had to reconstruct and start building a team like Portland did and like what Minnesota is trying to do.
"This trade will give us the ability to get the payroll in line. There is no mystery to it. I'm not dumb enough to think we got quality for quality for Pau. What we did was try to open up flexibility.
"We need to step back and put 100 percent of our concentration on the young players and look toward the draft and possibly free agency to build a team."
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