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Memphis owner Michael Heisley, whom most suspect sold off Pau Gasol to the Lakers in order to make selling the franchise easier this summer, relates an interesting-if-true rumor from the inside in this morning's Memphis Commercial-Appeal."We were worried that the Lakers might do the deal with Chicago," said Heisley, who had learned the Lakers were talking about sending Kwame Brown and Vlad Radmanovic to Chicago for Ben Wallace.It's becoming clear L.A. was a bit desperate before managing to sew up Pau. Ben Wallace? That would've resulted in a slightly less painful cap situation (thanks mostly to Vlad's exile) but nothing close in terms of excitement around the league... and probably less cosmic results on the court.
That would have taken Brown's expiring contract off the table; the Grizzlies decided they had to act. "Otherwise we'd be like Chicago is today," Heisley said, "and gotten nothing done."
Heisley also passes on the offers for Pau which came from other teams: Drew Gooden and Larry Hughes from Cleveland (wow! oh boy!), Andres Nocioni and Tyrus Thomas from Chicago, and... Travis Outlaw and Raef LaFrentz from Portland. Outlaw's shown up in two separate rumors in the past week. Smoke, fire, etc.
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