Grizz Owner: Wait, I'm Cool With Pau Trade

Via Hardwood Paroxysm, Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley decided to refute some quotes published by Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski regarding delayed displeasure with the Pau Gasol trade. How? By calling a Grizzlies blogger, 3 Shades of Blue.

Michael Heisley called me from Kuala Lumpur. ... This is the message Mr. Heisley wants Memphis fans to hear and understand. Michael Heisley is in no way unhappy with Chris Wallace. Michael Heisley approved the deal with LA and it accomplished what Mr. Heisley wanted. If anyone wants to be upset about the deal they should be upset with Heisley not Chris Wallace.

If nothing else, this means Gregg Popovich should stop egging Wallace's house and instead turn his scorn to Heisley.

I have no clue if Heisley's comments to Wojnarowski were taken out of context, and I suspect 3 Shades (despite all the vitriol heaped on Wojnarowski, a reporter with a good reputation) also doesn't really know if the Yahoo! piece was unfair. Heisley's own reputation as someone trying to shrink his franchise's financial burdens to help a sale doesn't help his case. (Nor does the tone of the 3 Shades piece, which is quite unfortunate.)