According to
Chicago Tribune columnist Sam Smith,
Cleveland and
Portland both had offers in with the
Memphis Grizzlies in an effort to land 7-footer
Pau Gasol, who was traded Friday to the Lakers.
According to Smith, the
Lakers initially were offering
Kwame Brown and
Vladimir Radmanovic; the
Cavaliers supposedly were offering
Drew Gooden and
Larry Hughes; and the Trail
Blazers were believed to be offering
Raef LaFrentz and
Travis Outlaw.
The
Grizzlies were chasing expiring contracts, however, which posed the problem.
Smith also writes that
Chicago, the team who has been linked with Gasol for over a year, were dangling
Andres Nocioni and
Tyrus Thomas while the
Grizzlies wanted
Joakim Noah and
Thabo Sefolosha.
While there was no official offer on the table, Smith writes that
Memphis insiders believe that
Chicago would have accepted the deal because none of their core were included, and the
Bulls would have taken back a contract like that of
Brian Cardinal.
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