Memphis is instead of Ronnie

Memphis Grizzlies pushed Ronnie Brewer out from the rost and he will wear the jazz jersey in the first-round draft pick.

The trade completed just before the 1 p.m. MST deadline Thursday should open up some room in a position where the Jazz are well-stocked and reduce the club’s luxury tax burden. But it is costing the Jazz’s first-round pick in the 2006 draft who has started every game this season and averaged 9.5 points. “We felt like we gain an asset for drafts coming up,” Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor said Thursday. “We felt like we had a lot of players that were similar.”

Thomas thought it's a little too fresh for him to really have a good handle on his feelings right now.