While Pau Gasol is an untouchable for Jerry West, he has had trade discussions involving Shane Battier and Mike Miller.

The Grizzlies have already turned down a deal that would have landed them one of the league's starting point guards, West said.

"We need to do a good job in the draft this year," West said. "You have to give something to get something. Would we do that? Absolutely. ...Your mind is working constantly on how to get a player in here that will make a difference. Sometimes you do that at the expense of trading someone people wouldn't like (you to trade)."

Jazz basketball boss Kevin O'Connor shed no light Monday on a weekend newspaper report that power forward Carlos Boozer is the subject of trade talks between Utah and the Memphis Grizzlies, the Deseret News is reporting.

"I've got no comment," said O'Connor.

Citing unidentified "plugged-in league executives" as its sources, the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal revealed Sunday that the Jazz and Grizzlies are talking about Boozer.

Talks between the Jazz and other teams evidently heated up earlier this month during the NBA pre-draft camp in Orlando ? with several players, not just Boozer, among the topics of discussion.

League executives report to the Akron Beacon Journal that the Memphis Grizzlies are in trade talks with the Utah Jazz about ex-Cavalier Carlos Boozer.

Bobby Jackson vowed that he will not be returning to the Memphis Grizzlies during an interview with Sports 1140 KHTK, the Sacramento Kings' flagship station.  He stated he will test the market, but Memphis was definitely out of the equation.

Jackson said he was not a fan of Grizzlies' coach Mike Fratello's system and criticized the coach for not knowing how to use him. He added, he understood why former Grizzlies' guard Bonzi Wells had problems with Fratello.

With a possible sale in their forseeable future, the Memphis Grizzlies will be closely watching how much they spend over the offseason, and according to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal there is a mandate in place not absorb exorbitant salaries.

Team insiders have been led to believe that the most talked-about suitors -- a group led by former Duke Blue Devils Brian Davis and Christian Laettner -- will put up or shut up in terms of financing by July.

The potential purchasers of majority owner Michael Heisley's 70-percent share are said to be moving closer to achieving an asking price that exceeds $300 million.

Local investors still would have roughly 60 days to match an offer for majority ownership.

Either way, the Grizzlies are not interested in again paying the dollar-for-dollar luxury tax on a payroll that exceeds $55 million. Memphis operates with the league's seventh-highest roster payroll at more than $65 million.