Barring an 11th-hour trade that would significantly improve their draft position or help land a veteran big man, the Grizzlies are poised to keep the 13th pick in Thursday's draft.

At least that was the consensus on Tuesday, the last day the Grizzlies worked out prospects.

"We can move up if we wanted to," Griz president Jerry West said. "I feel very strongly that we could. But I think after the first three picks, I'd rather keep what we have and let somebody else draft up there. We think we'll get a nice player at (13)."

The Grizzlies also own the 27th pick in the first round but are without any second-round selections.

West later said the Grizzlies "need to get out of the trading business," debunking an earlier notion that they would attempt to make a splash in the draft.