Donnie Nelson said the incident involving backup big man Tim Thomas at a local restaurant is being "way, way overblown'' by media accounts.

Thomas threw a chair at somebody, according to a police report.

Donnie Nelson refuted the report.

"What I can tell you is that Tim was not involved,'' he said. "He's 30 years old with a wife and kids. When the situation started to escalate, he left the property immediately. Certainly we're working with authorities and our security folks to get to the bottom of it. But this is something that's way, way, way overblown.

"Innocent until proven guilty in this country, last I checked.''