Grizzlies guard Jamaal Tinsley will face his former team, the Pacers, in Memphis on Friday night.

Tinsley says he has no animosity toward the Pacers, who asked him to stay away from the team after the 2007-08 season.

Indiana forced him to sit out last season while removing his name from all team-related materials and promotions.

"It didn't hurt my feelings at all," Tinsley said in a phone interview with the Indianapolis Star. "I gained a lot of stuff out of the situation. You realize and learn more stuff as you get older. I can't control how they feel about me. I have no bad feelings about them.

"I don't dislike them. It's a business. They wanted to move on, and I wanted to move on, too."

Tinsley signed a one-year contract with the Grizzlies in November.

"Just another game, a game we need to win," Tinsley said of Friday's matchup with the Pacers.

He is averaging 4.5 points and 3.6 assists in Memphis.