Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley recently took responsibility for the recent shakeup in Memphis, stating that he wants to build a championship organization and that he plans on having a new management team in place before the NBA draft in June.

"The proof is going to be in the pudding - whether or not we win basketball games," Heisley said. "That's a process you've got to go through. I'm trying to put the organization together that is going to bring a championship basketball team to Memphis. If I do that, Memphis will love me. If I don't, Memphis won't."

Lakers great Jerry West is believed to be the individual that Heisley is most longing for, although he didn?t admit as much.

"I just don't have the liberty to discuss changes," Heisley said. "I'm just saying I think if we're successful, and we may not be successful, you'll understand what we were working on. It definitely wasn't a reflection on Billy. He's an outstanding person.?

"Quite frankly, it's just that I thought we needed to make a change in direction. I made that change. Last year, I made a change in direction with the team and we traded every major player. This year, we're making a change in the front office. For the last month, I've more or less tried to send some signals."

"I'm not looking back. Everybody thinks when you make a change, you're doing something because a guy did something wrong. I'm not doing it for that purpose. I think by the beginning of next season you will see that we made a change of direction in the front office, just as we did for the basketball team. The basketball world is replete with changes. I'm trying to come up with the best possible front office complex I can come up with, that I can win basketball games with."