The Grizzlies are well aware that trading young center Hasheem Thabeet may have been a mistake.

Memphis drafted Thabeet with the second overall pick less than two years ago.

"I don't know whether it's a mistake (having drafted Thabeet)," Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley said. "I look at (giving up Thabeet) with great concern. ... I think Houston needs a good center and I think that Thabeet could come back to haunt us. ... Absolutely, it's hard for us (to trade Thabeet). It's extremely hard. ... If he develops, he's going to be a big factor in this league and we might be eating our words."

Heisley, though, said Memphis brass determined the risk was worth taking because they have Marc Gasol and re-acquired Shane Battier.

"To tell you the honest truth, we wanted Shane,'' Heisley said. "So you can't have everything you want in this world. We had other options (in trading Thabeet), but we wanted Shane. ... (Battier is) probably one of the most popular players we've ever had."