Thank You Micheal Heisley

On October 25th the NBA board of governors approved the sale of the Memphis Grizzlies. It is now only a matter of time before Robert Pera is the now owner. With the ownership change now certain it is time to take a look back at the Michael Heisley era.

 When Heisley first brought the Grizzlies they were losing money, being miss managed and in Vancouver. He tried to succeed in Vancouver but couldn't. Maybe it was the lack of support or it could have been the crime and bad music.  

 Michael Heisley needed to get the team out of that city. So he came to Memphis. Since then the Grizz have made 5 trips to the playoffs & have played in a game 7 in the 2nd round. They have had 3 all-stars, and are now a team people respect. There have been some problems, the Otis Thorpe trade cost the Grizz a chance at, getting either Melo, D. Wade or Chris Bosh. Pau Gasol demanded to be traded & went on to win 2 NBA titles with the Lakers. (Which was great for me except Grizz fans whined about it so much that they then had trouble realizing that Marc Gasol was awesome) Beside Pau, Shane Battier, J-Will, James Posley all went on to win titles with the Heat the very next season after they left. Then there was this

Yes Mr Heisley, we are going to talk about how bad Thabeet is!

Yet Michael Heisley kept going and now he has sold the team for a profit and the team is better than ever. He is the reason why the Grizzlies are in Memphis. So Thank You Michael Heisley.