NBA: Grizzlies exec calls trade flap 'unfathomable'

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Memphis Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace called the unravelling of a planned three-team NBA trade over apparent mistaken identity of one of the players involved ''unfathomable."

The deal proposed on Friday would have sent Washington Wizards player Kelly Oubre to Memphis, the Suns' Trevor Ariza to Washington and have the Grizzlies send one of their two players named Brooks – MarShon or Dillon – to Phoenix along with Wayne Selden.

''What happened last night was unfathomable. I've never experienced this before, and we were very clear about who was in this deal and Dillon Brooks never was intended to be a part of this, was not from our standpoint,'' Wallace told reporters Saturday, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

''And we made this very clear, it was not Dillon Brooks. And I let Dillon know that after the game, too, that don't believe what you're reading and hearing tonight. You were not a part of this trade and you're not going to be a part of it.'' Clutch, 80-73, and bolstered their playoff chances in the Datu Cup at the Lagao Gymnasium here.

Leomar Losentes knocked in 11 of his 19 points in the fourth period while Delmar Mahinay poured in all of his 14 markers in the first half as the Warriors moved into a tie with the Parañaque Patriots at sixth place with 8-9 win-loss records.

Gen-San also welcomed celebrity baller Gerald Anderson.

Having grown up in Doña Soledad, one of the towns in the Tuna Capital of the Philippines, Anderson came out and played for the first time and finished with nine points, six rebounds, hitting a three-pointer before the final buzzer as Marikina cruised to a 76-62 win over the Mandaluyong El Tigre.