Yahoo.com reported Saturday that although nothing is imminent, the Griz and Portland Trail Blazers have held ongoing discussions about a trade that would essentially swap Mike Conley for Travis Outlaw.

Those discussions, which began during the summer, continued through the first week of the season and have been dead for the past month.

The proposed deal began as a player-for-player swap involving Conley and Outlaw . At one point, Memphis was willing to include Hakim Warrick and asked for point guard Steve Blake. The Blazers countered with guard Sergio Rodriguez, who the Griz deemed a poor fit with their plans.

A team source said the Griz don't have anything brewing on any front. The source predicted that the roster would remain the same for a while, and didn't anticipate any substantive talks before Feb. 1.

The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 19 at 2 p.m.

It's possible that Portland could come calling again. The Blazers have expressed interest in Conley mainly to reunite him with former Ohio State teammate Greg Oden. Both players are represented by Mike Conley Sr., who works with noted agent Bill Duffy.

This is the second significant trade proposal that fell dormant with the Griz. They had talks with the New York Knicks about acquiring forward Zach Randolph. Memphis offered Marko Jaric and Darko Milicic, but New York declined after weeks of talks.

Randolph was recently dealt to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Ross out: Reserve swingman Quinton Ross was on the inactive list Saturday night with a sore left foot. Ross is day-to-day after sitting out the second half Friday during the Grizzlies' loss at San Antonio. His absence meant that veteran Greg Buckner and second-year guard Javaris Crittenton saw considerable more playing time off the bench.

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