A year earlier , Mitch Kupchak had heard Gasol was possibly on the market .
A year earlier , Mitch Kupchak called his former boss and Lakers great Jerry West , who was running the Grizzlies at the time .
A year earlier , Mitch Kupchak had heard Gasol was possibly on the market and called his former boss and Lakers great Jerry West , who was running the Grizzlies at the time .