BREAKING BIRD: Chris Andersen said he preferred to view his trade from the Heat as an opportunity to be reunited with former teammate Mario Chalmers with the Memphis Grizzlies, rather than as being cast aside for luxury-tax savings. "Me and 'Rio won a championship together and our nickname was 'The Package Deal,' " Andersen said in his introductory comments in Memphis. "So we thought we was going to get the package deal when he got traded here earlier [in November], but it seemed they broke us up. But here we are today. We're reunited." Birdman said he departed with no ill will. "There's no hard feeling, nothing like that," he said. "I mean, what I've accomplished in Miami and winning a [2013] championship and what I did in that community and the way they embraced me there, you never take that away." He deadpanned he should be able to pick up the Grizzlies' system quickly, because, "my basketball IQ is like a genius." He even put a positive spin on sitting out the past month with a bruised knee. "It actually saved me, to do what I need to do, to get ready for March, because March is a big month," he said, eager to get back on the court. "It's a good move for me, because first, I'll be able to get some minutes and produce."