Agent: Dave Joerger has decided to stay in Memphis

Coaching superagent Warren LeGarie just texted me this message: "Dave has decided to stay in Memphis."

Dave, of course, is his client, Memphis coach Dave Joerger, who spent 2 1/2 hours interviewing with Wolves owner Glen Taylor Saturday in Minneapolis after he interviewed with Wolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders on Thursday.

So is it real?

Or is it big-time negotating plain and simple?

Two sources close to the situation assure me it is real, that the Grizzlies never intended to let Joerger go without some very real compensation -- swapping the teams' first-round picks (Wolves own No. 13, Grizzles No. 22, plus perhaps more -- that the Wolves aren't willing to give and that Memphis owner Robert Pera has assured Joerger he wants him to stay.

Wolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders declined comment, as he has about the search since Rick Adelman announced his retirement last month, except to say this:

"Dave was going through the interview process. We had good talks but it became very apparent to both parties that Dave was going to remain in Memphis."

Who knows? The Grizzlies still could at some point fire Joerger down the line -- anything possible with Memphis -- and the Wolves could still hire him, I suppose.

For now, those sources say the Wolves will continue with their hiring process, which has included interviews with former Toronto coach Sam Mitchell and former Memphis coach Lionel Hollins, among others.