NBA.com: A couple hours after he scored 27 points in a 102-96 win over Dallas, Shareef Abdur-Rahim was traded to Portland in a five-player deal that sent Rasheed Wallace to Atlanta. The Blazers also landed Theo Ratliff.

this is wonderful! we've been bill-gotharding-up the blazers and have invested in players with character. i am very excited about this trade. so excited that i had to run a simulation of what they would actually look like in different jerseys, playing with each other, against each other! thanks to wonderful technology brought to you by EA sports, i've recreated a matchup betwen the new portland blazers and the new atlanta hawks. enjoy

and what would a game be like without some action?

manhandled:

"I like your knees."

we're going to miss you rasheed. you and your off court problems. but no worries, shareef has a funny, foreign name just like you.


..and of course, portland pounded them at the end