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From Hoopsworld

Rasheed Wallace is feeling the heat over the team, his performance, and his recent comments in the Oregonian. Rasheed is getting very frustrated over the occasional mental lapses by many of his teammates. This was very evident in Rasheed being upset over the constant ability of the Spurs to get to the rim. Rasheed also understands his need to be more active in the post and has played effective games over the last few nights in the post. He is taken a more active and vocal role with the team in this regard. Rasheed is also taking serious heat from his close friends and family over his comments to the media. Rasheed is even more doubtful of the media, but also seems to be opening a glimmer of understanding as to the reasons why Rasheed needs to learn how to effectively communicate with the media.



The Blazers recognize that the biggest weakness on the team is at the small forward position and have inquired about Tracy McGrady for Rasheed Wallace, which is one of many conversations that the Blazers had about trading Rasheed. They also inquired about Paul Pierce and were similarly rebuffed.