In an interview with The Register-Guard, Blazer guard Damon Stoudamire said "Shareef was (ticked) off last year, but he's not going to be a guy who complains. I don't think it's in his nature to complain. ... He's a pro's pro, and I think he'll be in camp and be ready to do whatever they want him to do."

Stoudamire thinks Abdur-Rahim is "resigned to the fact that he's not going to get moved. Maybe as the season goes on (and) things progress, he'll get moved. I think he knows that's unlikely now."