According to Kerry Eggers of the Portland Tribune, Blazer management is happy with Shareef Abdur-Rahim, and there is an increasing possibility that the team might sign him to a free-agent deal next summer.

While keeping Abdur-Rahim would make the Blazers' frontcourt one of the deepest in the game, it would prevent them from using the former Cal star to lure a star backcourt player to Portland.