You wouldn't think Gerald Wallace would mind going from the dregs of the Eastern Conference playoff bracket to an exciting team in the thick of the playoff race out West, but Wallace isn't exactly happy with the trade that sent him from Charlotte to Portland last month.
Wallace has re-vamped his game as an exciting sixth man for the Blazers, currently fighting for the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoff bracket. He's driving more, and making a difference for a Portland team that seems the exact opposite of the dreary bunch he left behind in Charlotte.
But that doesn't take away the sting of being told you're not wanted. From the Associated Press:
"To feel like you're not wanted anymore or you're not good enough for the franchise anymore it's a slap in the face," said Wallace, whose new team faces the Bobcats Friday. "That was a hurtful feeling for me."Wallace went on to say he felt as if the Bobcats gave him a "stab in the back," and went on to provide several reasons why.
Back in Charlotte this week to play the Bobcats for the first time since the trade, Wallace recounted how Bobcats coach Paul Silas told him on the day of the trade deadline that all trading options had been exhausted, and that Wallace was safe to feel comfortable as a member of the Bobcats for the rest of the year. Why he would feel safe in that is anyone's guess, but here's how Wallace remembers that Thursday
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