http://www.canada.com/sports/basketball/st...D1-4C7246DA1396 <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen said Rasheed Wallace wanted to play elsewhere and that was the deciding factor in the club's decision to trade the embattled star. "We talked about taking the team in different directions and Rasheed wanted to play somewhere else next year, and we (took) all those factors into account," Allen said in a news conference at halftime of Portland's game against Utah on Tuesday. "We got three great guys and two guys who have been all-stars, so given those parametres I think we came out in a pretty great place." </div>
