From Petrie to Glide to Dame: The All-Star history of the Portland Trail Blazers

RASHEED WALLACE

Rasheed Wallace was the Trail Blazers’ first All-Star of the new millennium. The number four pick out of the University of North Carolina, Wallace made the All-Star team as a Blazer in 2000 and 2001.

Wallace is all over the Blazers’ career leaderboard.

And in his 2000 All-Star season, Wallace scored 16.4 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked 1.3 shots per game.

In 2001, he got even better: 19.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.8 blocks.

As Rip City well knows, Wallace’s personality was as big and bold as his game. I’ll let Wikipedia sum up his on-court shenanigans:

"Wallace is currently the NBA’s all-time leader in player technical fouls, with 317. Wallace also holds the single-season record for technical fouls. In the 2000–01 season, Wallace received 41 technical fouls over a span of 80 games, about one technical foul for every two games."

It should also be noted here that Wallace popularized the phrase “ball don’t lie,” which I and thousands of other NBA fans say several times per game when refs make bogus calls and opponents miss the subsequent free throws.