The folks at the best Portland Trail Blazers blog ever—for reals, if you are getting your Blazers news anywhere but Blazers Edge, you are missing out—have posted this loving tribute to the recently traded Ike Diogu.

While he played less than four minutes in a Blazers uniform, Ike’s legacy is one that shall forever be remembered within the hallowed Rose Garden… oh who am I kidding? This video was shot a few hours after his trade was announced. Basketball can be so cruel.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GLMLXZEXRd8%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1

Ezra Ace Caraeff is the former Music Editor for the Mercury, and spent nearly a third of his life working at the paper. More importantly, he is the owner of Olive, the Mercury’s unofficial office dog....

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