It's still 'highly unlikely' up until the point he makes a decision. Which will probably be the Nets.
What people don't seem to get is why basketball players play basketball, which is to maximize their potential and feel good about their efforts and accomplishments. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, a good player would rather play an active, important, even major role for a decent team than play half or a quarter of the minutes for a contender that doesn't really need him. It's not ego at all... it's more like pride, or a sense of self-worth. It's what caused Malone to finally turn San Antonio down (even if he was a goob during the whole process).
If you understand players and their motivations, their senses of self-worth, you can see why Abdur-Rahim is highly unlikely to join the team for a small, in-active role. Maybe once he's accomplished more and his career is dwindling, he'd accept a diminished role, but this is a player in the prime of his career and the prime of his life. Who expects him to dampen his spirits in this way?
Some fall into the 'Marcus Bryant' kind of thinking, where a player is insane if he doesn't immediately fall into the arms of the Spurs for whatever 5 minute incremental scraps he'll receive. And then people bad-mouth them for making good decisions.
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