Talkhard

Read it and weep (or not):

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/column...arc&id=1941853

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Xericx

OK. Screw Kidd.

Maybe if he beat his wife less, he wouldn't have a son with a head the size of a watermelon.

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digital jello

Classy.

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Xericx

Its true though.

Jason Kidd = wife beater.

His son = Big Watermelon Head

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Blazer Ringbearer

Class act, that Kidd...

It's a players league, let's get someone who wants to play here - maybe even someone without a huge contract and a suspect knee.

mediocre man

I say the hell with him. I hope the Blazers call his bluff and trade for him anyway. I'm sick and tired of athletes thinking they are in charge. If you sign a long term contract then you are at the mercy of the team that signed you. They can pretty much do whatever they want with you.

I also think it's more of a bargaining thing. I think if Kidd was to end up in Portland he would say that he was "misinterpreted" or that was "agent speak" whatever I think he would smooth it over.

SkywalkerAC

Awesome. Just make Babcock the proper offer already.

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Reep

Kidd's stance makes it easier to know which way to move. I'm kind of glad that it isn't going to work out. I don't think a back court of Kidd and Carter would win us a championship, so why do it. It is better to keep the flexibility and maybe pick up some good younger players down the road.

Telfair will develop as a good point, so the only other thing we are lacking is a good shooting 2-guard. Wait and see what happens. At least wait until the trading deadline.

Reep

How about we go ahead and trade for Kidd, and then turn around and send him to Toronto. That would teach him.

mediocre man

In your opinion just what is a "proper offer" for a shooting guard that is injury prone, has a bad attitude and wants out of Toronto badly?

meru

The article says this comes from a "source close to Kidd". This means it's an attempt to stop the trade. If the trade happened, though, I really can't see him sitting out. This is an empty threat. It's perfectly understandable - it's an attempt to influence the place he gets traded to. In all honesty, I can see why Portland wouldn't be high on anyone's list. But it's not his choice. That's the downside to those massive salaries. So I don't see that this is any impediment to trading for him at all.
(After all, he didn't want to go to New Jersey, but it didn't stop him leading the team to back-to-back finals visits.)

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Talkhard

Despite this story, I'm really starting to think that Portland will do a major deal before the trading deadline. The reason is simple: we have a very good player in Abdur-Rahim that we're ready to trade. Rahim is not just very good, he's on the last year of his contract. This means a team can try him out for the remainder of the season and re-sign him if they are impressed. If not, they can simply dump his salary. It's a win-win situation for anybody that snaps up Rahim, and I'm pretty sure someone is going to do it eventually.

Stoudamire is attractive for the same reason. He's the kind of player that could help a team make a playoff run, but he can also be jettisoned at the end of the year. Another win-win for whomever picks him up.

We also have some very attractive younger players that can be added to any deal. This gives us a huge advantage in trades.

It's just a matter of time . . .

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meru

It's been made. He turned it down.

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Blaze43

Steve Francis did not want to play for Orlando, but now he is happy their.

Gary Payton was not going to report to Boston, Gary is their for this year. Free agent next year and he can and will leave.

Jason Kidd does not want to play for Portland he can leave when he is a free agent, 5 years from now. Talk is cheap show me the money. Kidd will get plenty of green backs during those five years.