Even before the irrelevant Webber signing, blockbuster Pau Gasol trade and interesting Shaq swap I've been pining for a Kidd trade. My thought process went something like this...the west is the best, the east sucks...having a couple great players on bad east squads isn't entertaining...so send the good players to the west and make it even more competitive...hand out championship rings after the western conference finals... Except for that last part, I'm sure most agree. Why keep the best pg in the league (fuck what you heard about Chris Paul and D Will, yeah they're nice but put Kidd on a squad with some ballers and see what the Human Triple Double does) languising on a squad that won't be going anywhere soon.
I saw him fitting in perfectly in Denver, Camby and Martin blocking shots or grabbing boards and igniting the break, Iverson and Melo filling the lanes, Smith (if he isn't traded) catching oops off the blind side screen. Or in Dallas, where he was drafted back in '94 (Webber was drafted in 94 too...hmmm), running pick and rolls with Nowitki a la Stockton and Malone, penetrating the lane and dishing to Terry in the corner for the three. Denver might happen but Dallas won't.
Cuban recently stated that to get Kidd he'd have to trade half the team and it's not worth it. He's right and without their key players the addition of Kidd won't do much. Would of been interesting anyway though. But now that Dallas is out, lets hope Denver pulls the trigger - Denver'll work out better anyway.
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