Why Jason Kidd Would Ruin the TrailBlazers

A few years ago, the Trailblazers were making a run at the title. They had a very talented roster with players such as Rasheed Wallace, Scottie Pippen, Arvydas Sabonis, Brian Grant, and Damon Stoudamire leading the charge. Many Blazer fans believe only a fourth quarter collapse against the hated L*kers prevented a second championship from coming to Portland. Yet even during that run there was a distinctive lack of excitement around the team. That lack of excitement has regularly been attributed to the character of the players on the team—the Rasheed Wallace technicals, the Qyntel Woods dog-fighting, the players cursing out Coach Maurice Cheeks, Damon Stoudemire choosing tin-foil as a masking device for the marijuana he was trying to smuggle through airport security, Ruben Patterson and his sex offender problems, Zach Randolph being Zach Randolph, and a host of other issues. The team was winning but nobody really cared.  Along came GM Kevin Pritchard and the famed draft ... (link)