Pursuit of... a point guard?

I'm sure everyone's tuned into the last half of the season, seeing the Blazers succeed and win a playoff spot would be great, but of course we have to look forward too.  I'm sure more than some of the fans out there are somewhat disappointed by Kevin Pritchard's failure to move the RLEC (Raef Lafrentz Expiring Contract).  Granted from what I saw, there really wasn't anything that was super appealing.  Richard Jefferson is not $9.2 million better than Travis Outlaw, and the presence of homeboy Luke Ridnour will do nothing except stunt the growth of Jerryd Bayless.  Honestly, Steve Blake and Steve Blake 2.0 isn't a stronger backcourt than Steve Blake and Jerryd Bayless.  There was another murmuring of landing Andre Miller, but at the cost of Jerryd Bayless, and I'm pretty sure the Blazers weren't going to mortgage their future (possibly) PG for the sake of half a season of Andre Miller plus maybe a second round exit.  As good as Andre Miller is, he wouldn't have taken the Blazers over the top.  So since the trade deadline is over, the Blazers really can't do much with their roster, except wait until the summer...

In the summer of 2009, RLEC becomes less money on the payroll, Channing Frye becomes an restricted free-agent (and I don't see them matching anything anyone, if anyone, will throw at him), and Blazers fans curse the Memphis Grizzlies for signing and playing Darius Miles.  So what to do?  The free agency list isn't exactly brimming with talent.  The best small forward available would likely be Hedo Turkoglu should he opt out, and while he'd be great on the Blazers, I'm not sure Kevin Pritchard would be inclined to pay a 30 year old a 5 year $50 million contract, which would probably be something he'd be asking for.  In terms of PG, there are a lot of veteran names out there, so here's my advice to KP, if he can pull it off.

Sign Jason Kidd to a cheap 2 year contract, trade Sergio Rodruiguez, Outlaw, and Blake for an SF (if possible). 

Before everyone starts yelling at how Kidd is over the hill, a huge defensive liability, hear me out.  As bad as Kidd has gotten, he's still Jason Kidd, he's still a great floor leader that can run a great offense.  Certainly, it might be tough given that Blazers play such a slow game, and Kidd's offense isn't that geared towards a 1/2 court offense (in which case maybe Andre Miiller or Mike Bibby would be better), however, it'd be a great development opportunity for Jerryd Bayless to play with one of the greatest PGs in the league, even if he is running out of gas.  The offense honestly would still be based around Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge, in fact, I think Kidd will be able to get them better shots.  It doesn't hurt that he's a great rebounding guard too, still one of the best (6.2 per game).  If you can get him for a reasonable amount, say a little over an MLE for 2 seasons, then I think that'd be a huge growing opportunity for Bayless and really enable him to develop into the PG that I think would help the Blazers the most.

Just my take, I think offseason 2009 could be huge for Blazers.