would acquiring Gilbert Arenas be a good move for the blazers and how would fans react?

I was reading about Gilbert's comments about washington being "Wall's City" and it got me thinking about his next destination if he was to move. as a blazers fan my first two reactions where would he go to portland and then immediately he would never work in our culture. that was my knee jerk reaction but should it be? first off would be what we would have to give up to get him. as far as i can see it would take a package of Arenas and McGee for Miller, Przy, and Rudy. Blazers would get a Starting PG and a young 7 footer that could back up Camby and Greg with much less worry about injury problem then the current three bring to mind. Blazers would also gain the loss of Rudy who at this point might be as detrimental to team chemistry as he is a positive for his shooting. lastly the blazers would gain a roster spot that could be used in many ways from another defensive specialist to another center to patty mills and give him a healthy year to prove himself. the Wiz would gain the loss of paying a back up PG 17 million dollars a year along with a shooter in Rudy that could make a very explosive guard tandem with Wall, but realistically they would do this because never in their wildest dreams would they think they could get Arenas off their books. so i think they could get the deal done if they wanted to. 

So the question turns to would Gilbert be good for the team? I don't know if that question has a yes or no answer. he is or at least has been a great three point shooter which is a very important aspect of playing PG in Nate's system. He is at least as fast as Miller which doesn't say a lot about top speed but an important distinction to make. before his gun incident he was dropping 22.6 ppg 7.2 ast 4.2 rebounds and 1.3 steels and that was with a lot of the defensive guard pressure on his shoulders and a slow start coming off injuries, playing next to Roy he would get less touches but easier touches. if he doesn't become the long term option his would at least open and additional 3 years of PG play to continue looking for or developing a PG of the future. in my own opinion Bayless isn't that future and i think we need more time to develop another option. Arenas' contract is large but we do have one of the richest owners in sports and he badly wants a championship, i hate to overpay for guys but PG is the position that will put us over the top if any position is going to do that. so it becomes a question of chemistry and attitude. we know there is a high level of arrogance we know he isn't completely living in reality, the question is can he coexist and flourish here? will he flame out in derious miles fashion of can he be the NBA Michael Vick? even though depending on your politics you might say that one did something much worse then the other they have similar story lines. Arenas is a head case in a fantastically talented body with a great court vision will he come back lost or driven and in a blazer locker room where you get rid of rudy could they handle one guy being a little out there? is the role of the dice worth it to find out?

lastly it falls to the city, as it should in portland. the team is our movie stars, our spotlight for the city nationally and most importantly our states children playing basketball for 20,000 of the craziest most protective parents in american sports. there are a lot of arguments for better fan bases in american sports but no fan base even approaches the parenting and loyalty to each individual player. how many fan bases can speak intelligently about the 16th guy on a 15 man roster, how many fan bases put their franchises in timeout, the loudest cheer at the first preseason game this year was for Joel in street clothes, a guy that on a healthy team is the 3rd center and when they cut over to a baby, A BABY, the whole crowed booed until they when back to joel and the rose garden went crazy again. how would those fine people of which i am one react to a guy with Arenas' history? I don't know but i'm starting to think i would like to find out.