Brain Windhorst of the Akron Beacon-Journal is in Portland where the Cavaliers practiced today. Talking to reporters, LeBron James was pointed in making clear the move he would like his team to make. Windhorst reports:

Mary Schmitt Boyer from the Cleveland Plain Dealer just mentioned the name "Jason Kidd" and LeBron James made some pretty candid comments on how badly he wants the Cavs to trade for him. Here it is:

"I would love to have a guy like Jason Kidd to be a part of this franchise, I think it makes us that much better of a team. Everyone knows how much I love Jason Kidd just throughout the summertime. It's not hard to see how much I'd love to have him as part of the team. Honestly, when you see Jason Kidd wants to be traded, you shouldn't have to go to the front office and tell them to get on it. It's Jason Kidd."

Then I was asked if being paired with Kidd could bring a championship to Cleveland. He said:

"Yeah..(pause and a smile) ... It's that easy."

The problem, of course, is that it's not clear what Cleveland might have that would match Kidd's salary while being enticing enough to get New Jersey to bite. Kidd's stock is not nearly as high as once was, though, so maybe something can get done now that wasn't doable before.

It's also not at all clear that the Cavalier organization wants a highly paid non-shooter on the downslope of his career, especially when it's sure to cost valuable assets. As much as the team wants to be competitive now, they also really need to be competitive in the summer of 2010, when LeBron James will be a free agent.

Windhorst puts the likelihood of a Kidd deal at 15%.

All that said, I'd love to see Kidd paired with one of the league's great scorers like Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. They would win games, and it would be great fun to watch.