Editors' Note: This story was originally published on March 10, As soon as he steps to the free throw line inside Barclays Center, the cheers echo from a corner of the arena. Dinwiddie is in the midst of the best season of his career. At the time, he's averaging He's drawing All-Star consideration.

The prevailing notion in Portland was that Jason Kidd withdrew from consideration for the Trail Blazers' coaching vacancy in response to widespread local backlash about his history of domestic abuse. Why else would Kidd have taken his name out of the running just two days after Damian Lillard pointedly went on record as wanting the Hall-of-Fame point guard as his team's next head coach? Kidd became the Dallas Mavericks coach this week, quickly emerging as the only serious candidate in Mark Cuban's search after Rick Carlise's abrupt resignation earlier this month. As pretty as it was for Blazers fans to believe their collective outrage to his ugly past is what dissuaded Kidd from even making himself available for Portland's job opening, time proved a more unfortunate if logical likelihood.

By: Evan Jankens kingofthekc. Chauncey Billups became a member of the Detroit Pistons in and at that time all I really knew about him is he was a less-than-stellar third overall pick. Billups transitioned into the face of the Detroit Pistons. In honor of Billups having his number 1 retired by the Pistons Wednesday night against his hometown Denver Nuggets here are my three favorite moments from Billups time with the Pistons. And who can forget when he was introduced as a member of the Denver Nuggets in his first time returning to the Palace of Auburn Hills?

The business side of the NBA is not the only unfortunate set of circumstances fans and critics are exposed to. While the league is home to some earth-shattering talents, it also hosts some regrettable appearances. These, of course, are players who scare the hell out of us with their looks almost as much as or even more so than their talents.