Kaman available

[DarrinS]

Kaman could be a fantastic player if he was the only guy in the low post on a lousy team, but he is marginal on defense, and not a particular strong outside shooter. What this means is that he probably can't even get off the bench in Pop's system, and would clog the lane up and minimize the effectiveness of the Big 3.

Pass.

I agree. He's not an upgrade to our existing bigs.

[vander]

He's pretty pricey, but I'd like him more than Miller or Sheed, wouldn't give up Bonner for any of them.

If the clips are mostly interested in shedding salary, we could give them Bowen and Fabs

[SenorSpur]

Folks remember that whatever big the Spurs go after he MUST be at least be equipped to provide a combination of the following:

Defend the paint
Solid rebounding
Ability to protect the rim
Score in and around the basket

[TheManFromAcme]

I really believe that adding a player like Kaman next to Duncan now will put this team above both Fakers and Celts. However, I'm sure the Clippers can get more value somewhere else than what the Spurs can offer.

Classic case of Paranoid delusion. When will it end? Geez

Spurs fan is really digging deep into the hat now.

[bigdog]

Folks remember that whatever big the Spurs go after he MUST be at least be equipped to provide a combination of the following:

Defend the paint
Solid rebounding
Ability to protect the rim
Score in and around the basket

Ditto.

[EricB]

Folks remember that whatever big the Spurs go after he MUST be at least be equipped to provide a combination of the following:

Defend the paint
Solid rebounding
Ability to protect the rim
Score in and around the basket

Most realistic option that matches all of those, I'm sorry, is Brad Miller.

[Supergirl]

uh yeah, let's trade for an often injured slow moving white guy. Those types of players have worked out real well the past few years in the NBA.

[manufor3]

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/feature...te=&cash=12:24

[vander]

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/feature...te=&cash=12:24

I'd rather give up Manu than Bonner and Mahimni

[manufor3]

I'd rather give up Manu than Bonner and Mahimni

mahimini is extremely overhyped on this site

[HarlemHeat37]

Kaman is severely overrated, as is Brad Miller..I don't know why you guys want these overpaid players..

[MarHill]

God you people always think the Spurs have the very best player at every position and no one is tradeable. Stop falling in love with people, gets in the way of business.

It has to make realistic business sense and Kaman does not!

I'm all for the Spurs making a trade to make the team better...but they are not in good position to do that right now.

[ambchang]

HUH!?!? Hes a good outside shooter and hes always matched up well with Duncan!

http://www.nba.com/hotspots/

Out of the 156 shots he took this year, 108 of them were within 5 feet of the basket. He made 67 of them (62%), outside of that area, he shot 45% on 48 attempts, including 4 of 8 from long range. And that is based on a relatively small sample size, where he actually is better than normal. Last year, out of 699 attemps, 456 were within 5 feet. He shot 39.1% from outside that range.

I wouldn't call him to be particular good outside shooter.

[vander]

Kaman is severely overrated, as is Brad Miller..I don't know why you guys want these overpaid players..

hey, If the clips are willing to take less than fair value because he is overpaid, that's still a win for us, how many more years will the window be open? how many more years does TD keep playing?

we could offer them fabs and bowen, who's salaries add up to just barely within the 125% rule, then they could buy out Bowen, or not, either way they are shedding 30 million in salary, if that's not good enough, we could toss in some picks or cash, or the rights to some foreign player.

and if that's not enough, then yeah, Kaman probably isn't worth it

[fotan2]

Kaman ? oh ,i see . you mean that injury prone

[ploto]

He's not an upgrade to our existing bigs.

Might not like the $ tag, but he is definitely an upgrade.

[ploto]

Most realistic option that matches all of those, I'm sorry, is Brad Miller.

Defend the Paint!

[HarlemHeat37]

Kaman is obviously an upgrade to our bigs..but he's overrated, injury prone, and he sucks vs. the Lakers(specifically Bynum)..most important of all, his contract doesn't end until 2012.. that..

[PDXSpursFan]

Kaman is obviously an upgrade to our bigs..but he's overrated, injury prone, and he sucks vs. the Lakers(specifically Bynum)..most important of all, his contract doesn't end until 2012.. that..

Try Bonner vs Bynum

[my2sons]

Pop loves Kaman and i think he could help to win a couple or three more rings... don't care about 2010 if we get this guy now...

if the clippers are looking for a salary dump, then the robert horry scenario comes back to play. It all depends who they want. My concern is that this is still the clippers without much playoff experience. he is the 2nd best player on a very bad team. I don't know that I would dump that much chemistry for a position that again has traditionally taken 2-3 yrs for big men to adjust to in the spurs system. his salary is way too big to wait that long.

[PDXSpursFan]

Pop loves Kaman and i think he could help to win a couple or three more rings... don't care about 2010 if we get this guy now...

+1

[vander]

Try Bonner vs Bynum

Bonner handled Garnet, I think he could handle Bynum, He plays D a lot like Duncan, getting his feet in the right spot and standing straight up, doesn't get faked out, and doesn't give up anything easy

[coyotes_geek]

Bonner handled Garnet, I think he could handle Bynum, He plays D a lot like Duncan, getting his feet in the right spot and standing straight up, doesn't get faked out, and doesn't give up anything easy

Garnett's game is mostly shooting 15-18 foot jumpshots and turnarounds/fadeaways. Bynum's game is pushing Matt Bonner under the basket and shooting 3 foot jump hooks over him. Not to mention that life is a little easier for Bonner trying to "handle" Garnett when on the other side of the floor Tim Duncan only has to worry about Kendrick Perkins. Ask Bonner to take on Bynum while Duncan is occupied with Gasol and that's a different situation entirely.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Screw that.
The only big man worth the trade talk is Rasheed Wallace. I'd also like to grab Pachulia from the Hawks but I doubt they would want to let him go.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Pop has invested way to much in Bonner to move him. It would have to a impact player with similar skills for him to even consider it(Rasheed Wallace..but that is not happening either).

Did anyone mention Kaman makes too much money?

how in the does Bonner have similar skills as Sheed?? No offense to Bonner, but he doesn't even touch Sheed in terms of talent or impact on the game.