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didn't read it...
Spurs, Pistons keeping close check on Chris Kaman, but Clippers won't move him until resolution on restricted free agent DeAndre Jordan.
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didn't read it...
kaman, is he available? i hope he considers playing for the Spurs
if Nene wants a contender, why not Spurs???/
Nene please come to the Spurs man , please
LOL
The best that we could offer is : RJ + Dejuan Blair + taking Gomes scrub ass back using Mcdyess expiring + our 1st round pick
The Clips offered D. Jordan a 5 year $40 mil offer sheet. Let's see if he signs it and then see what the Clips do with Kaman.
Dude is huge. He may not be a regular Mutumbo or anything but he is a legit center and is probably the best we could get and would finally be the first true big to start next to Timmy since David. Get this mf'er, I don't care if he's injury prone or looks like primitive man. If it gets Bonner less minutes I'm behind it
no one has given me any props for being the very first one to suggest it... :self loathing
hm.
a trade of RJ, Dice, Blair for Kaman, Gomes is definitely intriguing.
why the Clippers do it?
well, aside the fact that they don't do it, they might see some talent in Blair (for a cheap price), the chance to dump Dice and create cap space (if waiving Dice to save the ungaranteed part of his contract is still possible) and replace Gomes with a better player. (yeah. RJ is better than Gomes, at least for a running team).
Tony-Neal
Manu-Anderson
Gomes-Leonard
Tim-Bonner
Kaman-Tiago
this might work.
I've always like Kaveman. Solid not spectacular. Better than Rasho for sure. Please please get a legitimate center for once and for all.
Please please please please please please please please.
Kaman was mostly injured last year, has an expiring contract and his market value is on the bottom. Clippers would glad to get RJ and Blair on return for him.
But the question is, should we give up Blair for Kaman? He would be useful if he stays healthy and we would resign with him reasonable contract.(i.e.4 years 25M). But if he won't be healthy, it would be a bad move. (Good news: Kaman played well on European championship and he was in a good shape)
Reading about the Clippers' interest in Paul and Howard, I can't help but (laugh) notice that they're going to be trying to clear 2012 cap space like nothing else.
Thus, RJ + Dice + Blair for Kaman + Gomes actually adds $6M to their 2012-2013 payroll, leaving them with not enough room for two max contracts.
What they'd really like to send out is Kaman + Mo Williams, but the Spurs can only cobble together enough salary to get within 80% of that (inverse of 125%) by including Green and Butler with RJ/Dice/Blair.
I think if they found out they could sign Howard and Paul, they could get a team to take on Mo Williams, though I also doubt they'd be fully in on that deal, I think they're hoarding cap space aswell.
If both Howard and Paul accepts Clippers offer(which is unlikely), they can use amnesty clause on Mo Williams(or RJ) to clear cap space.
But they wouldn't want both RJ and Williams on their team, because they could only amnesty one.
You could turn this into RJ/Dice/Blair/Bonner/Butler/Green for Kaman/Mo Williams/Gomes, saving the Clippers another $630K due to Bonner's contract being slightly smaller than Gomes's.
Edit: now that I read about teams not being able to amnesty traded players, the Clippers definitely won't want RJ, even if they can dump Williams. They'd keep Williams instead and amnesty him if need be.
Dice's contract would be valuable to the clips, they can clear out 5 mil by buying dice out at 2mil. I dont see why, if they're looking to clear up space, they'd want RJ unless they're in need of a 3. I think the numbers would work but they'd have to see value in RJ.
Kaman is about to hit 30 and thus will do jack for the rebuild other than stealing away draft picks and young talent. Pass.
That's really young for a Spur
the rebuild! i want a le in 2012 and we need a big man to do it!
There will be a lot of chances to rebuild after Duncan hangs them up.
After Tim and Manu are gone the Spurs will have a lot of chances to go into the lottery, Kaman isn't good enough to change that.
If you were talking a real difference maker like Nene or Tyson Chandler I'd be fully on board with mortgaging the future, but not for an injury prone player like Kaman who has never shown any consistency in his career.
Probably won't happen...but would be much more exciting from a fan perspective than moving nowhere in FA.
if we get him A+ offseason
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