No, he didn't. Perhaps you missed his actual quotes while you had your meltdown after PMing me repeatedly (again).
Kaman or Zaza make a lot of sense for a desperate team that's ok with mediocrity. Can someone find Olshey's quote from last year saying he dient want to spend money on short term guys.
Which is why we're not re-signing JJ. When a player as mediocre as Kaman does that against you, you know you've got to make a change.
So: last year we try to sign Hibbert just after picking Leonard. After a rookie season where Leonard looks at best raw and at worst completely clueless, suddenly our sights are lowered as far as Chris Fucking Kaman?
Summary from hoopshype regarding Kaman Unrestricted / Center / 7-0 / Last team: Dallas / Stats: 10.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 0.8 bpg Doesn't put much attention to defense or rebounding, but size and offensive prowess guarantee another nice contract. Read more at http://hoopshype.com/free_agency/centers.htm#Pc6qFUxJ8b2giG0f.99 LOL exactly what we don't want
Really not sure what you guys are expecting. Olshey tried for Gortat and Jordan using the 10th pick, but Phoenix and the Clips weren't interested. Houston wants assets for Ask and the Blazers don't have them. Pek would've been another RFA wild goose chase. Talking to Kaman and maybe Dalembert seems like the best options available. With Thomas on board, playing LMA some minutes at C is reasonable. Kaman's dull but experienced.
Last season Kaman had a PER of 16.3, put up 18pts/10rebs per 36minutes. The main issue is he only played 1360 minutes over the season. I assume the low minutes are a combination of injury and poor defense (they also had Elton Brand, who put up worse stats but is a much better defender). I guess I'd want to see how healthy he is. If we could add him and Dalembert or O'Neal for $10m combined, I guess it's something I could live with. We'd basically look a lot like the 2013 Mavs (a .500 team). Maybe a little better, considering LMA is better than Dirk at this point and Lillard is better than Collison. I'm not quite as fascinated with the idea of "moving the needle" (which I take to mean moves that vault us into being a conference finals contender.) Mostly because I'm desperate. I don't think we keep our draft pick next year, so there's no point in tanking. We've got a mix of decent potential guys (Robinson/Leonard) mixed with two star, two good role players (Batum/Matthews) and a shitty center rotation. Some basic competence at Center may be enough to have LMA and Lillard grow together and propel this team into relevancy. Maybe a little like how the old Stockton/Malone teams would limp along with barely competent centers for about a decade. Not ideal, but there's always hope it improves with Leonard or Whithey. The current team is only going to be a contender if Lillard evolves into an MVP-caliber player. Period. But even if he doesn't, I just want a team that's relevant after so many years of futility.
But if tanking were ever an option, the time is now. The 2014 draft is supposed to be the best since 2003. If I had to choose between being the 7th or 8th seed or trading Aldridge and tanking one more year, I would choose tanking.
Oh. Thanks for clarifying. I haven't been following the team as closely lately. I'm changing my opinion to "Easily. Swayed." I cringe at going into the deep end of the pool and trading Aldridge, but I guess I could get behind yet another tank job.
