Should Kaman play a bigger role in the series?

Yes. I too called for starting him earlier and hoping he can get Jordan to get into foul trouble.

It will be 15 mins total. 6 minutes to start each half. And 3 mins in the fourth quarter to throw off their D a bit. It's a very logical solution, tbh. Let's hope Terry doesn't deliberate over this too long and makes the change quickly to see if it amounts to anything.

 

I say yes...this is why we rested him so much in the regular season...to become our playoff secret weapon! I'd start him....play him 20 minutes a night..long enough to get Jordan or Griffin in foul trouble.

 

Kaman never needed to be developed - he just needed court time for conditioning. I was SHOCKED that we didn't start conditioning him 3-4 weeks before the POs started. When Meyers went down, and with how awful Noah is, it should have been obvious that we'd need Kaman in the Playoffs. Even at his age he's still our best big.

 

You can forgive Stotts a bit given that we almost beat the Clips at home recently without Kaman (but for a few missed calls in the last two minutes).

I wouldn't be shocked if Blazers responded like Dallas did and catch the Clips sleeping in Game 2. They just need to hit those open threes.

 

I kept expecting it; Never happened.

 

I dont think he starts, but I bet we see him in the first half

 

Wow! You guys are severely over-rating Kaman. He's fine for a few spot minutes here or there, but he's just not that good. Certainly not good enough to change the course of the series.

 

Jordan plays 34 min/game. If Kaman can play half of that (17), then I think it will help make a difference. If nothing else than to give Jordan something else to think about. I would only play Kaman though when Jordan is in.

 

His competition is:

Plumlee, whose sole advantage is youth which may make him better defensively.
Davis, who, while better on defense, is much worse on offense.
Noah, who has no business donning a jersey in the Playoffs.

Kaman isn't overrated, he just doesn't have anyone in front of him who is clearly better.

 

Kaman would be our best big on offense. The problem is defensively. He's way to slow to guard Jordan. DeAndre will be running around him for easy alley oops all game. He would be even worse on Griffin. He'd be good against the Clippers backups.

If Stotts wants to play him 15-20 minutes to help our second unit offense; fine. If Stotts wants to play some of the young guys instead; I'll be excited to see what happens there. CJ had a horrible first two games last year against Memphis then blew up in the last few games. Maybe a young guy will surprise us once he gets comfortable with regular minutes in this series. It would be more helpful to see a young player who can help us in future years playoffs. Whatever; either way I'm fine with Kaman playing some or not at all.

Kaman isn't some magical solution that will win us this series. Some fans are acting as if he's an average starting center. Kaman is 6 years past his prime and even then had flaws.

 

Sure. Give him 15 minute against Jordan. Maybe they'll get in a fight and turn the series around!

 

The greatness of Kaman lies in his incontrovertible talents as a coach on the bench. While he is sometimes on his phone, possibly taking advice from Kim Hughes, he is a barking dog when it comes to instilling an unprecedented amount of team spirit in the young players.

 

Definitely not our best big...

 

Then who is? And why/how?

 

Davis? Because common sense lol

 

Defensively? Yes. Offensively? Not even close. And because Kaman is at least semi-capable of playing defense, while Ed really isn't capable of anything other than dunking, Kaman comes out ahead. Also, while I like Ed a lot, there are too many times he has little or no impact on the game.

 

Davis isn't even a bad offensive player. Kaman is slightly better offensively while falling far behind on every other aspect of the game.

 

While I agree Davis is our best overall big at the moment. Davis has zero outside shot. none. Kaman is solid from 12-15 and would shoot the lights out of Kaman.
Kaman also has more meat and can pound more down low compared to Davis.

Davis is still our best big though because of speed alone I think. He can keep up. Or should be able to keep up.

 

Okay. [terminate discussion]