Blazers sign Chris Kaman

This flatters Lopez. Hawes must think DeAndre Jordan is more of a pushover, to take Jordan's job.

 

That's more than Freeland, more than Leonard and way more than Greg Oden

 

Exactly

 

Word

I'll bet anyone on this board that Hawes doesn't put up numbers much better than Kaman next year.

 

Sphincter Hawes.

 

I think he was joking.


"Even taking a little less money, this opportunity was too exciting to pass up," Hawes told Yahoo Sports on Friday night. "I've had a taste of the playoffs before, but being a part of this team will be just incredible. You get to a point where you really realize what's important, and I was thinking: 'What would my 12-year-old self have done? What would he prioritize?' It was this opportunity and what they're building with the Clippers."

The Clippers recruited Hawes hard for the full mid-level exception and worked with his agent, Greg Lawrence of Wasserman Media Group, on a deal that includes a player option for the fourth year and a 15 percent trade kicker, sources said.

After a productive season between the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers – in which he averaged 13.2 points and eight rebounds – Hawes had become a desired commodity on the market. For the Cavaliers, Hawes shot nearly 45 percent from 3-point range.

 

So chris kaman is the all star right?

 

I think Neil has some other moves up his sleeve. Possibly trades.

 

Channing frye sign and trade involving Claver and something and signing a cheap pg. I still don't think mo comes back.

Also after seeing chris bosh and la destroy the league stretching the floor all the stretch bigs are in ridiculously high demand so if we pull off frye we should consider it a massive win. Kaman was a pretty big win for the same reason, however that might speak to the loss of frye.

 

as do I

 

Pops could make Claver into a super sub. Can we pry someone from sas?

 

I don't get why people are so upset. Hawes didn't choose us so we went with next next option. During the playoffs there was a huge drop off when Rolo went to the bench. We needed a true back up center. While Freeland had games where he played well he's not a center. We got killed on the boards when he played center. Kaman may not be a good defender but he's better at guarding centers than Freeland, better rebounder and will give you more offense. We improved our bench and that's what we needed to do.

I think like Rolo people will be surprised how much be helps us.

 

I agree. Howard would shove Freeland aside with ease. He won't be able to do that as easily against Kaman if Lopez gets in could trouble.

 

I think Hawes will get more minutes than Kaman, so he probably will put up better numbers. Hawes will also finish games since Jordan is such a poor free throw shooter.

But as many have mentioned it was essential that we got another center for depth purposes. And as many have also mentioned Kaman is a quality center when healthy. 4 months ago I watched him put up 31 points, 17 rebounds and 6 assists against Phoenix. The guy can still play.

 

Everyone talked about Robin not being a good defender. Kaman is very similar as a defender. Neither are shot blocking dynamos because most dynamic shot blockers get a lot of blocks from the weakside helping. Kaman and Robin block their matchups shots straight up. Also both are pretty good man on man in the post. Kaman is a better offensive player than Robin while Robin is slightly better on D. Kaman also is a very good passer. I think we will all be happy with his play once he suits up.

 

Damn that Olshey for passing on Hawes!!1!

Wait...what?

Hawes passed on the Blazers?

Damn that Hawes! Doesn't he know Portland is in the Northwest!!1!

We coulda been a contenduh!!

 

OK as I try to accept Kaman (a guy the last small market team he played for sent home because of his attitude) maybe the logic goes like this:

Blazers need a backup center because Leonard not ready and Freeland is limited. Not getting Hawes. Kaman available and worth about 3 million or so a yr. Can wait to see if he accepts BAE but might get signed by another team for more. If you offer 3.5 for 2 yrs that would be very competitive but leaves less than 2 on the MLE and about the same as the BAE. Blazers only have two spots open so if you are going to burn the MLE, why not give him the entire thing in exchange for a buyout of 1 million. Kaman gets his 6 million, which I can't imagine he would get more from any other team (or they wouldn't have agreed to this) and Blazers get their flexibility . . . . . .so they can dump him after a yr when they find out he is an unmotivated and lazy center (sorry couldn't resist typing the last part )

But maybe that's the logic behind throwing this guy 5.8 million???



tl/dr: if going to burn MLE, why not give it all to him in exchange for flexibility . . .