<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> No Extension Yet Chris Kaman, who sat out Wednesday's game while nursing a slight hamstring strain, is still mulling the club's five-year, $50 million contract extension offer. He has until Oct. 31 to accept it, under league rules, or it goes off the table and he becomes a restricted free agent after the season. Making such a proactive offer is a change for Donald Sterling's organization, which in the past has always allowed the market to set the price. The long-term contracts signed by both Brand and Maggette in 2003 came after they'd signed offer sheets from Miami and Utah, respectively. If it came down to it, the Clippers would likely match any offer to Kaman, too. "I don't know why (a proactive contract offer) didn't happen in the past," Dunleavy said. "But I think it's the prudent thing to have happen, and I'm glad everybody here sees it that way." What About Mike? Meanwhile, talks on a new contract for Dunleavy have gone at something of a glacial pace. But he professes little concern. "We haven't gotten to my situation," Dunleavy said. "When we do, I hope it's something that's done fairly easily. If I don't think it's going to be like that, I don't want it to be a distraction to the team, so I'd (want) to wait until the end of the year." </div> Source
