Chris Kaman Agrees Upon Two-Year, $10M Contract With Blazers

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 3:31 am

Chris Kaman has agreed upon a two-year, $10 million contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports

RoyalMajesty · Post #2 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:06 am

What's going on with Meyers Leonard? Did they gave up on the guy?

James72 · Post #3 » by **James72** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:16 am

RoyalMajesty wrote:What's going on with Meyers Leonard? Did they gave up on the guy?

You want him?

GreenRiddler · Post #4 » by **GreenRiddler** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:18 am

RoyalMajesty wrote:What's going on with Meyers Leonard? Did they gave up on the guy?

lol why you interested? check back after SL. 8-)

Post #5 » by **GimmeDat** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:19 am

RoyalMajesty wrote:What's going on with Meyers Leonard? Did they gave up on the guy?

Yeah. He was atrocious from what I've heard. Like not even backup material. You'd think he'd at least be serviceable with that athleticism.

Pickled Prunes · Post #6 » by **Pickled Prunes** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:21 am

Hells yeah, the Kaveman! I'm beginning to gain confidence in Neil Olshey. Kaman is much undervalued and I was hoping they would bring him in last year before they picked up Lopez.

RoyalMajesty · Post #7 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:21 am

James72 wrote:
RoyalMajesty wrote:What's going on with Meyers Leonard? Did they gave up on the guy?

You want him?

Curious? Yes. Interested? Maybe, depending on what the Trail Blazers want for him.

RoyalMajesty · Post #8 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:22 am

GreenRiddler wrote:
RoyalMajesty wrote:What's going on with Meyers Leonard? Did they gave up on the guy?

lol why you interested? check back after SL.

Curious? Yes. Interested? Maybe, depending on what the Trail Blazers want for him.

James72 · Post #9 » by **James72** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:33 am

RoyalMajesty wrote:
James72 wrote:
RoyalMajesty wrote:What's going on with Meyers Leonard? Did they gave up on the guy?

You want him?

Curious? Yes. Interested? Maybe, depending on what the Trail Blazers want for him.

You can have him if i was GM. Dear god has he been awful.

Chuck Newhouse · Post #10 » by **Chuck Newhouse** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:41 am

James72 wrote:
RoyalMajesty wrote:
James72 wrote:

You want him?

Curious? Yes. Interested? Maybe, depending on what the Trail Blazers want for him.

You can have him if i was GM. Dear god has he been awful.

I'm curious about this...how has he been awful? Strengths weaknesses?

juduking · Post #11 » by **juduking** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:42 am

There's another team to mark off of the Greg Monroe trail. No Pelicans because of Asik, No Hawks because of Sefolosha, and no Blazers because of Kaman. That leaves the Hornets, Magic, Suns, and Lakers as teams that could steal him outright without a sign and trade. Fingers crossed the Pistons can keep him.

James72 · Post #12 » by **James72** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 4:43 am

Chuck Newhouse wrote:
James72 wrote:
RoyalMajesty wrote:
Curious? Yes. Interested? Maybe, depending on what the Trail Blazers want for him.

You can have him if i was GM. Dear god has he been awful.

I'm curious about this...how has he been awful? Strengths weaknesses?

Strengths: Athleticism and range for a 7'1" C...thats it.

Weaknesses: BBall IQ, anything defensively, post moves, really just about anything else. He is literally lost out there. If we were still rebuilding, maybe in a few years he could have some sort of impact...but he is literally years away.

Fresh360Waves · Post #13 » by **Fresh360Waves** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 5:06 am

juduking wrote:There's another team to mark off of the Greg Monroe trail. No Pelicans because of Asik, No Hawks because of Sefolosha, and no Blazers because of Kaman. That leaves the Hornets, Magic, Suns, and Lakers as teams that could steal him outright without a sign and trade. Fingers crossed the Pistons can keep him.

Even though the Blazers were a team that was listed as an interest, they would not have been able to get him anyways.

Fresh360Waves · Post #14 » by **Fresh360Waves** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 5:07 am

RoyalMajesty wrote:What's going on with Meyers Leonard? Did they gave up on the guy?

Looks like it.

PDX_DL0 · Post #15 » by **PDX_DL0** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 5:07 am

GimmeDat wrote:
RoyalMajesty wrote:What's going on with Meyers Leonard? Did they gave up on the guy?

Yeah. He was atrocious from what I've heard. Like not even backup material. You'd think he'd at least be serviceable with that athleticism.

Yea he was pretty bad while he got garbage time and always tried doing too much. This led to fouls within a minute of entering the game. He is only 22 though and hasn't played organized ball much. He's a late bloomer, we just have to ride out this terrible part of his growth.

NeO knows what he's doing. You never sell low and Leonard is bound to get better no matter how big/small of an improvement. At least he's putting in work this summer and that's all you can really ask for.

babyjax13 · Post #16 » by **babyjax13** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 6:10 am

juduking wrote:There's another team to mark off of the Greg Monroe trail. No Pelicans because of Asik, No Hawks because of Sefolosha, and no Blazers because of Kaman. That leaves the Hornets, Magic, Suns, and Lakers as teams that could steal him outright without a sign and trade. Fingers crossed the Pistons can keep him.

And Jazz. Don't know that we'd do it, but we have the cap space.

thinktellectual · Post #17 » by **thinktellectual** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:33 am

Am I the only one who thinks that's waaaaay too much money for Kaman at this point in his career ?

Post #18 » by **Quotatious** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 11:56 am

It would be a great signing if he could stay healthy, but I'm really skeptical about it. RoLo desperately needs a decent backup - Freeland and Leonard sure weren't...

my2bits · Post #19 » by **my2bits** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 12:46 pm

Kaman is easily worth 5 mil per. Those of you who cite his 3 mil 1yr deal with the lakers should note that that came as a surprise signing and that he took less than market value in doing so. How many back to the basket C's are there left? He has excellent post foot work and he is a cerebral player. I was hoping the Pacers or Hawks picked him up. We need centers in the east.

D21 · Post #20 » by **D21** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 1:21 pm

juduking wrote:There's another team to mark off of the Greg Monroe trail. No Pelicans because of Asik, No Hawks because of Sefolosha, and no Blazers because of Kaman. That leaves the Hornets, Magic, Suns, and Lakers as teams that could steal him outright without a sign and trade. Fingers crossed the Pistons can keep him.

Hawks can still make an offer to Monroe, even if it's not the Max (is he worth that ?), it's almost Max
If Salmons is waived, they have between 12.5M (keep Q.O. of Mack and Scott and Sefolosha decreasing contract) and 14.1M (renounce Q.O. and Sefolosha increasing contract) to start an offer.