jgustav1 wrote:vege wrote:Kwame starting and Prince as our SF is much better than no Prince and a injured Kaman, unless Kaman stays health an entire season no one will take the risk to eat up his big deal. But whatever, i have to write the same thing every time a Kaman/Prince deal is posted and it happens 3-4 times/week so meh not going to keep repeating myself.
You don't get the fact that the Pistons can replace Prince with a SF through free agency. Unless you think Okur is a good free agent C and the Pistons would be willing to sign him, Kaman + free agent SF is better than Kwame or free agent C + Prince for the Pistons. Kaman doesn't just have the potential to average 15 ppg, 12 rpg and over 2 bpg, he has already done it over a season.
Can they? It's debatable.
I don't see Marion or Turkoglu being better than Prince (factoring in the fact that they'd want more money then him and are both 30+ years old), leaving Williams and Ariza as the biggest SF targets (no chance in HELL Artest ever wears a Piston jersey), and both the Hawks and Lakers are very intent on keeping those players (both are restricted). There's a good chance we hand a 4 year, $38-40 million deal to one of those two, and be paying them that until they're in their mid 30's. By contract, Prince only has two years left, making him (next season) a nice expiring contract.
If they stay healthy, I agree, Kaman + Free Agent SF (even if he's not as good) is better than Kwame + Prince. But that's the key: if 'he's healthy. When you miss 77 games over two seasons and it's supposedly due to the same foot ailment, questions should arise. Yes, Kaman put up 15-12-2 over a season. Keep in mind: a shortened where he only played 56 games. This aspect should not be ignored, as missing 26 games is nearly 1/3 of the season. Can he do 15-12-2 for an entire seasons? This year he went 12-8-1.5 (over 31 games). The year prior to his breakout season, 10-8-1.6 during a 76 game season. These are serious issues that shouldn't be taken lightly. Yes, have averaged 15-12-2. It's very impressive. It's also only about 1/8th of his entire career.
If Kaman can stay just healthy enough to play some games but not enough to medically retire, all of a sudden we've got an albatross of a contract on our payroll for the next few years. Even throwing in Thornton (I don't care for him) might not be enough of an incentive.
Like I said, this is not plan A, B, C, or D. This will be around H and that's only after confirmation that Kaman's health issues are a thing of the past.
