Chris Kaman to the Mavs

[BGMaverick9]

Per Stein.

More Details coming later.


Discuss.

[MavsFTR]

Does this mean we're amnestying Haywood? Or are we planning on keeping both?

[Underdog]

!!!

[LonghornDub]

Meh. I mean, I'm not unhappy with it. But meh.

[mac222b]

We signed somebody?!
Guess this means no Brand

[CanadianMavsFan]

Meh, at least they have put together a better offensive front court now. Looking forward to hearing details of the deal.

[LonghornDub]

Sounds like it's a one-year deal (Eric Pincus). That's a nice, nice plus.

[nowhereman]

I like it a lot.

IDK why this means no Brand. Cap reasons? If not, as I mentioned a couple of days ago, a Marion-Nowitzki-Wright-Brand-Kaman-Haywood/Ian frontcourt rotation is STOUT.

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by CanadianMavsFan

Meh, at least they have put together a better offensive front court now. Looking forward to hearing details of the deal.

Hopefully a large 1yr guaranteed deal with a 2nd yr. team option?

Highly unlikely though.

[Dnowit41]

I like the pickup. Kaman's very underrated. A solid big man. Dirk and Kaman played together on the German national team so the chemistry should be there.

[Bayliss]

Good signing. He isn't a great player but he is a very solid player. He does everything decent-good but isn't outstanding in anything.

Very good pickup. He and Dirk man the zone while you have athletes (Cunningham/Marion and the like) on the perimeter challenging shooters.

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by nowhereman

I like it a lot.

IDK why this means no Brand. Cap reasons? If not, as I mentioned a couple of days ago, a Marion-Nowitzki-Wright-Brand-Kaman-Haywood/Ian frontcourt rotation is STOUT.

Seems like Kaman and Brand would eat most/all of their cap space.
None left for guards.

[LonghornDub]

I'm not counting on Kaman playing more than 60% of the games this year. That's his MO. Guy can't stay healthy.

Hence the "meh." Talented player, no doubt.

[CanadianMavsFan]

Originally Posted by nowhereman

I like it a lot.

IDK why this means no Brand. Cap reasons? If not, as I mentioned a couple of days ago, a Marion-Nowitzki-Wright-Brand-Kaman-Haywood/Ian frontcourt rotation is STOUT.

Agreed I would be extremely pleased with that coming into the next season. Back court is very young but that may not be so bad.

PG West/Roddy/Cunningham
SG Carter/Roddy/Cunningham
SF Marion/Crowder
PF Dirk/Brand/Wright
C Kaman/Haywood/Wright

Is this possible with the current cap?

[saclare]

Looks like I'm gonna have to change my sig to 2013 soon

[LonghornDub]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
Mavericks to sign free agent center Chris Kaman to a one-year deal paying $8 million, source tells Yahoo! Sports.

$8M is quite a bit, but one year is nice.

[BGMaverick9]

In terms of realistic options at Center (Not RFA), Kaman had to be in the top 2 free agents.

[saclare]

Originally Posted by LonghornDub

$8M is quite a bit, but one year is nice.

Be interesting to see other moves now.

[MaVs0541]

Nice pick up we finally signed someone lol I like Chris now we need some guards maybe oj mayo.

[nowhereman]

Easy links to his stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...kamanch01.html
http://www.82games.com/1112/11NOH20.HTM
http://www.hoopdata.com/player.aspx?name=Chris%20Kaman
http://basketballvalue.com/player.ph...11-2012&id=164

His stats are meh. But it's really nice to have at least one more playmaker out there. It's not a dynamic acquisition but I think it really fills a need. Plus it probably keeps Dirky a little happier.

[mac222b]

So this leaves us 2mil. under the cap to sign a guard like Delonte?
Unless Haywood is amnestied. Sound right?

[Bayliss]

8 million is not that much for a true center. Hell, McGee just got 10 million. And while McGee has a lot of upside, he is one of the biggest boneheads in the entire league.

[Underdog]

Best offensive center in the Dirk era.

[nowhereman]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Best offensive center in the Dirk era.

We're going to have to find Raef Lafrentz to take that crown from him.

I think this means no Ian or no Wood next year.

[Jack.Kerr]

Wallace Bryant. Uwe Blab. Eric Montross. Wang Zhi Zhi. Chris Kaman. Yay.













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[Bayliss]

I don't know all the cap/CBA stuff.... does him signing here mean the Mavs next year have his Bird rights?

[oilfieldtrash]

Not bad. Now please dump Haywood. Courtney Lee to provide some athleticism and shooting would be nice.

[Murphy3]

not bad.. if he can stay remotely healthy.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

YES! Are you kidding me! Great pick up!

[BGMaverick9]

Won't be a sign and trade with New Orleans

[ty]

At this point, I'm VERY excited to have a very serviceable player for only 1 year.

Great move by the FO guys.

[mac222b]

1 year deal is great! Flexibility! (no sarcasm intended)
Good skilled, ambidextrous Center for the season and
in December becomes an expiring tradable asset.

[LonghornDub]

Mavs definitely leveraged the Dirk angle with him. Gotta applaud that.

[fluid.forty.one]

Now we're just a Ramon Sessions and an OJ Majo away from the 8 seed.

[jthig32]

So....this means no Brand, right? Or it means they're going to bid very low on Brand.

[LonghornDub]

Originally Posted by jthig32

So....this means no Brand, right? Or it means they're going to bid very low on Brand.

It's like you said--gonna be under 5M. Lowball bid.

Clippers won Chauncey for what, 2M? Not impossible.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Best offensive center in the Dirk era.

I was going to say...that alone makes it news. Finally a 5 guy with some offensive moves. Hey, considering how this offseason is going...this is pretty exciting.

[Bayliss]

So....this means no Brand, right? Or it means they're going to bid very low on Brand.

Well would you rather have:

Dirk/Kaqman/Haywood or
Dirk/Kaman/Brand?

Because that looks like the only way they can still get Brand is to say goodbye to Haywood.

[OSUmavsfan]

Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

Won't be a sign and trade with New Orleans

It seems silly to renounce the trade exception to sign Kaman outright, when they could S&T using the TE, which would keep them above the cap, and save the MLE. Now they'll only have the room exception once they've reached the cap, correct?

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by LonghornDub

It's like you said--gonna be under 5M. Lowball bid.

Clippers won Chauncey for what, 2M? Not impossible.

I'd say it would have to be way under 5 now. No more center minutes available.