I think Danny and Doc hinted at the idea that with the rule changes the last few years, and the way the game is called overall nowadays, big men are not as effective as they used to be, speed and athleticism is favored now over size in the current NBA. I think that's partly why they made the Perkins trade, and I think they are not going to go after Dwight Howard, they are going to go for young, athletic, quick scorers who can run alongside Rondo and surround them with whatever rebounding big men they can get on the cheap. In that sense, trading for Kaman would be a bad
idea. Just look at how effective Howard was in carrying the magic this season in the playoffs or how well Gasol and Bynum did for the lakers and you get the sense that this is really the case now.
Good point about the rule changes favoring speed and athleticism. Yeah tying up all that money in Kaman with not much to build around him doesn't make sense to me.
I'd rather go for broke with a superstar, or get young entertaining bodies to run with Rondo and hit the lottery.
One other thought on why the center position isn't as powerful a position as it once was: The top centers in the NBA are about the worst they have been in decades.
Howard, Bynum, busted Duncan, Bogut can't hold crap against the likes of Olajuwon, Robinson, Shaq, Mourning, Duncan in the 90s...
or Jabbar, Olajuwon, M.Malone, Ewing of the 80s
and so on.
When a skilled superstar center enters the NBA again. Look out!