Adrian Wojnarowski: Chris Kaman will likely stay with New Orleans, good for c's?

[rondohondo]

Chris Kaman will likely stay with New Orleans past the trade deadline, league sources tell Y! Sports. No deal is imminent.

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good news for c's? buyout?

[TA9]

Dont know...
They talked about giving him an extension.
Who knows..

[Kane3387]

Chris Kaman will likely stay with New Orleans past the trade deadline, league sources tell Y! Sports. No deal is imminent.

http://twitter.com/#!/wojyahoonba
good news for c's? buyout?

Every contender will be competing for him.

Spurs and Heat will likely be our toughest competition.

[Evantime34]

At some point before the end of the year we need to add one or two bigs. Hopefully Kaman is bought out and can be one of those bigs.

[rondohondo]

Chris Kaman will likely stay with New Orleans past the trade deadline, league sources tell Y! Sports. No deal is imminent.

http://twitter.com/#!/wojyahoonba
good news for c's? buyout?

Every contender will be competing for him.

Spurs and Heat will likely be our toughest competition.

he would likely get a bigger role in the offense and more playing time for the c's than he would with heat or spurs

[LarBrd33]

i thought stern/hornets insisted that kaman wouldn't be bought out if they didn't find a trade.  Could be all talk, but I think they look at it as a problem if the NBA-owned hornets give away a player of Kaman's caliber.

[theswitch]

Update from Woj:

Miami, Boston, San Antonio will be aggressive suitors for Chris Kaman should he inevitably be bought out of Hornets deal, sources tell Y!

I like the sound of inevitably.

[BballTim]

  I would have offered JO/Wilcox/Dooling for him.

[CelticG1]

If danny has a good read on this situation than I will forgive him for not getting canny......or any other center

[csfansince60s]

Yesterday, his agent said that he would be a perfect fit for the Cs, but that a lot of things would have to break right for that to occur. If he isn't traded, that's break #1.

He said Boston was one of Kaman's preferred destinations.

[rondohondo]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏ @WojYahooNBA

   
Just don't assume that Kaman will get bought out of the contract, because anything is still possible with league running the Hornets.

cmon stern

[Lucky17]

Yesterday, his agent said that he would be a perfect fit for the Cs, but that a lot of things would have to break right for that to occur. If he isn't traded, that's break #1.

He said Boston was one of Kaman's preferred destinations.

Actually, I think it was an unnamed source. I think it may have been another GM, just speaking hypothetically.

[LarBrd33]

i think we'll have to trade for him if we want him.  THey have insisted he will not be bought out.  Because say Boston signed him for nothing...a lot of teams would be angry at David Stern/the league for gifting Kaman to the Celtics.

[Eddie20]

I think a big reason he chooses us over Miami, San Antonio, etc. is because we have a lot of cap room this summer and can sell him on being re-signed for more money than the MLE those other teams can offer. The only other team that provides a true threat is Dallas. They too could offer him money next season and a starting spot on a playoff team. Plus, he and Dirk are said to be good friends and are teammates on the German national team.

[rondohondo]

I think a big reason he chooses us over Miami, San Antonio, etc. is because we have a lot of cap room this summer and can sell him on being re-signed for more money than the MLE those other teams can offer. The only other team that provides a true threat is Dallas. They too could offer him money next season and a starting spot on a playoff team. Plus, he and Dirk are said to be good friends and are teammates on the German national team.

tp , great point