Per Lisa Dillman at the Los Angeles Times:
Mike Dunleavy, the Clippers general manager and coach, said that they did not receive good news about Kaman and his strained left arch, saying he probably wouldn’t be ready to return until after the All-Star break.
The All-Star game is Feb. 15 in Phoenix. Kaman has not played since Nov. 26, when he managed only 12 minutes against Denver.
“What they looked at is the healing process is there, but not totally complete, and the fact that he is 7 feet tall and has all that weight on it,” Dunleavy said. “The foot expert talked about it and said probably the timeline to ensure he is OK is after the All-Star game.”
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If he comes back healthy, showcase him for a future trade. He simply cannot be relied upon to stay healthy and should not be in the team’s plans going forward. (Thanks for playing in the Olympics, asshat.)
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cliptakular Reply:
January 12th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I’ve been saying this all along… he’s an overpaid unreliable big man.
Though I would’nt trade him this year, I don’t even know if we could while he’s injured for that matter but because his stock is more than likely way down.
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Kevin Reply:
January 12th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Yeah, I’m hoping that by showcasing him in the second half someone will give us 60 cents on the dollar and not the 30 he’s worth now.
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Clippers are dead last in ESPN’s power rankings now.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking?season=2009&week=11
No use playing Kaman this year. Rest eveyone as long as they need it, except people with expiring contracts.
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 at 10:49 am
same old story…
i have literally never cared less for what happens on a day to day basis than ever before… starting from my season ticket purchase in 1999.
i like it that the team plays hard, but the results are pathetic. Baron Davis has been AWOL. YOu wonder where the professional pride is. Get your ass out there and heal in the offseason.
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 at 11:33 am
I blame Al Thornton for the season. That guy needs to go. BAD CHEMISTRY, they will never win with Thorgette.
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ACD Reply:
January 12th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I like Maggornton better.
It’s amazing how they’ve morphed into the same f-ing player… except the younger one isn’t as efficient.
Has that guy EVER passed once he puts the ball on the floor?
“HEAD DOWN BASKETBALL!!!!”
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cliptakular Reply:
January 12th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Al and Mags are two completely different players IMO.
Al is struggling because I think that he is much more suited for a running team where he could make better use his athletism while Maggette was more effective with us (half-court system) and he sucks at Golden State.
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Al Thornton has the Second Highest PPG in the whole sophomore class right now. What else do some people want. The guy is young. He needs to improve in his head before he could on the court. He is either going to stay at 15-18ppg type of guy with little improvement or he is going to develop a consistent 3 point shot and be a 20 plus type of player. There are 3 things that are going to keep him away from elite status. I mentioned the first and that is he is not a threat beyond the arch. The second is he is not aware of any team mate at any time when he is holding the ball. The third is his defense. He doesn’t rotate as quick as he should and most of the time chooses bad decisions. Two of these things can be achieved by experience and proper basketball thought processing. Shooting is not a thought process, it’s a repetitive learning process that does improve with proper technique and execution. On the Kaman point, there was really very little hope for this team before we had zach. We couldn’t score the ball ever. With zach and kaman we are a serious threat. Lets at least witness 20 games before we are sending players packing, please.
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bootstrenf Reply:
January 12th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
25 is not exactly young in the nba…..
and here are the problems you list:
1.) no 3pt shot
2.) bad court vision/passing
3.) bad defense
sounds exactly like corey maggette to me…..and did corey ever improve in any of those areas???
i know that al isn’t corey, but they seem to possess strikingly similar characteristics….
if corey never changed, what makes you think al will??? he’ll be turning 26 this year…..so much for your “give the young guy a break” theory…..
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
thorton,s devolpment is on the coach..That what makes a good coach…see how Bynum,Ariza,Sascha,Farmar,etc…on the Lakers devoloped?…Its the coaching…O Neil became a good player after he left Dunleavy..
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bootstrenf Reply:
January 12th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
or it could be argued that o’neal was always a good player, but dunleavy failed to realize it…..
which basically boils down to the same point: dunleavy suck!!!
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
bootstrenf, you mentioned the similarities between maggette and thornton. I’m going to name a few differnces. 1 thornton finishes around the basket. 2 thornton has a better shot percentage as a pro. 3 this is his second year and where I come from 2 is less than 9. So he is old for a sophmore, and? That can only mean one thing, in ten years from now he is going to be 35. Don’t get me wrong though I always liked maggette’s game.
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