Wojnarowski: Blazers Reach Agreement With Center Chris Kaman
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Well now Chris Kaman reportedly doesn’t have to worry about getting dunked on by Damian Lillard.
Chris Kaman has reached agreement on a two-year, $10M deal with Portland, league source tells Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 4, 2014
The second year of Kaman’s deal is a partial guarantee, source tells Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 4, 2014
With the news from Wojnarowski, it appears that the Blazers have used the full mid-level exception in acquiring Kaman.
Kaman played in 39 games for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2013-14, averaging 18.9 minute per game 10.4 points and 5.9 rebounds on 50.9 percent shooting.
The Blazers were reportedly in the market for a floor-spacing big man and Kaman is decidedly not such a player, unless he’s the center version of late-career Jason Kidd. Kaman has attempted 10 three-pointers in the last five seasons.
This was arguably Kaman’s best moment as a Laker:
Welcome to Portland, Chris!
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen is the Trail Blazers beat reporter for The Columbian. He's a graduate of the Allen School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in addition earning a degree in Spanish. He's covered the NBA for four seasons. You can also occasionally find his work on ESPN.com's NBA section for their TrueCities series. He also fist-bumped with Kanye West once. Follow @BlazerBanter on twitter for more Blazers and NBA news.