Where there's smoke, there's fire...and where ever this guy D'antoni goes, there's a problem between him and some player. With Kobe, i'll give him a pass as Kobe is certifiable...but we saw this with Carmello, we saw it with Jamison, we saw it with Dwight, and now the same thing is happening with Kaman....D'antoni system dictates that he goes small and to his credit..he has been semi successful in doing so...but Buss keeps bringing in big men....why is this? D'antoni clearly does not know how to integrate big men into his game plan...and it is messing with the team chemistry....
ATLANTA -- Chris Kaman has stopped trying to figure out how he fell so far out of the Los Angeles Lakers' rotation.
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<cite>AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez</cite>Chris Kaman, in the 13 games he has played for the Lakers, has averaged 8.3 points and 5.1 rebounds in less than 17 minutes.
The veteran center says he joined the team as a free agent this summer because he saw opportunity to play significant minutes and re-establish his value after a couple of up-and-down seasons with New Orleans and Dallas.
Instead he's found himself at the end of the Lakers' bench.
"It's absolutely not what I was looking for," Kaman told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Monday morning after the Lakers' shootaround. "It's not really in my control. I just try to keep working hard and be ready if the time comes. And if it doesn't, then it just wasn't meant to be."
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The veteran center says he joined the team as a free agent this summer because he saw opportunity to play significant minutes and re-establish his value after a couple of up-and-down seasons with New Orleans and Dallas.
Instead he's found himself at the end of the Lakers' bench.
"It's absolutely not what I was looking for," Kaman told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Monday morning after the Lakers' shootaround. "It's not really in my control. I just try to keep working hard and be ready if the time comes. And if it doesn't, then it just wasn't meant to be."