Chris Kaman

Chris Kaman’s continued presence on the Portland Trail Blazers’ sideline is weird. It’s been weird. Never once has it not seemed weird. General manager Neil Olshey tore down an NBA contender after last season, trading Nicolas Batum, willingly bidding farewell to Robin Lopez and Wesley Matthews and constructing the roster around LaMarcus Aldridge’s departure before [...]

It was a thrilling Wednesday night, between two of the best teams in the western conference, as the Rockets visited the Blazers. Both teams played with a sense of purpose all throughout, however, the Blazers managed to hold the Rockets off at the very end to come out with a 105-100 victory. LaMarcus Aldridge led [...]

You don’t usually see these kinds of highlight reel plays by a big man, or more importantly being made at all by anyone. But on Sunday night’s 110-99 road win over the Kings, Blazer’s center Chris Kaman was featured in the top highlights of the night by sinking one crazy reverse no-look layup that was [...]

After having a rough season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Chris Kaman has agreed to a two-year, $10 million contract with the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Despite averaging more than 10 points per game—the 7-foot center from Michigan, barely received playing time in LA, as both Kaman and former [...]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D’Antoni has a backup plan if his NBA gig is taken away from him. Or rather, he could. And he most definitely should. Sources told ESPN’s Jeff Goodman and Marc Stein the Marshall Thundering Herd, D’Antoni’s Alma Mater, reached out to him about becoming their next head coach: Marshall [...]

Dwight Howard’s departure looks good on Mike D’Antoni and Pau Gasol. Following a 31-point beat down handed to them by the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers are 1-1 on the season. Which is fine. They were supposed to be 0-2, having opened the year against the Los Angeles Clippers. Emerging victorious from one [...]

If this Lakers’ season were a new movie, what would you call it? “Escape Plan?” Oh, wait D-12 already did that. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2?” Or maybe “Prisoners,” to describe the Lakers fans and perhaps Bryant, himself. As the Lakers prepare to start the 2013-2014 season without veteran 5-time NBA champion and [...]

Halfway thru the 2013 NBA preseason, the Los Angeles Lakers look better than many expected even playing without 5-time NBA champion and 15-time All-Star Kobe Bryant. Thru four games, the Lakers are 2-2 against Golden State, Denver (twice), and Sacramento. Playing without 17-year Lakers guard Bryant, the Lakers clearly lack an identity. But, credit Coach [...]

So, yeah. This happened. The Los Angeles Lakers are in China as part of the NBA’s Global games schedule, a trip that’s proved dangerous to their roster’s well-being. Practices haven’t been particularly grueling, and outside of some jet lag and presumed trouble adjusting to the time difference, no reports of basketball-related injuries have been sent [...]

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