Last season Kaman had a PER of 16.3, put up 18pts/10rebs per 36minutes. The main issue is he only played 1360 minutes over the season. I assume the low minutes are a combination of injury and poor defense (they also had Elton Brand, who put up worse stats but is a much better defender).
I guess I'd want to see how healthy he is. If we could add him and Dalembert or O'Neal for $10m combined, I guess it's something I could live with. We'd basically look a lot like the 2013 Mavs (a .500 team). Maybe a little better, considering LMA is better than Dirk at this point and Lillard is better than Collison.
I'm not quite as fascinated with the idea of "moving the needle" (which I take to mean moves that vault us into being a conference finals contender.) Mostly because I'm desperate. I don't think we keep our draft pick next year, so there's no point in tanking. We've got a mix of decent potential guys (Robinson/Leonard) mixed with two star, two good role players (Batum/Matthews) and a shitty center rotation. Some basic competence at Center may be enough to have LMA and Lillard grow together and propel this team into relevancy. Maybe a little like how the old Stockton/Malone teams would limp along with barely competent centers for about a decade. Not ideal, but there's always hope it improves with Leonard or Whithey.
The current team is only going to be a contender if Lillard evolves into an MVP-caliber player. Period. But even if he doesn't, I just want a team that's relevant after so many years of futility.
