With how young the team is, featuring guys like Eric Gordon and Al-Farouq Aminu, New Orleans is looking to give more minutes for their young guys than Kaman. With that, it seems that Kaman won't be playing until he gets traded as he has been inactive, even though he doesn't have an injury.
"We've informed Chris that we are looking into possible trades and he was understanding about the situation," Hornets GM Dell Demps said. "We're working together on this.
"Chris has been the ultimate professional since he joined us. In no way is this a disciplinary action. We had discussions about extending his current contract when he first came to the Hornets, but the organization decided to go in a different direction."
New Orleans received Kaman, Aminu, and Gordon during a blockbluster trade that sent Chris Paul to the Clippers. However, Kaman being traded now comes to no one's surprise as he was assumed to be traded pretty soon once he hit New Orleans.
"It's just something (where) we want to play our young guys and we certainly don't want to disrespect Chris at all," Hornets coach Monty Williams told local reporters before Friday night's game against the Magic.
"This is something we want to keep internally. It's certainly not disciplinary and he understands and I talked to him. We're going to play Jason Smith, Gustavo Ayon and Al-Farouq Aminu. It's just difficult to play that many bigs and I understand how difficult it is for (Kaman) to not get the minutes he wants."
The 29-year-old is currently averaging 9.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. If any team is need of a center, Kaman could be your guy. I mean, he has been an All-Star before.
Now all he needs to do is get a new picture for his NBA profile, because this really won't attract many NBA teams:
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