Chris Kaman
Chris Kaman
Christopher Zane Kamanis an American-German professional basketball player who last played for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. Kaman stands 7'0"and weighs 265 pounds. He was selected sixth overall in the first round of the 2003 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, after a college basketball career at Central Michigan University...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 April 1982
CityGrand Rapids, MI
bit played pressure punish
We played them good, we had them going. We've got to keep the pressure on, punish them. We didn't do that. I think it was a little bit of jitters, maybe.
bad bring deserve forget guys harder stick stuff
Reputations stick with you. It's harder to forget about stuff you do in this league, because somebody's always going to bring it up ... Sometimes guys get bad reputations but they don't deserve it.
becoming cool possible seems
It'd be a pretty cool situation. It seems like it's becoming more and more possible each game.
seen
We didn't play soft. There were a lot of fouls called. Some that we weren't used to and some that I haven't seen in my whole life.
building chemistry critical fit five great people played swing three time trying
We've have chemistry that we've been building with him not playing, so we're trying to fit him in. People can't be so critical of him. I mean, let him play three or five games. Corey's a great player, but he hasn't played in three months, so you've got to give him some time to get back into the swing of things.
absence helps offense record
No offense to Kenyon, but I think (his absence) helps them. Look at their record without him.
guys hopefully match playoffs quarter second
The second quarter is what killed us. Hopefully we'll get to play these guys in the playoffs because I think we match up well with them.
pack shooting struggle
They struggle shooting the three-pointers, so you kind of pack it in a little bit.
allen basketball energy good job normally ray shoot shots tonight
They play good basketball but didn't shoot the ball well tonight and we did a good job defensively on them. They had good energy but the shots weren't going down for them. I don't know if it was because Ray Allen was out but they normally shoot the ball better than that.
best blocks coming game hard nights obviously played rebounds
Defensively, it was probably the best game I've played with the steals, the blocks (three) and the rebounds. I play hard, I play with a lot of energy. Some nights I don't have the energy, and you can obviously tell the nights that I don't. I just try to play hard and go after the rebounds the best I can, and they were coming to me tonight.
kids pill rest retirement
Any kids out there, I'd tell them try and do what you can. If you need the medication, you need the medication. I didn't want to take a pill for the rest of my life.
against beaten best bring geared solid teams
There are some solid teams that we've beaten -- and there's some teams that we should have beaten and didn't. It's just frustrating. I think we play better against teams like this and we get more geared up for them. I think they bring out the best in us.
playoffs since
We haven't been in the playoffs since 1997.
buffalo diego san
I know we went from Buffalo to San Diego to here, and I know we (stunk) all the way.