ROOKIES KNOCKED AROUND.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer Give Clippers rookie center Chris Kaman Christopher Zane Kaman (born April 28 1982, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Kaman stands seven feet tall (213 cm) and weighs 265 pounds (120 kg). credit. He helped take Friday's night's ridiculous NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= All-Star Rookie Challenge The Rookie Challenge is a competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend on the day prior to the regular All-Star game. From 1994 until 1998, the event was called the "Rookie Game," and composed entirely of first-year players. to a new level of absurdity. In a game filled with 48 roof-raising dunks, Kaman's one-handed slam with 6 minutes 38 minutes remaining in the second half took home the prize for evening's most surprising and least graceful. After throwing an errant outlet pass straight to Manu Ginobili, then committing an obvious foul on Amare Stoudemire Amare Carsares Stoudemire (born November 16 1982 in Lake Wales, Florida) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Phoenix Suns and the USA National Team. He is a 6 ft 10 in (2.09 m) and 245 lb (112 kg) power forward/center. that the referees missed, Kaman decided to take matters into his own hands. All this was a sight to see from the 7-foot first-year player. Kaman dribbled the length of the court, drove into the lane and delivered a sweeping dunk with the ball in his right hand. The sellout crowd at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. rose to their feet, cheering wildly out of disbelief. It wasn't quite up to LeBron James' between-the-legs standard. But it was vintage Chris Kaman nevertheless. ``I was tired of not shooting the ball,'' Kaman said. ``So instead of passing around, I dribbled all the way across the court. I haven't done anything like that one-handed.'' Kaman finished with eight points and Clippers teammate Marko Jaric added 12 for the team of second-year players. The sophomores won 142-118, and Jaric's game highlight was courtesy of his coach's son. With Jaric running the left side of a fast break in the second half, Mike Dunleavy Mike Dunleavy is the name of two notable persons in basketball, father and son:
Philadelphia Warriors , his father coaches Jaric and the Clippers. ``I think there was too much fun out there,'' Jaric said. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how fans like that. If they like that, we can play that every year. But I think at the end, we exaggerated a little bit.'' Kaman said leading up to the Rookie Challenge that he felt privileged to be asked to play. He matched up against Yao Ming in the beginning, then was beaten for several dunks by Stoudemire to start the second half. But Kaman finished with three late baskets in the second half to salvage the evening. Afterward, he said how out of place he felt at times on the court. ``I'm more like a guy who plays hard, gets rebounds and plays defense,'' Kaman said. ``When there's no defense going, there's no point in playing. But I had fun.'' Ross Siler, (818)713-3610 ross.siler(at)dailynews.com |
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