02-12-2008, 08:56 AM
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Kaman To Play For Germany?
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Imagine a front-court with Dirk Nowitzki and Chris KAMAN.
No, this is not NBA trade talk about Nowitzki going to the Los Angeles Clippers or Kaman to the Dallas Mavericks.
No, this is about Germany - and a real possibility for the national team after the Clippers forward recently said he had German roots and had been thinking about playing for Deutschland.
National team coach Dirk Bauermann admitted the national federation would be foolish not to try and get the big man a German passport.
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Upon further questioning if any efforts on-going to bring Kaman in, Bauermann added: "We would be stupid if it was possible and we didn't. And I'm going to leave it at that."
The whole story came into being when Kaman told a German basketball monthly that he had German great-grandparents and that he had thought about playing for the country.
"I think it helps the foreign players when they play in the summer for their national teams. I would like to do that, too," Kaman was quoted as saying in FIVE magazine.
When asked about joining the German national team, Kaman added: "I even thought about that. But then I would be a traitor to my country. I don't know if I could do that."
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Full article at FIBA.com
Wow, a front-court of Dirk/Kaman in FIBA can really do some damage.
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