"The Pistons held off on trading forward Tayshaun Prince last season, and it could pay off in the form of Chris Kaman.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the L.A. Clippers have reached out to Prince, an unrestricted free agent. Prince is a Compton, Calif., native and could want to return to the West Coast.

How does it affect the Pistons? They have Prince's "Larry Bird rights," which means they can sign him to greater annual raises (7.5 percent) compared to him signing with another team outright (4.5 percent raises)

At 31, this is likely the last long-term deal Prince will sign, and he won't command the $11.1 million he made with the Pistons last season, the final season of a five-year deal he signed in 2005.

The ideal candidate in a sign-and-trade is Kaman.

Kaman, 29, who attended Central Michigan from 2000-03, went through an injury-plagued season last year with the Clippers, averaging 12.4 points and seven rebounds. The season before, when he played 76 games, he averaged a career-high 18.5 points and 9.3 rebounds."