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A month ago, Charlotte declined to offer Sean May a scheduled $3.6 million contract for his fifth NBA season, a smart move given May's history of maladies and recent lack of fitness. Last preseason, Bobcats coach Larry Brown famously told reporters that while May tried hard to get in shape a year after devastating microfracture surgery, he just couldn't get there. May ended up playing only 300 minutes for a post-starved team last year.But May has reportedly lost 20 pounds since season's end, and he spent last week working out for a few teams in Las Vegas. The Kings liked what they saw, and announced today they have signed the former Tar Heel to a contract. No word on length or largess, though the rumor has been one year at the league minimum salary of less than $900,000.
It's surely a humbling reality for May, who broke the glass ceiling installed above undersized power forwards in 2005 to become a lottery pick. When he got a chance to get on the floor -- 2006-07 -- May performed well, scoring frequently (17 points per 36 minutes) and efficiently (50% field goal percentage, 55% True Shooting percentage), and rebounding strongly (16.5% of all rebound opportunities -- above-average for power forwards).
But the problem has been how rare court time has come. He suffered injuries in 2005-06 and 2006-07, and then underwent season-ending microfracture surgery before 2007-08. There were no reported injuries last season, but he spent the whole season attempting to regain his fitness (never elite to begin with) following the year off the knee.
Sacramento's frontcourt is exceedingly young. The old man of the crew, Jason Thompson, turned 23 today and just finished his first NBA season. Spencer Hawes is 21, second-round draft pick Jon Brockman is 22. Thompson and Hawes have each played more NBA minutes than May, even though he's 25 years old. And they'll play more minutes than him this season. But he has a chance to make a difference, both for the Kings' bench unit and for his own career. Nowhere to go but up.
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