The Official Miami Heat Return to the Playoffs Thread.

Hmm..oftentimes "right" means self delusional....

I won't go back point by point, there is no need, suffice it to say, Riley made moves, D Wade should be happier now that at least some effort was made and he is no longer wasting his time.

 

I just got this blurb from my friend on Facebook.

 

Sorry to have unbalanced you Sect, I could see Riley making at least some moves from a mile away, none of that "the plan" B$, no trading of Beasley ( something I never advocated for, that was your fear in all of this).

What I stood firm on was "the plan" is bull****, it's marketing a carrot in front of the horse pulling the cart, the Future is Now, especially in the NBA.

 

Three things that I want to comment on:

(as usual, whether or not you want to grain & salt it is up to you)

1.) The "good news" from Wade's shared Twitter account is that he's going to have his own "puppet" commercial. There have been rumors swirling around that Wade is moving over to Nike, so that may be it. Then again, Nike does own Converse or a portion of it, something like that. Either way, that's what his "good news" is about.
2.) As far as the Heat / Jazz potential deal is concerned, based on vibe going around right now, all I've got to say is: We'll miss you and there will always be a place for you in Miami, Udonis.

3.) I've been hearing a mixture of updates regarding Odom. I've been trying to find out as much as possible. Some people are sure that he's staying in LA, others think he signs with Miami by the top of next week. Apparently he feels disrespected by the Buss and since he views Riley as a mentor, Wade as a close friend, and Miami as his favorite career ball club, he'd rather play here for less. It's not that much less either when you consider the taxes, or lack thereof. Personally, I think he stays in LA and that conclusion of mine has nothing to do with any reports. It's just a feeling. I simply don't see it, although I'm rooting for it. I did drop $150 on the red #7 authentic back in the day (I've got his Clips and Heat jerseys).

 

Exactly.

That's what people don't understand in terms of Miami's leverage. All of those "why would he take less money" arguments. His agent, not Odom himself, is ALL about getting that 5th year. He knows that the more years he can get out of a deal right now the better off he and his client will be. At 34-years old, Odom isn't getting a contract like this.

If you want to be realistic about it... consider the 5th year in Miami's proposal at $6 million vs. the probable vet minimum that he'd be signing 5 years from now if he accepts a 4-year deal from the Lakers.

I would not be shocked at all if Odom ends up taking Miami's offer. But I still see him staying in LA.

 

And do people not understand that trading for Carlos Boozer does NOT effect our 2010 cap space AT ALL? Even some of the media is confused.

Boozer expires at the end of 2009-2010 and trust me we are NOT extending his contract unless he has one hell of a season... enough of a great season to satisfy both Riley and Wade that he is the guy to be paired with Wade for the rest of his career. That I do not see. One year rental / make Wade happy written all over this one, and that is fine by me.

I guaranSHEED... Udonis Haslem signs with Miami next summer for cheap.

 

Perhaps that one misunderstood "the plan" in the first place?

 

Yep. Boozer / Haslem swap is already agreed upon.

It's the third team we're waiting on.

If we cannot get a third party involved then James Jones is included instead of Wright & Diawara. That would shake things up from Riley's perspective. I don't think he wants to move J.J.

 

We'll see, keep in mind JO was signed by Riley for basically Shaq money, the idea that having JO as some sort of chit to signMax players would mean 23 million a year, 46 million bucks, was just wasted.

 

The entire point in this deal for Utah is saving money. Whatever we save them DOUBLES because they're already in the luxury tax (correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure I read that from Hollinger himself).

This deal:

Miami: Carlos Boozer
Utah: Udonis Haslem, Yakuba Diawara
Memphis: Dorell Wright

...saves Utah around $6-8 million alone.

If a hand shake follows that sends C.J. Miles to Miami for Toronto's TPE in a separate deal, then it saves those cheap title-less loser mother****ers even more. Maybe I'm being too harsh. They're #1 at being #2. Ask Jordan.

 

Riley didn't give that deal to JO ($23 million)... but his contract expires at the end of the season.

So does Boozer ($12.7 million).

So does Mark Blount ($8 million).

So does James Jones ($4.3 million) (team option).


.............andddddddd of course Dwyane Wade ($15.8 million)

 

Lets sign Lebron James next year Sorry thats just like my dream in life, to see Wade AND James on the court for us.


Anyway I'm really hoping we can land Odom and Boozer, we'd be an extremely tough team to beat. Especially if Beasley steps up his game like he should.

 

Exactly.

If Boozer doesn't work out this means nothing to us. We're not giving up anything but expiring contracts... for an expiring contracts. It's a win / moot situation. Not win / win. Not win / lose. Actually it is a win / win because Boozer is set to be a 2010 free agent, and we're giving him a test drive instead of potentially wasting a max contract on him should Bosh / Amare become out of reach.

I also love the fact that Haslem probably signs back with Miami next summer.

Riley is a genius if he pulls this off.

 

Most importantly he's showing Wade that he's doing whatever he can do build a contender. Happy Wade = win.

Seriously if Wade breaks his leg I'll give him mine. Anything to keep him here beyond 2010.

 

Don't we always pull off trades like this on a Friday?

I still think it goes down some time next week. They've got to get that third team in there unless Memphis is 100% set on Dorell Wright, which I'd be thrilled about. I think he'd excel over there and you all know I've got a soft spot for DW1.

 

ALMOST had it right... Dwyane Wade switching over to TEAM JORDAN.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/31954408

Damn. I wanted him to be purely Nike so I can finally buy one of his shoes. I don't wear Converse aside from Chucks, and I only wear Retro Jordan's... not that Chris Paul / Melo / Team ****.

 

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111!!!!1111!!!!!!

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=lav9w2

 

Thats not even funny dude

 

Thats why I was hoping he'd be gone, but no one is gonna take that salary.

 

Agree, to me what Riley is doing is watching out for the fans who buy tickets and jerseys and what have you, my beef with the "plan" was it meant 2009 would be a wasted season...even before it began, by acquiring some people the fans and the team has a better chance of competing and winning in the suddenly ultra Tuff Eastern Conference.

Not giving up Beasley to do it, but the Heat had to make some moves when the three or four teams ahead of the Heat or slightly behind them acquired some ballers, Riley had to make some moves.

Well, he is not in Miami...yet...that was one of the problems with "the plan" type stuff, on paper it works great but things rarely work out as well as they do on paper.

Boozer, Odom (who would take a large pay cut to play in FL), I'd like to see the Heat get a stone cold scorer, a Tayshaun Prince type of player who can create and score...

 

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How in the hell can they enforce that or even ask that?

 

Actually, I have many more positive waves if these moves are made Freestyle, the biggest impact will be on DWade himself, bringing in more talent will up his game as he knows the 09 season is not "lost" before it begins.

When a Star Player complains about the Front Office standing pat, and the FO then makes moves, the pressure then falls on the Star to make it work, and DWade is not the type to not give his best effort.

 

from ric buchers twitter "Btw, source says Heat haven't made an offer to LO. They still might, but consider this: Heat are hurting financially like everybody else."

 

What?