Wait, it is 5 and 125 vs 4 and 88? We might be in trouble here, that is a lot of $$$ to leave on the table. DD
Possibly just posturing on Bosh's part to make it not look like he jumps ships so quickly. Giving himself a day to "make a decision" so it won't look pre-meditated
If we sign Bosh with cap space then we still have the trade exceptions. Not sure how the 81 million apron works though as we would be up against that in salary already.
Miami's ONLY real leverage is $1.5 million, or the cost to Bosh for Houston to keep Beverley and Parsons....perhaps more if we want to keep DMo or TJones (not both). That's not much.
Don't think Bosh passes up that kind of money. Plus he loves it in Miami and he will be the man again
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Miami has offered Bosh the full five-year max deal to stay, per sources. Bosh hasn't decided between that & Houston's four-year max offer.</p>— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) <a href="https://twitter.com/daldridgetnt/statuses/487702985540378624">July 11, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Miami has offered Bosh the full five-year max deal to stay, per sources. Bosh hasn't decided between that & Houston's four-year max offer.</p>— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) <a href="https://twitter.com/daldridgetnt/statuses/487702985540378624">July 11, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
That is what we assume. Even if Bosh decides to stay in Miami, trading Lin was the right thing to do.