If those are the three BIG moves to pitch Lebron (along with keeping Big 3), think that its a pretty assumption that he's not going to be entirely too thrilled about it. I think Lebron WANTS one of Wade/Bosh to take less or move on to truly bring in impact players around him, and allow him to get paid. Riley is trying to make everyone happy and keep the big 3 together. However I just dont see it working out that way. Either someone takes significantly less, one of Bosh (most likely) or Wade walk, or Lebron might walk to Cleveland if Riley refuses to push Bosh out the door, or can convince him to take much less.
How does signing McRoberts and Granger allow Miami to offer Bosh more in a contract? Seems counter intuitive.
What happens if Bosh leaves and signs with Houston or another team? Riley: "Well we were hoping that the Big 3 were going to be back but the plan didn't work out that way. Nonetheless we still have LeBron and Dwyane and now we have room to put players around them to continue towards winning" Center: Power Forward: McRoberts/Haslem Small Forward: LeBron/Granger Shooting Guard: Wade Point Guard: Cole/Napier That's about $48 million right there with $15 million left to spend. Could you get Pau Gasol in the mix at $7 million? Bring Ray Allen back at $2 million? Bring Bird Man back at $1 million? Throw the rest to Nick Young? Center: Gasol/Andersen Power Forward: McRoberts/Haslem Small Forward: LeBron/Granger Shooting Guard: Wade/Young/Allen Point Guard: Cole/Napier I'm not saying that that lineup is any better than last year's lineup but it's still a Top 3 lineup in the East.
Why? I seriously don't get the negative reaction here. NO MATTER WHAT, the Heat were going to be able to sign MLE and LLE-level players, which is what McRoberts and Granger are. If additions like those two are all it takes for LeBron to want to stay, why did any of the Big 3 opt out? Why was there any talk of Carmelo, Lowry, Deng, Ariza, Gasol, etc.? If all the Heat needed was a half-decent role player for the MLE and a couple of washed-up veteran ring chasers (Battier/Lewis replacements) for close to the minimum, they already had that option. It wasn't enough, which is the entire reason LeBron led the charge for them to opt out of $20+ million contracts in the first place.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Yahoo Sources: Chris Bosh had first direct conversation w/ Houston, Rockets clear frontrunner if Heat unravel. <a href="http://t.co/ffdnzlrNKG">http://t.co/ffdnzlrNKG</a></p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/486218914167554049">July 7, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Its happening now?
Why is that? People acts like they missed the playoff or something. They went the FINALS with ease and lost to a super hot Spurs team! If they can keep the Big 3 and with these signings, you can bet they will come out of the East again next year and have a good chance win it all.
WTF? 4.2 mil? Damn didn't know he was that cheap. I wonder of Morey could get Pierce to back up Chandler for the vet minimum
Parsons signing a Dallas offer sheet is the biggest slap in the face to Morey. Sure we'll match anything regardless, but wow.
Here is how I take it. Offer Bosh 13-15 range, lose assets in SnT, be over cap, add MLE next year. Great move Offer Bosh 18-20 range, lose assets in SnT, be over cap, add MLE next year. Great move Whatever we offer him, money is NO LONGER AN ISSUE because Howard/ Bosh/ Harden/ Parsons is putting us over the cap NO MATTER HOW MUCH Bosh makes per year (trolls aside). So long as he is on the team, we are both better, and in the EXACT same position for FA's.
That's my read on the situation as well. The only way I think that Parsons does leave is if Dallas just makes a ridiculous offer, which I don't believe they can right now. I'm one of those people believing that Parsons has been on-board with Houston's offseason plans and that he isn't going anywhere.
Morey made the right move. Throw $88m at Bosh and see if he prefers Miami so much that he'll leave all that money on the table. Bosh doesn't seem like a guy who can cover the loss of salary with advertising dollars like LeBron or even D12 could.
