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Nilanka wrote: View PostUnless he opted out to sign for less, allowing Miami room to sign Lowry....
*Gulp*
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Lebron opting out has huge implications on the NBA. Though he's likely to resign with Miami, I wouldn't be surprised if every single team would at least consider the possibility of signing him. Some teams would be willing to trade their entire roster just to get him.
We should look to players that may be underappreciated because of this news, like Luol Deng and snap them up quickly.
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Stevo wrote: View PostLebron opting out has huge implications on the NBA. Though he's likely to resign with Miami, I wouldn't be surprised if every single team would at least consider the possibility of signing him. Some teams would be willing to trade their entire roster just to get him.
We should look to players that may be underappreciated because of this news, like Luol Deng and snap them up quickly.
Wade wants to go back. Bosh wants to go back. Both have been up front and public in declaring this.
Sometimes silence is deafening.
There is the rumour that he was pissed Mike Miller was amnestied to save money. If I'm LeBron (or anyone who gave up money), I'm thinking I'm sacrificing money to field a competitive team, shouldn't ownership?
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I don't know why Lebron would go back to Miami - that roster is horrible without him. I'd worry about the Bulls. I don't know the chances, but if they could land him that team would be deadly, almost regardless of D-Rose's health. Just Lebron with that defense, and how he would rejuvenate the entire offense as its point-forward hub....the Bulls with Lebron next year would be better than the Heat with Lebron next year, in my opinion."We're playing in a building." -- Kawhi Leonard
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S.R. wrote: View PostI don't know why Lebron would go back to Miami - that roster is horrible without him. I'd worry about the Bulls. I don't know the chances, but if they could land him that team would be deadly, almost regardless of D-Rose's health. Just Lebron with that defense, and how he would rejuvenate the entire offense as its point-forward hub....the Bulls with Lebron next year would be better than the Heat with Lebron next year, in my opinion.
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Lebron opting out has been a foregone conclusion for months now (years maybe). He's going to get a bigger max deal than he currently has, and he puts extra pressure on Riley to upgrade the Heat. Far more interesting is whether Wade and Bosh opt in or not. I think they'd both be foolish not to as they're healthily overpaid and any new contract they'd sign this offseason would pale by comparison. If they do opt out though, it means they're going to take less money so the team can upgrade the roster, and that Lebron will be staying for sure (no way they opt out if Lebron says he's leaving).
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Fun - let's go get him.
The trick is getting rid of Hayes/Fields/Novak. Remember cap room is a huge asset this summer - the rebuilding teams that will look to sell it off by absorbing that sort of contract will charge a big price - it's a seller's market out there. If we want to clear all three off the roster, it will cost us assets, probably all our picks this year and a future pick (say, the NYK 2016 pick). But let's say it could be done. Let's say we lose our first in the process (which also clears cap room). Let's say we waive Salmons and TH, and Buycks and Stone.
We would be looking at a roster of DD, JV, Ross, Lowry (say, 10M), Amir, Patman (say, 5M), GV (say, 5M), de Colo (say, 2M). That's 8 guys, so another 2M goes to roster slot holds, plus 600k for Camby's buyout, and 2M for TH and Salmons. Leaving the total cap hit at 50.1M. That means about 13.6M in cap room. So let's say we let de Colo go. That clears 1.5M. Leaving us with 15.0M in room.
Not enough to convince LBJ. But let's say if LBJ comes here we can re-sign guys for a bit of a discount. If we sign Patman and GV to deals that average 5M instead of starting there, with raises over 5 years, we clear about 1.3M in cap room. So we are looking at 16.3M. Then say we sign Lowry to a 9.5M AAV (to match DD) and backload it over 5 years. That means a starting salary of 8.3M, bumping us up to 18.1M in cap room.
18.1M in cap room equates to a 4 year, 77.2M dollar deal for LBJ. Is that enough?
If not, we could look to let Vasquez go and get some minimum salary guy to backup the PG spot (between LBJ and Lowry we'd be pretty set for ball handling).
With Vasquez gone, we have 21.9M in cap room. LBJ's maximum starting salary is probably going to be around 20.7M. That means a 4 year, 88.2M dollar deal. That's the most he can get if he doesn't re-sign in MIA. If he re-signs, he is eligible for 128M over 5 years or so.
But it puts him in the middle of a core with young prospects (Ross, JV), established all-star talent (DD, borderline Lowry), solid young players (Patman, Amir) and an ownership not afraid to spend into the tax because this team can be a cash cow with a talent like James. Immediately there's a very good chance we win the East, and moving forward we have all our picks for trades, and can get into the tax pretty quickly via raises and extensions.
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DanH wrote: View PostFun - let's go get him.
The trick is getting rid of Hayes/Fields/Novak. Remember cap room is a huge asset this summer - the rebuilding teams that will look to sell it off by absorbing that sort of contract will charge a big price - it's a seller's market out there. If we want to clear all three off the roster, it will cost us assets, probably all our picks this year and a future pick (say, the NYK 2016 pick). But let's say it could be done. Let's say we lose our first in the process (which also clears cap room). Let's say we waive Salmons and TH, and Buycks and Stone.
We would be looking at a roster of DD, JV, Ross, Lowry (say, 10M), Amir, Patman (say, 5M), GV (say, 5M), de Colo (say, 2M). That's 8 guys, so another 2M goes to roster slot holds, plus 600k for Camby's buyout, and 2M for TH and Salmons. Leaving the total cap hit at 50.1M. That means about 13.6M in cap room. So let's say we let de Colo go. That clears 1.5M. Leaving us with 15.0M in room.
Not enough to convince LBJ. But let's say if LBJ comes here we can re-sign guys for a bit of a discount. If we sign Patman and GV to deals that average 5M instead of starting there, with raises over 5 years, we clear about 1.3M in cap room. So we are looking at 16.3M. Then say we sign Lowry to a 9.5M AAV (to match DD) and backload it over 5 years. That means a starting salary of 8.3M, bumping us up to 18.1M in cap room.
18.1M in cap room equates to a 4 year, 77.2M dollar deal for LBJ. Is that enough?
If not, we could look to let Vasquez go and get some minimum salary guy to backup the PG spot (between LBJ and Lowry we'd be pretty set for ball handling).
With Vasquez gone, we have 21.9M in cap room. LBJ's maximum starting salary is probably going to be around 20.7M. That means a 4 year, 88.2M dollar deal. That's the most he can get if he doesn't re-sign in MIA. If he re-signs, he is eligible for 128M over 5 years or so.
But it puts him in the middle of a core with young prospects (Ross, JV), established all-star talent (DD, borderline Lowry), solid young players (Patman, Amir) and an ownership not afraid to spend into the tax because this team can be a cash cow with a talent like James. Immediately there's a very good chance we win the East, and moving forward we have all our picks for trades, and can get into the tax pretty quickly via raises and extensions.
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