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Lebron James (Los Angeles Lakers)

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OH10 said:
Can't wait until the Heat tell Wade to take a hike. That's going to be the best troll job ever.
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That's where they are the most fucked. If they tell Lebron's daddy to take a hike he'll walk too. So not only do they have to pay Lebron 20 mil they have to pay Wade 10 and Bosh 15+ in order to not lose them all. If Bosh really wants to not be forced to place center his best bet would be to get as much as he can from the Rockets. In the long run the only guy that will be happy he opted out of his current contract will be Lebron.
 
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If LeBron is insisting on a max deal, Miami's in a really tough spot. All they'll be able to sign is a mix bag of mediocrity. Bosh will get better offers from other teams than Miami can offer. So, if LeBron takes a max offer from, say, Houston...does gay dinosaur hang around Miami to play with what's left of Diane Wade? The best thing that could happen would be LeBron bolting, Bosh following him, and Riley left out in the cold with only Diane Wade willing to resign. If that happens, my glee will be impossible to hide.

Fuck all three of them, but fuck Pat Riley most of all.
 
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NFBuck said:
If LeBron is insisting on a max deal, Miami's in a really tough spot. All they'll be able to sign is a mix bag of mediocrity. Bosh will get better offers from other teams than Miami can offer. So, if LeBron takes a max offer from, say, Houston...does gay dinosaur hang around Miami to play with what's left of Diane Wade? The best thing that could happen would be LeBron bolting, Bosh following him, and Riley left out in the cold with only Diane Wade willing to resign. If that happens, my glee will be impossible to hide.

Fuck all three of them, but fuck Pat Riley most of all.
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Agreed on all points here, I'm a little surprised Lebron is demanding the max... I mean wasn't the point of opting out to help create space to get other help in town, this a bit of an interesting play if indeed true.
 
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Bucks21 said:
Agreed on all points here, I'm a little surprised Lebron is demanding the max... I mean wasn't the point of opting out to help create space to get other help in town, this a bit of an interesting play if indeed true.
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I've heard and read, none of them really want to take pay cuts so the owner can get out of the Luxury Tax.... so with the soft cap they (Diane, James, Bosh) figure they can just throw all the money at the problem
 
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Bucks21 said:
Agreed on all points here, I'm a little surprised Lebron is demanding the max... I mean wasn't the point of opting out to help create space to get other help in town, this a bit of an interesting play if indeed true.
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I'm a little surprised because I thought he would stay in Miami for sure. This plants some serious doubt. I don't blame him, though. I think he realizes that Miami is going to keep Wade around, and Wade is a second tier wing player at best now. Add into that Bosh, and even if LeBron takes a small cut, they still aren't going to be able to put a roster around him good enough to warrant taking less money for anything less than guaranteed titles. And even all 3 of them resigning plus a rag tag group of washed up vets that they can afford is far from a sure thing. They weren't even close in the Finals, and they aren't going to have the flexibility to put enough pieces around him to make them dominant again. He might as well get a max deal and have his pick of where to play.
 
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plus, there's no way Haslam plays for the league minimum. he did miami a big favor by giving up $4 million this year. they are going to have to make good with him, which isn't the league minimum. the same goes for wade. he walked away from $40 million, no way they don't give him a 4 year deal for about $12 million+ per for his cooperation.

but at least ESPN is slowly coming to the realization that these 3 might not want to give up a combined $80 million to circle jerk each other for 6 months then get bounced by a western conference team, provided they even make it that far next year.
 
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AuTX Buckeye said:
I've heard and read, none of them really want to take pay cuts so the owner can get out of the Luxury Tax.... so with the soft cap they (Diane, James, Bosh) figure they can just throw all the money at the problem
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The only one that should take a paycut is Wade. Bosh can make more money elsewhere. LeBron, as the best player on the planet will get a max deal in a nanosecond. I guess if LeBron bolts, Riley could match any offer Bosh would receive, but would he want to stay there with only the shell of Wade? I was about 98% sure they were all resigning before all of this. I'd say I'm about 33% now. And even if they do resign together, I don't see how Miami pieces a roster together that makes them significantly better than they were this year. This is glorious.

Poor Shabazz Napier. :lol:
 
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NFBuck said:
Hopefully LeBron's fragile little ego doesn't get bruised too much when all 137 Heat fans in attendance boo him when he comes back to Miami as the enemy next year. :slappy:
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I wouldn't worry about it. The arena will be full of fans of the team he signs with. Noted they will be the same fans that have been at Heat games the past 4 years, just with different jerseys.
 
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Report: LeBron James, annoyed with Micky Arison, not ready to commit to Heat
As team insiders have maintained for months, James isn’t interested in reducing his salary from $20.6 next season and $22.1 million in 2015-16 just so that team owner Micky Arison can avoid paying luxury taxes. As they say, been there, done that and all it got James was second place.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....ke-pay-cut-just-to-save-heat-owner-tax-money/

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Re: Teams that contact James will be informed that he wants no less than the maximum salary number for next season, sources said. The max number is projected to be $22.2 million. In 2010, James accepted a pay cut when he signed with the Miami Heat, taking less than the maximum salary to help make space for other free agents.

I think that may be a ploy to get Micky Arison to spend some more on another free agent (and just pay the luxury tax) to improve the team. I think James will take less per season o play for the Heat only if the Heat commits to some additional free agents (in addition to Bosch, Wade and Haslam) and the Heat's overall payroll is at least a big as it was in 2013/2014.

It's a WIN-WIN for James if Arison doesn't go along with it James will almost assuredly get a MAX contract from another team.
 
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