Woj: Sources: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh to give Pat Riley time to improve

[baseline bum]

Sources: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh to give Pat Riley time to improve roster (http://i1.glitter-graphics.org/pub/740/740761az70ff15ja.jpg)

As Miami Heat president Pat Riley begins to pursue free agency at 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday, LeBron James and his Big Three teammates plan to give the franchise a window to recruit a supporting cast and close deals with them, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

The Heat's free agents – James, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem – have the framework of deals in place to remain with Miami, arming Riley with his limitations within the salary cap to sign talent, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

"Everybody has their [contract] number and has left a little bit of room to let [Riley] maneuver," one source briefed on the contract discussions told Yahoo Sports.

Now, it is on Riley to replenish a roster that failed in a five-game NBA Finals loss to San Antonio. As Yahoo Sports reported on Saturday, James is pursuing a full max contract extension, beginning at $20.6 million – or something slightly below. Bosh and Wade will need to take pay cuts – Wade's significant since he sucks – to create the cap space for Miami to be competitive in pursuit of free agent targets that include Kyle Lowry, Luol Deng, Marcin Gortat, Trevor Ariza and Marvin Williams.

Among top-level NBA executives and agents, there remains a strong belief that Miami will convince its key players to return on new deals. Within the suitors for James, there's an increased pessimism they'll never get a serious chance to engage James in free-agent meetings and presentations, sources told Yahoo Sports. His agent Rich Paul told teams he will accept their calls beginning after midnight on Tuesday, but there's no sense the formal meetings will be scheduled in the near future, sources said.

As one general manager told Yahoo Sports, "Right now, it's clear they're buying time for Riley to go out and hit the market."

Paul has avoided any communication with teams on James' free agency, abiding by loosely enforced NBA rules on holding free agent talks before the official start of the period at 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday, league sources said. Cleveland undertook an investigation in 2010 on James' camp, charging tampering with James and league sources believe that's a significant reason why Paul has been so careful.

[IrisHockey]

LeBron gets the 20 mil but the rest of those 3 shitbags should get 15 combined at the most

[m>s]

spot up 3 point shooting big and an old "slasher" who can't shoot

[ducks]

jasmes is supposedly in brazil according to tim Reynolds

bosh in parts unknown

if pat can not land someone soon this could really blow up


if heat do you go mle and except route or create cap space

[HemisfairArena]

If Riley wants to keep James, he should let Bosh and Wade walk and sign 'Melo and use the rest on a big man like Monroe.

[baseline bum]

If Riley wants to keep James, he should let Bosh and Wade walk and sign 'Melo and use the rest on a big man like Monroe.

$11 million probably won't get Monroe.

[Splits]

$11 million probably won't get Monroe.

Spurs got Splitter for $10, that's probably his range unless someone wildly overpays. He's not a hot commodity right now.

[HI-FI]

:lol at the link.

[HemisfairArena]

$11 million probably won't get Monroe.

You think so?,,,I don't know. I thought around 9-10mil/yr would do it.

[RD2191]

:lol

[playbonner15]

Sources: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh to give Pat Riley time to improve roster (http://i1.glitter-graphics.org/pub/740/740761az70ff15ja.jpg)

Wade's significant since he sucks

Yep it would be nice if they really wrote that

[IrisHockey]

Matt Moore CBS ‏@MattMooreCBS (https://twitter.com/MattMooreCBS) 10m (https://twitter.com/MattMooreCBS/status/483830588143828992)
Report: Heat interested in Vince Carter, Shawn Marion, Steve Blake

Dump Wade and sign VC. You're getting the better player on a much smaller deal

[manufan10]

:lol at the link.

I was wondering why you were laughing at it, and for the life of me I couldn't figure out why. And then I clicked the link. :lol

[ducks]

lol vince carter

[TheGoldStandard]

This is too funny.. Good luck Riley scraping the barrel in order to field a team that James will have to carry again.

[ducks]

carter for the min would do heat a lot of good

[Thread]

carter for the min would do heat a lot of good

Food for thought.

[Thread]

This is too funny.. Good luck Riley scraping the barrel in order to field a team that James will have to carry again.

Without Duncan & Bosh---James would be light 1.

[TheGoldStandard]

Without Duncan & Bosh---James would be light 1.

Without James they wouldn't have gotten past Indiana.. Sad but true

[Thread]

Without James they wouldn't have gotten past Indiana.. Sad but true

& without Duncan they wouldn't a got past Duncan.

[florige]

Matt Moore CBS ‏@MattMooreCBS (https://twitter.com/MattMooreCBS) 10m (https://twitter.com/MattMooreCBS/status/483830588143828992)
Report: Heat interested in Vince Carter, Shawn Marion, Steve Blake

Dump Wade and sign VC. You're getting the better player on a much smaller deal


VC? They are really digging. At least Wade at times could bring the ball up court.

[21209]

Riley should get the veteran PG he needs in Jameer Nelson for scraps and depending on what Bosh, Wade and Haslem command could make a run at Gortat, albeit a slim chance they could land him.

[Thread]

Riley should get the veteran PG he needs in Jameer Nelson for scraps and depending on what Bosh, Wade and Haslem command could make a run at Gortat, albeit a slim chance they could land him.

Gortat, yes, but, there is not a dime's worth of difference twixt Nelson & Chalmers cept the rings.

[Malik Hairston]

Vince would be fine as a 7th man or even 6th man, but they really need to find a couple of athletic role players that are still in their athletic prime..just have to make 3s and not be a liability on defense..

If all 3 are basing their future with the Heat on Riley, which I don't believe is true, then all 3 would leave, as Riley is a mediocre GM, one of the most overrated in the league, tbh:lol..

[IrisHockey]

Vince would be fine as a 7th man or even 6th man, but they really need to find a couple of athletic role players that are still in their athletic prime..just have to make 3s and not be a liability on defense..

If all 3 are basing their future with the Heat on Riley, which I don't believe is true, then all 3 would leave, as Riley is a mediocre GM, one of the most overrated in the league, tbh:lol..

Who would you say is currently better than Riley as a GM, tbh..?

[RsxPiimp]

Lebron's Translation: y'all niggas sign for cheap, if you want to ring but if I think the pieces are whack, then you bitches suck a fat one and enjoy the company of wade and bosh. I'm bouncing to the clippas broham

[Jacob1983]

Pussies

[FlAVaK]

:lol at the link.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--lebron-james--dwyane-wade--chris-bosh-to-give-pat-riley-time-to-improve-roster-023118965.html

[TampaDude]

& without Duncan they wouldn't a got past Duncan.

Dude...this ain't the thread for your faggot bullshit. Go climb back inside THE BAG. :lol

[benefactor]

:lol the Heat holding the league hostage

[Clipper Nation]

Matt Moore CBS ‏@MattMooreCBS (https://twitter.com/MattMooreCBS) 10m (https://twitter.com/MattMooreCBS/status/483830588143828992)
Report: Heat interested in Vince Carter, Shawn Marion, Steve Blake

Dump Wade and sign VC. You're getting the better player on a much smaller deal
Heat would get so much better by dumping TOSWade, but they won't do it out of loyalty, tbh....

[djohn2oo8]

lol Riley

[Seventyniner]

What happens if Riley can't land a name FA? Do Bosh and James leave?

[Infinite_limit]

lol Riley
Agreed. Proud player, coach & GM now turned begging man for hoodlums.

[Thread]

Agreed. Proud player, coach & GM now turned begging man for hoodlums.

The line twixt "begging" & conspiring to acquire Jackson & Diaw is subjective.

[Double-Up]

" Wade's significant since he sucks " shit ain't even in the article...but so true. :lol

[playbonner15]

But for some reason, some team will still help Riley and co and give them the pc they need.

[SupremeGuy]

Lebron is waiting for wade and bosh to sign for peanuts so he can make max, and they can still go after a top FA. Damn, he's shitting on the heat. :lol

[TIMMYtoZO]

:lol Miami is fucking with the media/haters so it won't look so obvious. The 3 Kings are cool with one another. Lebron isn't fucking anyone over. The 3 Kings will have deals that will allow Riley to reload. Miami is going to have a very loaded team next season. I couldn't be anymore excited to see all the new weapons he brings in, tbh.

[Thread]

:lol Miami is fucking with the media/haters so it won't look so obvious. The 3 Kings are cool with one another. Lebron isn't fucking anyone over. The 3 Kings will have deals that will allow Riley to reload. Miami is going to have a very loaded team next season. I couldn't be anymore excited to see all the new weapons he brings in, tbh.

I certainly hope you're right. I do not want him here even visiting to listen. No.

[baseline bum]

:lol Miami is fucking with the media/haters so it won't look so obvious. The 3 Kings are cool with one another. Lebron isn't fucking anyone over. The 3 Kings will have deals that will allow Riley to reload. Miami is going to have a very loaded team next season. I couldn't be anymore excited to see all the new weapons he brings in, tbh.

Miami had a really loaded team this year too

[Thread]

Miami had a really loaded team this year too

Please. You beat 'em last June. Don't act like you didn't lick your fuckin' chops finding them there again this June.

[baseline bum]

Please. You beat 'em last June. Don't act like you didn't lick your fuckin' chops finding them there again this June.

Winning 5 over the greatest trio since Gasol+Bynum+Artest :cry

[Thread]

Winning 5 over the greatest trio since Gasol+Bynum+Artest :cry

ha, James couldn't even hold his do-do.

[spurraider21]

Bosh and Wade have reportedly both agree to terms Wade on a 4 year deal with a first year salary of 12 and Bosh 5 years with a first year salary of 11. The source is some guy from "the Oregonian" so take it with a grain of salt

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Bosh and Wade have reportedly both agree to terms Wade on a 4 year deal with a first year salary of 12 and Bosh 5 years with a first year salary of 11. The source is some guy from "the Oregonian" so take it with a grain of salt

Thank, Christ.

[Chris]

Bosh and Wade have reportedly both agree to terms Wade on a 4 year deal with a first year salary of 12 and Bosh 5 years with a first year salary of 11. The source is some guy from "the Oregonian" so take it with a grain of salt

lol tlong

[mudyez]

484058625342578689

[TIMMYtoZO]

Boom! Here comes Miami!!! They want that title back. I love this fucking team.

[RsxPiimp]

:lol Miami is fucking with the media/haters so it won't look so obvious. The 3 Kings are cool with one another. Lebron isn't fucking anyone over. The 3 Kings will have deals that will allow Riley to reload. Miami is going to have a very loaded team next season. I couldn't be anymore excited to see all the new weapons he brings in, tbh.
Swear on your life?

[ducks]

tp 12.5 million
wade 12.5 million
tp is still greater then wade and is overpaid

[Infinite_limit]

Boom! Here comes Miami!!! They want that title back. I love this fucking team.
Heat need a #1 Franchise guy willing to carry the team offensively late in games. Maybe they can trade James, Wade & Bosh for Dirk

[CavsSuperFan]

"The Oregonian" ? CIA TLONG phoning in his latest troll post... :cell

[CavsSuperFan]

Anyone else think it is funny That Bosch & Wade think that it is Riles who needs the improvement....:lol

[PingPong]

Le Bron is soooo worried about Miami...

http://i.imgur.com/b4O2qpG.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/kAH3z6G.jpg

[spurraider21]

yep, Wade/Bosh's agent has already said they haven't agreed to a deal, as posted earlier.

:lol the oregonian reporting on miami heat contracts

[ducks]

http://espn.go.com/espn/print?id=11170322&type=story

[ducks]

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Sources: Big 3 not acting in concert

By Chris Broussard
ESPN The Magazine


When the Miami Heat's "Big 3" went their separate ways after a lunch meeting last Wednesday, they went not knowing whether they had played their last game together, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

While Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh were committed to returning to the Heat, LeBron James was unsure of what he would do, the sources said.

The only certainty coming out of the meeting concerning James was that he wanted a maximum-level salary.

James did not ask or suggest that Wade and Bosh opt out of their deals or take lesser salaries to allow the Heat to add other top players, according to the sources.



When Bosh and Wade opted out of their contracts a few days later -- joining James who had done so before their lunch meeting -- it was widely assumed the three were working together and would all return to the Heat.

But sources who have spoken with two of the Big 3 said that was not the case. Bosh and Wade are intent on returning to Miami, but neither of them knows what James will do.

"It's not a done deal," said one source, when asked about James' return to Miami. "That's for sure."

Bosh and Wade were so uncertain about James's future after last week's meeting that one of them spoke about what the Heat might look like without James, according to one source.

The decisions of Bosh and Wade to opt out of the final two years and $42 million of their contracts were sparked by their desire to add better players in an effort to entice James to stay in Miami, one source said.

While both players expect to sign larger contracts overall, each is willing to take less money annually.

Bosh is looking to sign a five-year deal worth between $80 million and $90 million while Wade is thinking along the lines of $55 million-60 million over four years, sources said.

Those figures, combined with a max-level contract that would begin at $20.7 million for James, would not clear the cap room it would likely take to sign free-agent targets such as Kyle Lowry, Luol Deng and possibly Pau Gasol.

None of this means James will not return to the Heat, and another season or two for him in Miami seems to be a safe bet, the sources said. But no one, not even the other members of the Big 3, knows what the four-time MVP is going to do.

James's camp has handled this year's free agency much different than it did in 2010. James has hired a new agent since then in longtime friend Rich Paul, and Paul has played it close to the vest.

Paul spoke with clubs interested in signing James beginning at midnight on Tuesday. His responsibility is to share that information with James and then James will decide the next steps.

One similarity between 2014 and 2010 is that James was likewise noncommittal in a meeting with Bosh and Wade before the trio joined forces in Miami that summer.





Print and Go Back ESPN.com: NBA [Print without images]

Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Sources: Big 3 not acting in concert

By Chris Broussard
ESPN The Magazine


When the Miami Heat's "Big 3" went their separate ways after a lunch meeting last Wednesday, they went not knowing whether they had played their last game together, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

While Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh were committed to returning to the Heat, LeBron James was unsure of what he would do, the sources said.

The only certainty coming out of the meeting concerning James was that he wanted a maximum-level salary.

James did not ask or suggest that Wade and Bosh opt out of their deals or take lesser salaries to allow the Heat to add other top players, according to the sources.



When Bosh and Wade opted out of their contracts a few days later -- joining James who had done so before their lunch meeting -- it was widely assumed the three were working together and would all return to the Heat.

But sources who have spoken with two of the Big 3 said that was not the case. Bosh and Wade are intent on returning to Miami, but neither of them knows what James will do.

"It's not a done deal," said one source, when asked about James' return to Miami. "That's for sure."

Bosh and Wade were so uncertain about James's future after last week's meeting that one of them spoke about what the Heat might look like without James, according to one source.

The decisions of Bosh and Wade to opt out of the final two years and $42 million of their contracts were sparked by their desire to add better players in an effort to entice James to stay in Miami, one source said.

While both players expect to sign larger contracts overall, each is willing to take less money annually.

Bosh is looking to sign a five-year deal worth between $80 million and $90 million while Wade is thinking along the lines of $55 million-60 million over four years, sources said.

Those figures, combined with a max-level contract that would begin at $20.7 million for James, would not clear the cap room it would likely take to sign free-agent targets such as Kyle Lowry, Luol Deng and possibly Pau Gasol.

None of this means James will not return to the Heat, and another season or two for him in Miami seems to be a safe bet, the sources said. But no one, not even the other members of the Big 3, knows what the four-time MVP is going to do.

James's camp has handled this year's free agency much different than it did in 2010. James has hired a new agent since then in longtime friend Rich Paul, and Paul has played it close to the vest.

Paul spoke with clubs interested in signing James beginning at midnight on Tuesday. His responsibility is to share that information with James and then James will decide the next steps.

One similarity between 2014 and 2010 is that James was likewise noncommittal in a meeting with Bosh and Wade before the trio joined forces in Miami that summer.