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LeBron gets the 20 mil but the rest of those 3 bags should get 15 combined at the most
Sources: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh to give Pat Riley time to improve roster
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 compe ive 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.
LeBron gets the 20 mil but the rest of those 3 bags should get 15 combined at the most
spot up 3 point shooting big and an old "slasher" who can't shoot
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
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.
Spurs got Splitter for $10, that's probably his range unless someone wildly overpays. He's not a hot commodity right now.
at the link.
You think so?,,,I don't know. I thought around 9-10mil/yr would do it.
Yep it would be nice if they really wrote that
Matt Moore CBS @MattMooreCBS 10m
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
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 vince carter
This is too funny.. Good luck Riley scraping the barrel in order to field a team that James will have to carry again.
carter for the min would do heat a lot of good
Food for thought.
Without Duncan & Bosh---James would be light 1.
Without James they wouldn't have gotten past Indiana.. Sad but true
& without Duncan they wouldn't a got past Duncan.
VC? They are really digging. At least Wade at times could bring the ball up court.
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.
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
Who would you say is currently better than Riley as a GM, tbh..?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
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