How would Miami's cap space look with all Wade, Bosh and James?

[Kamnik]

With these 3 (assuming all 3 with max contracts) and Beasly they would already be near the salary cap no?

Is there a thread or calculations made?

Could they sign a MLE player besides them?

I don't see how they could create a solid roster with 3 max paid players...

[MiamiHeat]

LeBron Wade and Bosh would take up almost the entire salary cap lol

the Heat would then sign Joel Anthony to the minumum. he's a defensive Center, very good shot blocker, and he can rebound. his offense is terribad though


there's also talks of grabbing Jamal Magloire for his minumum.

Mario Chalmers stays at PG. He's a VERY GOOD defender, gets steals, and can shoot the 3pter. He makes mistakes though, and has some flaws in his game, but he's really young and he will learn. serviceable PG, maybe off the bench.


after that, the Heat would have to go after guys like Kurt Thomas, and many other guys and sign them for their minimum, whatever that is

The HEAT can go over the cap if they have to fill up a roster, so signing guys to whatever their minimum is at, is allowed


With those big 3, the rest of the roster is easy to fill.

[MiamiHeat]

I don't see how they could create a solid roster with 3 max paid players...

lol @ this type of thinking

PG -
SG - Wade
SF - LeBron
PF - Bosh
C -

bench


it will barely matter what type of guys they get. With the Big 3, they will sweep the league.

[024]

they won't be able to use the MLE. i haven't done the calculations but all three players will get at least near the max with like a 500k-1million dollar pay cut. the heat will most likely trade beasley and his $5 million contract for 2-3 lesser players. will probably sign someone like shaq or tmac who are desperate for a ring. if lebron goes to the heat, they might have to wait a year to win because constructing the rest of the team with min contracts is pretty bad. if lebron really wanted to win next year, he would go to the bulls.

[Kamnik]

In this case all 3 players would be required to plax close to 40 minutes a game which would really increase their chance for injuries. I don't see it happening...

It is better to have 5 decent role players around Bosh and Wade than a bunch of crappy ones around "the big 3".

[Giuseppe]

With the Big 3, they will sweep the league.

So much easier saying it. Next to impossible actually doing it.

[024]

don't know how this will work out. if the superfriends do decide to come together, then it might tire them out because they have to carry a team of min contract players, or maybe not because there will be 3 stars that have dragged their team's dead corpses for the past few seasons. the best second options they've had last season were beasley, bargnani, and jamison/williams. not exactly good company.

[ffadicted]

lmao @ Lebron always having one less ring then wade

[Darrin]

With these 3 (assuming all 3 with max contracts) and Beasly they would already be near the salary cap no?

Is there a thread or calculations made?

Could they sign a MLE player besides them?

I don't see how they could create a solid roster with 3 max paid players...

We saw this in 2007 with the Celtics. They'll use their three draft picks from this year's draft and a couple of complimentary pieces to fill out the roster (James Posey was the big find). They don't have the MLE because at the time of calculation of the cap, they were under. They will have 10 years with these guys. That's 9 MLEs and 9 Veterans Exceptions to get a Championship with Miami. Those aren't bad odds.

[MiamiHeat]

In this case all 3 players would be required to plax close to 40 minutes a game which would really increase their chance for injuries. I don't see it happening...

It is better to have 5 decent role players around Bosh and Wade than a bunch of crappy ones around "the big 3".

keep telling yourself that

in the regular season, all the inferior teams are going to get blown out by the 4th quarter.

LBJ and wade and bosh will get plenty of rest.

they will only play big minutes vs elite teams like lakers magic boston.

and in the playoffs, they were going to play 40+ minutes ANYWAY, so might as well do it together and win.

[mystargtr34]

Guys who may generally be worth more than the minimum are likely to strongly consider taking less money to sign for a team that is pretty much garuanteed to compete for a championship, so they would have that going for them.

[ploto]

Guys who have already made their money will be lining up to play with those 3 for the minimum and the chance for a ring- all while living in Miami.

[Bandwagon Fan]

lol @ this type of thinking

PG -
SG - Wade
SF - LeBron
PF - Bosh
C -

bench


it will barely matter what type of guys they get. With the Big 3, they will sweep the league.

Just wait till theyre up against a team that actually plays defense, or has a tough center (or overall size advantage) in a seven game series.

Even in the regular season any team with a decent bench will give the trouble. Hope they arent expecting HCA . Im wondering how you expect Lebron, Wade, and Bosh to recieve 'plenty of rest' when theyll be the only ones standing between a victory and a blowout loss.

[timvp]

The Heat would easily be able to recruit a solid group of role players if they landed the Ultimate Big 3. All the Heat would have to do is point to the fact that their scrub role players got massively overpaid the last time the team had success (See: Jones, Damon and Kapono, Jason).

[pauls931]

This is like pickup game where all the good players make sure they're on the same team. I guess if they can make the money work, fine. But might have to wait and see if this trumpts the Gasol trade. Funny how most of the tough teams are now out east, but I guess everyone still wants to avoid LA as long as possible.

[MiamiHeat]

This is like pickup game where all the good players make sure they're on the same team. I guess if they can make the money work, fine. But might have to wait and see if this trumpts the Gasol trade. Funny how most of the tough teams are now out east, but I guess everyone still wants to avoid LA as long as possible.

eh

I guess it's funny if you grew up in the 00's

I grew up in the 90's, and the Beasts of the East were all the best teams. The western conference was the ty conference back then.

it's the see-saw.

[Bandwagon Fan]

'Ultimate Big 3 but not much else' isn't as appealing when you already have 3-4 proven contenders.

And even with Wade Bosh and Lebron, Miami's going to need more than just a few standard role players to pull ahead of the pack. Lakers had more, Celtics had more, Spurs had more. I dont see who Miami aquires that gives them anything near that level of depth, let alone what those three teams had.

[MiamiHeat]

'Ultimate Big 3 but not much else' isn't as appealing when you already have 3-4 proven contenders.

And even with Wade Bosh and Lebron, Miami's going to need more than just a few standard role players to pull ahead of the pack. Lakers had more, Celtics had more, Spurs had more. I dont see who Miami aquires that gives them anything near that level of depth, let alone what those three teams had.

yeah, lets hope the Heat find Shannon Brown, Jordan Farmar, and Luke Walton

hurry up bandwagon fan, you should jump on the HEAT train before lebron announces so you can claim "I WAS A HEAT FAN BEFORE THE TRIO CAME TO MIAMI"

[Bandwagon Fan]

Sounds like the kinds of role players youll be employing for your C and PG. Wonder what thatll make your bench look like.

I hear you guys will have a solid 6th man

[ffadicted]

It's also hilarious, just look at the lakers for example. Kobe checks Wade evenly, Pau checks Bosh at least evenly, and Ron can do work to contain Lebron. Who the checks Bynum? Odom? Even Blake lol

I get that you don't pass up the opportunity to have those three guys on your team, but idk brah, idk

[MiamiHeat]

It's also hilarious, just look at the lakers for example. Kobe checks Wade evenly, Pau checks Bosh at least evenly, and Ron can do work to contain Lebron. Who the checks Bynum? Odom? Even Blake lol

wait what? you sound like a person who just hates that this happened and is trying to justify why it would suck

Odom plays SF. He can't play with Ron and Gasol at the same time.

Bynum is a scrub. A defensive Center who can rebound and block shots will neutralize him.

[Bandwagon Fan]

lmao, yeah those defensive centers come a dime a dozen don't they?

Replace Odom with Fisher or whatever, quite honestly it doesnt matter because this is the depth that LA doesnt have

By the way speaking of defense, its going to be hilarious to watch this big three try to hold off onslaughts with whatever scrub role players they find to give them a hand. But no worries, team defense is really just a three man effort right?

[ffadicted]

wait what? you sound like a person who just hates that this happened and is trying to justify why it would suck

Odom plays SF. He can't play with Ron and Gasol at the same time.

Bynum is a scrub. A defensive Center who can rebound and block shots will neutralize him.

lol I would love for this to happen and for Lebron to become Wade's .
It's just not as dreamy as people think it is right now. And tbh, lol @ Odom not being able to play PF, gtfo

[JamStone]

The ESPN cap expert said the starting salary of each would be $16.6, I believe. Well if that's accurate, that's $49.8 for the three of them. Chalmers makes $847,000. So that's about $50.6 committed to those four players with a cap roughly at $58 million. If the Heat are able to trade Beasley without taking a salary in return, the Heat actually would have a little bit of money to play with to try to get a decent big man, better than Joel Anthony. They might even have enough to offer Haywood something like $7-9 million a year. But, they'd probably be better off trying to split whatever money they do have left and trying to get at least two above minimum contract caliber players, perhaps trying to get both Ray Felton and Travis Outlaw for example for depth. Big men free agents are pretty thin anyway beyond the top free agent big men, so might as well try to get a couple quality perimeter guys for depth.

With the cap set at $58, if the Heat can ship off Beasley for cap space, the Heat might actually be able to add a couple of decent players so that everything is not on those three guys and they're surrounded by all scrubs or over-the-hill players trying to ride coattails.

[pauls931]

If you have 3 players that good, it doesn't really matter what you surround them with as long as they can play some D. Get some defensive players, a couple assholes that can stand behind the 3pt line all day and you're set.