Heat: LeBron is going back in 2016

[IrisHockey]

... only a 2 year deal with the Cavs per Windhorst. You know Riley will be scheming all types of to get him back

[MeloHype]

[Reck]

LOL he'll never go back to the Heat.

Lakers, maybe when Kobe is no longer poisoning that organization.

Or he just wants to keep Heat "fans" hoping that one day he will come back when in reality he will play the remainder of his days in Cleveland.

[Infinite_limit]

He's joining the Thunder

[024]

Lebron needs shorter deals as a bargaining chip against management. If he even gets a hint of penny pinching, you can bet he will leverage his short contract to force moves.

Or he's just keeping his options open to join the Spurs in 2016.

[jeebus]

So this is what the EC is reduced to now?

[Clipper Nation]

... only a 2 year deal with the Cavs per Windhorst.

LeClipper

[Seventyniner]

Makes no sense. A 3-year deal with a player option on year 3 makes the most sense. After only two years in Cleveland they won't have his Bird rights.

[spurraider21]

So this is what the EC is reduced to now?

i think they go by WC after the welching incident

[mavsfan1000]

Lebron is not loyal. He'll go to the hot team that can afford him.

[DMX7]

It's all about getting max money

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It's all about getting max money

Yep, it's kosher.

[Kool Bob Love]

Meh.

[baseline bum]

Makes no sense. A 3-year deal with a player option on year 3 makes the most sense. After only two years in Cleveland they won't have his Bird rights.

They'll have Early Bird Rights, which will allow them to go over the cap to pay him the minimum of:

(1) 175% of his previous year's salary
(2) 35% of the cap

The number in (1) would be something along the lines of $38 million, so the cap would have to come in around $108 million for him to not get a max contract.

[Franklin]

he will come back to Miami when he is 39yr old and win one more ring there like Gary Payton did, imho

[Seventyniner]

They'll have Early Bird Rights, which will allow them to go over the cap to pay him the minimum of:

(1) 175% of his previous year's salary
(2) 35% of the cap

The number in (1) would be something along the lines of $38 million, so the cap would have to come in around $108 million for him to not get a max contract.

Thanks. That's what I get for going on memory. I thought Early Bird rights were more restrictive than that.

A 2-year contract kind of contradicts the whole "I'm coming home" story, though.

[moisaenz]

he will come back to Miami when he is 39yr old and win one more ring there like Gary Payton did, imho

who will they have then....

[djohn2oo8]

LeBron will retire a Cav..

[tdunk21]

LeBron will retire a Cav..

[dbreiden83080]

It was a 2 year deal with the Heat also had he re-upped. He wants that bigger money in 2016..

[baseline bum]

LeBron will retire a Cav..

Yeah, LeBron can't ever leave short of finding out Gilbert is a child molester or that Blatt kept women locked up in his basement for a decade. The fallout would be unreal and his endorsements would dry up for years just like when Kobe raped.

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Yeah, LeBron can't ever leave short of finding out Gilbert is a child molester or that Blatt kept women locked up in his basement for a decade. The fallout would be unreal and his endorsements would dry up for years just like when Kobe raped.

You've nary room, Dennis. Your Neal raped as well.

[Mugen]

Yeah, LeBron can't ever leave short of finding out Gilbert is a child molester or that Blatt kept women locked up in his basement for a decade. The fallout would be unreal and his endorsements would dry up for years just like when Kobe raped.

Even then, they'd probably just bring Potato Head back tbh.

[florige]

I joked about this notion earlier, but as erratic as these coddled superstars sometimes think, it wouldn't surprise me at all if all of the sudden LBJ pulls a MJ and decides he wants to try out for the Cleveland Browns. I honestly could see him pulling something like that.

[spurraider21]

It was a 2 year deal with the Heat also had he re-upped. He wants that bigger money in 2016..

yeah, they're gna opt out of the cba before anybody can blink tbh