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Why would James opt out? The cap doesn't go up until next summer and that was whole reason he said he signed the short contract to begin with. Love probably will to get a long term deal.
Why would James opt out? The cap doesn't go up until next summer and that was whole reason he said he signed the short contract to begin with. Love probably will to get a long term deal.
To make Dan Gilbert sweat, and make the team spend money in FA.
James wouldn't handle such media/fan scrutiny
I guess I could see it to force Gilbert to bring Tristan Thompson back since Rich Paul is his agent. No way LeBron leaves again though, I can't imagine the storm he'd get from the media.
I heard that he will opt out...sign the same exact 2 year contract he did last year (with another opt out after 1 year)...opt out again....then sign a max contract the following year.
Hope I said that right
Yeah, that makes sense to get another year of injury insurance.I heard that he will opt out...sign the same exact 2 year contract he did last year (with another opt out after 1 year)...opt out again....then sign a max contract the following year.
OPT OUT
spurs better throw in an offer to persuade him
Here's an interesting piece from Peter Griffin at Espn
What's next for LeBron and Cavs?
Cavaliers' offseason priorities
Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com
CLEVELAND -- It is decision time again for LeBron James.
Where he'll end up after his latest potential foray into free agency likely won't be as intriguing as the how.
James' foreseeable future is in Cleveland. With the ability to opt out of the two-year deal he signed with the Cavaliers last offseason, James must now decide just how much he wants to influence the Cavs as they enter a summer full of uncertainty and potentially massive spending.
The Cavs prefer he give a lot of input. In past similar situations, James has skewed toward passive-aggressiveness from th to the anxiety the franchise is sure to feel.
As if the Golden State Warriors' championship celebration on the Cavs' floor Tuesday night wasn't bad enough, the Cavs' immediate future is troublesome: James, Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, Iman Shumpert, J.R. Smith and Matthew Dellavedova could all be free agents by July 1.
James, Love and Smith have player options for next season and all are expected to decline them. Thompson, Shumpert and Dellavedova are expected to receive qualifying offers from the Cavs and they will become restricted free agents, giving the team the right to match any offer they receive. And the extensions Kyrie Irving (five years, $90 million) and Anderson Varejao (two years, $20.3 million) signed last year are also set to kick in.
Internally, the Cavs have discussed their payroll needing to balloon to between $100 million and $110 million for next season, according to sources.
If they actually hit the top end of that salary threshold, it would put owner Dan Gilbert on the hook for more than $75 million in luxury tax payments and bring the team near the record $193 million in taxes and salaries the Brooklyn Nets spent in 2013-14.
Gilbert, who has seen his estimated net worth quadruple to more than $4 billion during the decade he has owned the Cavs, has indicated numerous times he is willing to spend. To keep James committed, Gilbert has no choice. But he'd probably prefer it if James' commitment was just as deep in terms of length of years. And that likely won't be the case for the time being.
LeBron James can opt out of the two-year deal he signed with the Cavs last offseason.*Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
When James does re-sign with the Cavs this summer, it's probable it will be to another one-year contract plus a player option. Even if this route makes financial sense for James with the salary cap expected to surge following the 2016-17 season, it will keep the Cavs uncomfortable going forward.
But that's the point: He doesn't want his organization to be comfortable.
Welcome to the modern NBA, where James doesn't just control every facet of the game, he controls every facet of the organization.
Ideally for the Cavs, James would come into his exit meeting with strong opinions: Sign this guy at any cost; don't worry about this guy; try to keep this guy, but don't break the bank.
No, this is not how things are supposed to be done in a classic NBA hierarchy. But the reality is the Cavs prefer James to be invested in their decisions so that everyone is on the same page. It's better than operating in a gray area, where they're uncertain of James' investment in working with a player going forward.
This is especially important in regard to Love. James very much pushed for the Cavs to trade for Love last summer, to the point where he was comfortable with No. 1 draft pick Andrew Wiggins being included. However, James and Love didn't particularly mesh well, on or off the court.
The Cavs improved vastly on defense following Love's shoulder injury earlier in the playoffs and were able to continue to excel without him. Considering Love's recent shoulder surgery and the back issues that affected him all season, the Cavs would have reason to pause before offering Love the maximum-allowed five years, $100 million.
This is why they'd prefer to have James' seal of approval. If Love's deal ends up being a burden in the future, they'd want James to share in the responsibility for it.
This is also why James wouldn't be so interested in taking part. He wants a great team and the owners to spend to get it there, but he doesn't want it to limit his future flexibility. As a once-a-generation player, he can have both.
James, though, has been more outspoken when it comes to Thompson. The former fourth overall pick shares an agent with James and appears to have a better chemistry with him on court and off. And James has made it clear in the past that he'd like to play with Thompson for a long time. During the conference finals, James went so far as to say: "Tristan should probably be a Cavalier for his whole career. There's no reason why he shouldn't."
Im not sure, going back to CLE after leaving to win was embarrassing enough but guys like Lebron doesnt really have a limit, there is a possibility of a new letter ¨South Beach is my destiny¨
Offer them both max. Won't get either but......
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