For Competitors Only .:. The Official 2017 Miami Heat Off-Season Thread

[Freddie.Cane]

Bam looking like he can become more than an ibaka @Baptain_Brunch

 

[Draje]

Bam

A team where any player on the court is a coast to coast threat

I think a TJ - Ellington - Winslow - JJ - Bam lineup is gonna run cats ragged. Ability to turn rebounds into instant offense is one of the most valuable traits in today's league.

Could you imagine Bam initiating the offense after grabbing a rebound

Ellington and TJ getting free off them Winslow, Bam, JJ, and Winslow screens?

I'm actually legit excited for the season. I think Spo has a roster that he can work some magic with. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some crazy 2K lineups.

I trust Spo to have a Dragic-Waiters-Richardson-Winslow-JJ lineup and a Winslow-JJ-Olynyk-Bam-Whiteside bullshyt too

 

[Captain Crunch]

Bam looking like he can become more than an ibaka @Baptain_Brunch

Su Woo Bam Bam

 

[Sauce Dab]

Bam is taking dudes 1 on 1 at the 3 point line

 

[intruder]

If his shot translates and we can get him some minutes with Whiteside, watch out

made that guard pay for reaching and he finished too
KO trade bait by the deadline

I dont expect him to get much PT early on. our frontcourt is rather crowded with quality players who all require PT. Winslow, Johnson, Whiteside, Olynyk. He may be on "Jermaine Oneal with the Blazers " status for a bit until we ship someone out.

unless Spo got something up his sleeve with how he manipulates lineups.

 

[Da_Eggman]

Dragic gonna be eating with Bam on dunks

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

I think we pull away from teams with our bench.

Dragic/Waiters/Winslow/Olyn/Whiteside

Tyler Johnson/Ellington/Richardson/James Johnson/Bam Adebayo..will beat most second teams in the league.

 

[Makavalli]

I dont expect him to get much PT early on. our frontcourt is rather crowded with quality players who all require PT. Winslow, Johnson, Whiteside, Olynyk. He may be on "Jermaine Oneal with the Blazers " status for a bit until we ship someone out.

unless Spo got something up his sleeve with how he manipulates lineups.

If he really can translate this to a nba game i think we will see JJ get minutes at SF just to have a big athletic front court out there that can straight up bully nikkas

 

[Draje]

This nikka Andy is a cap genius

The Miami Heat, Creatively, Locks In Its Vision for the Future | HeatHoops

 

[Primetime21]

This nikka Andy is a cap genius

The Miami Heat, Creatively, Locks In Its Vision for the Future | HeatHoops

Told you he was the best in the business.

Follow the following explanation closely: NBA rules state that when a new contract is submitted to the league office for approval, the entire potential payout – including the base salary, any likely bonuses, and any unlikely bonuses – must fit within the team’s available cap room (or available exception, as the case may be). Not only that, when determining the team’s available cap room, the unlikely bonuses from all contracts signed that season are subtracted. Which, seemingly, eliminates the possibility.

But here’s the thing: the rule only applies at the point the incentive-laden contract is signed.

As long as the first-year salary – including both likely and unlikely bonuses — in any new contract(s) fits within the team’s cap room at the point the contract is officially executed, the contract is legal. The first-year salary thereafter excludes the amount of the unlikely bonus.

The Heat manipulated these rules with each of Waiters, Olynyk and Johnson:

• Dion Waiters’ contract was publicly reported as 4-years, $52 million, but that’s not technically how it is structured. Waiters will actually receive $47.3 million in base salary, plus up to another $4.7 million in bonus money. All of that bonus money has been deemed unlikely to be achieved. Which means that after the contract was approved, only the first-year base salary was charged against the cap for this season; that’s $11.0 million, without the $1.1 million in bonus money.

• Kelly Olynyk’s contract was publicly reported as 4-years, $50 million (with a player option on the final year), but that’s not technically how it was structured. He will actually receive $45.6 million in base salary, plus up to another $5.6 million in bonus money. All of that bonus money has been deemed unlikely to be achieved. (He also has a trade bonus equal to the lesser of 5% of the remaining value of the contract and $2 million.) Which means that after the contract was approved, only the first-year base salary was charged against the cap for this season; that’s $10.6 million, without the $1.4 million in bonus money.

• James Johnson’s contract was publicly reported as 4-years, $60 million (with a player option on the final year), but that’s not technically how it was structured. He will actually receive $59.1 million in base salary, plus up to another $946K in bonus money(1). That bonus money, unlike the others, does count against the salary cap. Which means that after the contract was approved, the $13.7 million first-year salary, and the $220K bonus, was charged against the cap for this season; that’s $14.0 million.

So, with that, let’s retrace our steps.

The Heat started with $34.1 million of cap space. Swapping McRoberts for Hammons increased it to $35.6 million.

Waiters was signed first. His $11.0 million base salary AND his $1.1 million in unlikely bonus money had to fit within the team’s available cap space. They did. So, after the contract was approved, the Heat lost $11.0 million of cap room, reducing it to $24.6 million.

Olynyk was signed second. His $10.6 million base salary AND his $1.4 million in unlikely bonus money had to fit within the team’s available cap space (as reduced by Waiters’ bonus money). They did. So, after the contract was approved, the Heat lost $10.6 million of cap room, reducing it to $14.0 million.

Johnson’s contract came last. It had to, because it contained no unlikely bonus money. His full $14.0 million salary, including his bonus, had to fit within the team’s available cap space. The Heat used up every last penny of cap space, but they did fit it. So, after the contract was approved, the Heat lost $14.0 million of cap room, reducing it to $0.

(The Heat was very careful and strategic about how the reports of the signings were leaked to the press. It most certainly wanted to avoid this most notorious team vs. commissioner battle in NBA history.)

So here we are… Ellington is safe. The Heat fit each of Waiters, Olynyk and Johnson within the confines of the salary cap (with no cap space remaining).

 

[CouldBeWorse]

This nikka Andy is a cap genius

I guess you can say he capitalized...................the cap

 

[Draje]

Good to see our young Miami boy in John Collins looks pretty damn good too. His game is smooth as fukk. Hopefully, Atlanta gets stupid and doesn't realize how good he can be.

I think this draft class was pretty crazy. Lots of really talented kids.

 

[Green Ranger]

Starting August 3, 2017 the Miami Heat have an important decision to make.

With the signings of Dion Waiters, Kelly Olynyk, and James Johnson Miami is locked into seven contracts for 3 years or more. We know Tyler Johnson’s contract pops up by $13 million, to $18 million, next season.

If the Heat give Josh Richardson a $42 million extension over 4 years, his salary will jump up from $1.4 million, to over $10 million per year, over the life of the deal. If Miami lets the extension slide, JRich becomes a restricted free agent next summer, getting whatever the market bears. A TJ-type battle seems likely, yet again.

The price for that luxury will be paying TJ and JR a combined extra $22 million over the next two seasons. Put another way, TJ’s $19 million plus JR’s $10 million, adds up to a total of $29 million in the each of the next two seasons to keep both, or just under the cost of one player on the level of Gordon Hayward. Something to ponder.

With Tyler and Josh on the team, the security of a young nucleus in their prime for 3 or more years gives the team a stability to become special over time. Not suffering the growing pains from last year to figure what works was a factor in bringing back most of the band this time around.

Both players have a loyal fan base in South Beach, who would love to see them succeed here. The drafting of Bam Adabayo complicates matters, because he also looks like a keeper over the long term. If we include Justise Winslow, who gets the precious minutes during a 48-minute game? I don’t envy the tough decisions Erik Spoelsta has to make regarding playing time, or even personnel for that matter.

Because of the CBA salary cap rules, an extremely difficult decision looms ahead for the services of beloved JRich starting August 3. What would you do?

 

[Primetime21]

• Riley believes the team has enough at small forward, with Justise Winslow and Rodney McGruder and the ability of Josh Richardson and James Johnson to play there.

Is Winslow a starting forward? “It’s up to him. He was short-circuited by the wrist and the shoulder. Justise is going to compete like crazy to start. The great thing about Spo, is when we come into training camp, it’s open.”

• He said when Olynyk was introduced to Winslow in the past few days, “We sign Kelly and Justise is in a full sweat working out. [Justise said], ‘I know him. He separated my shoulder. I know him already. We’ve already met.’”

Riley happy team mostly back, addresses multiple issues

:lolmj:

 

[He Who Posts Well]

Olynk is a goon? Didn't he separate Kevin Love's shoulder too?