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

[CouldBeWorse]

He says he wants to stay and might even give us a discount. We will see though. Free agency starts July 6th, I believe

July 1st

 

[havoc]

We still can get a decent PF from the free agency. I think Milsap is a better prospect than Blake.

 

[Alexander The Great]

Hayward
Griffin
Gay
Waiters
James Johnson


some combo of 2 or 3 of these guys(long shot I know) would be fine by me.

 

[Primetime21]

Hayward
Griffin
Gay
Waiters
James Johnson


some combo of 2 or 3 of these guys(long shot I know) would be fine by me.

I think JJ is a lock, or as close to a lock as any of those names. I've heard he's already been given 2 figures to work with, 1 if we go the route of retaining everyone, and a smaller number if we're able to land Hayward.

 

[Captain Crunch]

I think if Riley wants Dion and/or JJ, he can easily retain them. Both players keep mentioning how they want to come back and are seen repping Heat gear, it's gon be interesting if Pat is as high on them as they(JJ/Dion) are on the organization.

 

[Mr. Brown]

Riley had that quote about only having a plan A and a plan B. I feel like plan A is getting either Griffin or Hayward and plan B would be bringing everybody back from last year with a couple mid level type free agents.

 

[CouldBeWorse]

We still can get a decent PF from the free agency. I think Milsap is a better prospect than Blake.

Millsap is going to demand 20m+ a year and he's looking to get paid.

 

[Alexander The Great]

why would they want JJ over Dion? Dion was the reason for the winning streak, and as soon as he got injured again the playoff push ended.

Dion, imo, is a more valuable player

 

[intruder]

I trust Riley and Spo. they've never given me a reason to doubt them.

Cal had a good point when he was on ESPN last night.. when players go to Kentucky, they're asked to do certain things that the team needs since they're so stacked. he mentioned Booker never using a ball screen at UK and now he's one of the best at it. He mentioned KAT and AD not being shooters but look at them now in the NBA. I think this dude has a lot of potential and he's with the perfect team that will get every ounce of that out of him.

 

[intruder]

I don't always trust Rileys player comparisons.
After drafting them he:

• Compared Dwayne Wade to Gary Payton
• Compared Dorell Wright to Tracy McGrady
• I'm not sure if this last one but I wanna say he compares Daekwon Cook to Ray Allen or something outlandish like that

As you can see I have reasons to look at this particular comment like
But again if they loved him in workouts and not the others they worked out you gotta just go with it. Lately it seems the team goes for players that fit heat culture and not just great talents with a few exceptions.

 

[Primetime21]

Does anyone know what exceptions we'll have this summer (ie: MLE and $ amount?)

 

[Alexander The Great]

I think its the smaller exception, like 4.5 milly

 

[Primetime21]

I think its the smaller exception, like 4.5 milly

Won't be enough for any of our key FA's but maybe another reclamation project. I think fully healthy this core is just a piece away from making noise, and the more I look at it I think from a talent standpoint Blake Griffin might move the needle more for me than Hayward especially if the Clippers would be inclined to take back someone like TJ which would clear enough room for Waiters and JJ.

 

[Alexander The Great]

Won't be enough for any of our key FA's but maybe another reclamation project. I think fully healthy this core is just a piece away from making noise, and the more I look at it I think from a talent standpoint Blake Griffin might move the needle more for me than Hayward especially if the Clippers would be inclined to take back someone like TJ which would clear enough room for Waiters and JJ.

sign and trade?
maybe a 3 way trade

HEAT get Griffin
Clippers get Carmelo Anthony
Knicks get Tyler Johnson and Josh Mcroberts?

 

[Alexander The Great]

the issues with griffin are he's never healthy, he's soft, he doesn't shoot 3s that well.