Got Loyalty Got Royalty Inside Our DNA. Official Miami Heat 2017-18 Season Thread #DoItForTheCulture

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What other choice do we have

Breh, the time to tank and sell off assets was last year. We sell off Whiteside, we're not winning anymore but we don't have Picks this year. Bam simply isn't a starting center yet, as good as he is.

Whiteside doesn't have loads of value. People think he's a product of Spo and that he's a headcase. GMs weren't high on him and he's 29, he's injury prone, and he's inconsistent despite all his talent plus he's on a max contract.

He's too old for rebuilding teams and most of the contending teams aren't really looking for a center like him or don't want to make us better. Dragic is great but he's also older and most teams that needed a PG already got younger talent (Bucks, Mavs, etc).

I don't see the point in making moves unless they're either piling up picks for the honest rebuild or for a young superstar which just ain't available right now.
 

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Knew to take the +4.5....we need mcgruder and Hassan. Unless we trading for a superstar and unloading contracts while using that 5.5 mill exception...just gotta wait
 

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Breh, the time to tank and sell off assets was last year. We sell off Whiteside, we're not winning anymore but we don't have Picks this year. Bam simply isn't a starting center yet, as good as he is.

Whiteside doesn't have loads of value. People think he's a product of Spo and that he's a headcase. GMs weren't high on him and he's 29, he's injury prone, and he's inconsistent despite all his talent plus he's on a max contract.

He's too old for rebuilding teams and most of the contending teams aren't really looking for a center like him or don't want to make us better. Dragic is great but he's also older and most teams that needed a PG already got younger talent (Bucks, Mavs, etc).

I don't see the point in making moves unless they're either piling up picks for the honest rebuild or for a young superstar which just ain't available right now.

The word on Whiteside is he may be valued more externally than with this team. A team like Milwaukee would for sure be interested
 

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We should sign waiters to another extension with a no trade clause just to make sure he doesn't get away
 

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The word on Whiteside is he may be valued more externally than with this team. A team like Milwaukee would for sure be interested

What you gonna get from Mil though? Jabari is the only young talent they got that we'd want and then we'd have a gaping hole in center while hoping a dude who had two ACL injuries on the same leg will hopefully be ok but that's if they'd even trade him.

The teams that could use Whiteside don't have assets that would really help us or they'd give up too much to make it a feasible trade.
 

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What you gonna get from Mil though? Jabari is the only young talent they got that we'd want and then we'd have a gaping hole in center while hoping a dude who had two ACL injuries on the same leg will hopefully be ok but that's if they'd even trade him.

The teams that could use Whiteside don't have assets that would really help us or they'd give up too much to make it a feasible trade.

So if that deal was on the table you wouldn't pull the trigger?
 

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So if that deal was on the table you wouldn't pull the trigger?

Just Jabari? Nah. I don't think it gives us enough. It just pushes off out of playoff contention even though I think Jabari is great and we become the worst rebounding team, in the league, by far.
 
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