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They were throwing papa johns pizzas into the crowd like t-shirts? I need to sit in the lower levels next season
Miami Heat 2015 Offseason thread: Reload, Retool, and most importantly, Recover
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They were throwing papa johns pizzas into the crowd like t-shirts? I need to sit in the lower levels next season
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Joseph Goodman: Yes, Wade wants $20 M a year for three years. RT @Alf954 Is there news? Twitter @JoeGoodmanJr
Rumors tagsMiami Heat, Free Agency, Dwyane Wade
A Wade associate has told people that Wade would welcome a contract averaging $20 million annually over the next three years. If that's true, it would be understandable, considering the year 13-15 pay ranges for Duncan and Nowitzki. Wade's agent, Henry Thomas, politely declined to confirm that or anything regarding Wade's specific financial expectations. Miami Herald
Rumors tagsMiami Heat, Free Agency, Dwyane Wade
We've heard the Heat would prefer Wade opt in for $16 million next season, then take a very significant pay cut over the following two years. But it's important to note that those numbers were not confirmed by the Heat, which obviously isn't saying what it will offer when formal offers can be made July 1. And I would be surprised if the Heat didn't make a solid offer at that time; whether it's to Wade's liking is another story entirely that must play out. Miami Herald
Rumors tagsMiami Heat, Free Agency, Dwyane Wade
According to associates, Wade decided he wants the longterm security now instead of waiting. At 33, that seems like a prudent approach. Thomas said that there's no definite decision from Wade on the opt out, but the Heat is aware his preference at this point is to opt out. Miami Herald
Rumors tagsMiami Heat, Free Agency, Dwyane Wade
A Wade associate has told people that Wade would welcome a contract averaging $20 million annually over the next three years. If that's true, it would be understandable, considering the year 13-15 pay ranges for Duncan and Nowitzki. Wade's agent, Henry Thomas, politely declined to confirm that or anything regarding Wade's specific financial expectations. Miami Herald
Rumors tagsMiami Heat, Free Agency, Dwyane Wade
We've heard the Heat would prefer Wade opt in for $16 million next season, then take a very significant pay cut over the following two years. But it's important to note that those numbers were not confirmed by the Heat, which obviously isn't saying what it will offer when formal offers can be made July 1. And I would be surprised if the Heat didn't make a solid offer at that time; whether it's to Wade's liking is another story entirely that must play out. Miami Herald
Rumors tagsMiami Heat, Free Agency, Dwyane Wade
According to associates, Wade decided he wants the longterm security now instead of waiting. At 33, that seems like a prudent approach. Thomas said that there's no definite decision from Wade on the opt out, but the Heat is aware his preference at this point is to opt out. Miami Herald
edit: dont want ya'll to come for me
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Now we see why wade getting in great shape dude trying to get his last big pay day now
We cant lose you flash
We cant lose you flash
what did you say? you can pm if you don't want to post
Now we see why wade getting in great shape dude trying to get his last big pay day now
We cant lose you flash
I was calling for this the last 3 summers but was met with excuses..injuries aside, Wade would have been an even greater player if he made maintaining his physical health a priority like fashion shows in Italy.
Nah it wasn't any news I just had a more elaborate opinion than what I just posted on Wade but I took it down because I have more respect for what he's done for this franchise and I'm not going to do him like I do LeBron regardless of if he stays or goes.
Ball Don't Lie
Miami sees another super-team scenario, but Dwyane Wade isn't cooperating
By Ben Rohrbach 17 hours ago Ball Don't Lie
Miami sees another super-team scenario, but Dwyane Wade isn't cooperating
By Ben Rohrbach 17 hours ago Ball Don't Lie
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Heat president Pat Riley is always orchestrating super teams in his mind. (AP Photo)
By all accounts, Heat president Pat Riley is preparing himself for another super-team scenario, and why wouldn’t he be? In the past decade, he’s acquired Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James — arguably the NBA’s two greatest post-Jordan era players — for the franchise’s trio of titles.
This is Miami, where the only thing more scant than the bathing suits is the state income tax, so luring the talents of big-name basketball players isn’t a foreign concept in South Beach.
In theory, the foundation is in place. Had Erik Spoelstra’s squad remained healthy, the starting lineup of Goran Dragic, Dwyane Wade, Luol Deng, Chris Bosh and Hassan Whiteside may have been a threat in an Eastern Conference that saw LeBron’s Cavaliers limp to the NBA Finals.
Alas, the two high-profile holdovers from the Heat’s most recent championship campaign couldn’t carry Miami to the playoffs, even in the East, as Bosh suffered a season-ending health scare with blood clots in his lungs and Wade battled his seemingly annual knee concerns.
The good news: Bosh returned to the court Tuesday, participating in non-contract drills for the first time since February, according to multiple media outlets, including the Sun Sentinel.
The bad news: Wade may not be long for Miami after 12 seasons on the team that drafted him, since the two sides differ on the 33-year-old shooting guard’s future. According to multiple outlets, Wade prefers to exercise his player option and seek the security of $20 million annually in the final years of his stardom, but the Heat would rather a) sign him for closer to $10 million or b) let him play out the final year of his current deal for $16.1 million.
From Riley’s perspective, either of the latter two scenarios would keep the Heat in play for big-name free agents in 2016, when Kevin Durant and a host of others hit the market in the first summer of a new TV deal that could send the NBA salary cap skyrocketing to $89 million. Or at least that’s the current theory being peddled by the Miami Herald’s Dan Le Batard.
The Heat can have room for Wade, Bosh, Goran Dragic, Hassan Whiteside and Durant … but only if Wade opts in for this year and gives them that flexibility by being a free agent in 2016. This requires Wade to have a lot of trust, obviously, and the leap of faith that the team will take care of him in 2016.
It also requires some creativity and relationship-building with Whiteside, who will be tucked away in something called a “cap hold.”
And it ultimately involves — and this is a big ask — Wade being OK with newcomers who haven’t done much of anything for the organization, like Dragic and Whiteside, earning more than he does.
If Wade opts into his deal for next season, he’d carry a $20.6 million cap hold in 2016, according to ShamSports, which combined with Bosh’s $23.7 million in 2016-17 and Dragic’s expected max contract (an estimated $21.6 million that year) leaves roughly $23.1 million for Durant or whoever — and that’s before we account for Josh McRoberts’ $5.8 million paycheck in 2016-17, what could be an eight-figure price tag for Whiteside and the remaining cap holds.
In theory, Riley could dump McRoberts, keep Whiteside waiting in his cap hold and offer Durant an $18.3 million starting salary before settling up with Whiteside, but that would require the former MVP to accept less than a max contract (roughly $26.7 million) on the open market next summer. And why would a 27-year-old Durant want to team with a trio of 30-somethings in Miami when he could sign for more money alongside current teammates Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka or join his hometown team with John Wall and Bradley Beal, all of whom would still be in their prime entering the 2016-17 NBA season.
That theory also ignores the reality that Wade is closer to retirement than the start of his Heat career more than a decade ago — a notion that will only be reinforced when he joins ABC for the station’s studio coverage of the NBA Finals. It was Riley himself who reminded us in his annual all-too-honest exit interview with the Miami media of the injury issues that have cost Wade a combined 25 percent of his regular-season games over the past four seasons.
"He's got to change the narrative himself about his body and about his injuries and about his missing games," Riley said. "And we had a discussion about this. But he always has to answer those questions, and I know those questions are legitimate because they're real.
"So night in and night out, there's always the question of whether or not he can or he can't. And so I'd like to have him try to get past that first hurdle mentally and do whatever he has to do to get himself ready to practice and himself ready to play, each and every night."
So, maybe Riley’s better off letting Wade walk— or at least challenging him to find someone crazy enough to offer him three years and $60 million — and selling Durant and others on Bosh, Dragic, Whiteside and whoever else the Heat pull out of their you know what. However wild that may seem, the sun sure seems to shine on Riley’s behind more days than not.
Remember, this is Miami, where even Scarface achieved his wildest dreams, however briefly.
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I seriously doubt we are getting Durant @PatRiley 
A core of Whiteside, Wade, Bosh, and Dragic should be enough to compete. We just need quality depth off the bench and we should be good for the next three years.
A core of Whiteside, Wade, Bosh, and Dragic should be enough to compete. We just need quality depth off the bench and we should be good for the next three years.
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Riley likes to think Big. He Knows Spo won't overachieve as much as he would so rather have the talent to make it happenI seriously doubt we are getting Durant @PatRiley
A core of Whiteside, Wade, Bosh, and Dragic should be enough to compete. We just need quality depth off the bench and we should be good for the next three years.
Wade is not leaving.. I can't see it.. He will retire as a member of the Miami Heat trust me
All I know is a ringless Kevin Durant better not even speak to Riley cause if he does he will be in a Heat uniform..
Riley is a magician.. He makes things happen.. He's a control freak and is very stubborn but he makes things happen
I seriously doubt we are getting Durant @PatRiley
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You must not know Riley.. I'm not saying it's a done deal but it is possible.
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3 years 54 million with opt out after each season
