Wut da blood clot??: The Official Miami Heat 2015-16 Offseason Thread
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if we cant get durant i'd even take Fat ass melo if his stupid ass would waive his no claus contract we need more scoringMORE ON WHITESIDE
We'll tackle several Heat summer issues over the coming days, including this from my newspaper column Sunday:
There will be considerable debate inside the Heat over the next six weeks about how much to offer Hassan Whiteside when free agency begins July 1.
The Heat values him but someone who has spoken to the team's front office said he believes the Heat will try to convince him to take something less than the max deal he almost assuredly could get elsewhere.
(Whether the Heat will go to the max, if Whiteside balks at something less, remains to be seen. And of course, all this is moot if the Heat can sign Kevin Durant, which is Miami's No. 1 priority in free agency. If Miami can sign Durant, keeping Whiteside becomes highly unlikely. That's why the Heat needs a read on Durant before it can move forward with Whiteside.)
Whatever Miami decides to offer Whiteside (and that’s undetermined), the good news is that NBA rules allow Miami to pay Whiteside more than any other team can give him.
What’s more, even if the Heat doesn’t offer Whiteside the max (and it has the cap space to do so), a deal close to the max would earn more money for Whiteside over the next four years than a max deal with other teams would, in most cases.
Here’s why:
• Though both the Heat and other teams can offer Whiteside a contract of no more than four years, the Heat (because it has his Early Bird rights but not his full Bird rights) can offer annual 7.5 percent raises over his first year salary, whereas other teams can offer only 4.5 percent annual raises, cap expertLarry c00n told us two weeks ago.
The first-year max salary for Whiteside will depend on the final cap number and could fall between $21.6 million (c00n’s estimate) and $23 million. If it’s $21.6 million, the Heat could offer Whiteside a four-year, $96.1 million contract; other teams could offer no more than $92 million over four years.
If it’s a $23 million first-year max, the Heat could offer $102.32 million over four years; others teams could offer no more than $98.17 million over four years.
• Only seven states don’t have a state income tax, and only five NBA teams play in those states (the Heat, Magic, Spurs, Mavericks and Rockets). Residents of Tennessee also get some relief, but it's not as black-and-white as the seven other states, according to published tax laws. So those five teams in Florida and Texas can realistically pay players more than others.
During Carmelo Anthony’s 2014 free agency, SI.com broke down how much Anthony could make (after taxes) by signing with the Knicks and Heat. Remember that Anthony could sign for five years with New York, only four with Miami.
If only the first four years were calculated, the Knicks could have paid Anthony $99.9 million, compared with $95.9 million for the Heat. But once taxes were factored in, Anthony would have pocketed more with the Heat over those first four years ($55.3 million) than with the Knicks ($51.6 million) even though the Knicks were paying him $4 million more in salary!
And with Whiteside, the difference in income would be even more pronounced between what he would earn with the Heat and what he would earn in states with high income taxes, because unlike with Anthony, the Heat would be the team with the ability to offer 7.5 percent annual raises, compared with 4.5 percent for others.
So if Miami tries to persuade Whiteside to sign for less than the max, expect the Heat to point all of the aforementioned to Whiteside and agent Sean Kennedy.
Because Whiteside doesn’t have full Bird rights, the Heat has to fit his salary under the cap unless he takes 104.5 percent of the league average salary (about $6.5 million). And he’s not taking 104.5 percent of the league's average; his market value is obviously far above that.
A friend says Whiteside, who’s a bargain at $981,348 this season, likes it here and reveres Pat Riley. The question is this: Will that, the larger percent annual raises and lack of state tax be enough to sway Whiteside if Miami’s offer is several million dollars less that what he can get elsewhere.
Incidentally, opponents shot 54 percent from less than five feet against the Heat when Whiteside was on the court this season, 58.9 otherwise. That 54 percent was better than every starting center expect Tim Duncan, Andrew Bogut and Rudy Gobert.
In the playoffs, opponents shot 53.5 percent within four feet and 30.9 percent from five to 9 feet with Whiteside on the court, 55.2 and 48.7 otherwise. And that doesn’t even take into account the shots Whiteside’s presence discourages opponents from taking.
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......I think we might have a good shot getting hassan under the max.
On Haslem: whatever he wants 
I guarantee Mcrob is goneSaw an interview with Hasllem yesterday. Dude thinks hes got 2 more years in him and still thinks he'll be back back
I love UD but we need to get younger on the roster. The only 30+ y/o's we have room for on this Roster are named Bosh, Wade and Dragic.
Wouldnt be mad at Riley if he gave him a vet min deal for one more year but id prefer we dont. And if we do it would only be if we also get to get rid of McRoberts, by the way
Not that simple, man. His contract seems to be like Mike Miller's. Not many teams willing to take it in a trade. And even if they do what would we have to take in to entice them to take it?
breh i want him gone
Green Ranger
I Am Legend
listened to most of Riley's press conference and I liked what I heard.
he pretty much said, what I've been saying about Goran and all of our "point guards" they really aren't point guards.
he flat out said JRich is a 2 guard.
also, I laughed when he basically said last year after Hassan got ejected for hitting Kelly Olynk...he told Hassan you can't get him back by going down court and hitting him. there are ways to get your payback in the paint
thats some old school shyt right there. like Pat wasn't even mad at him, just wanted him to know how to get revenge while not getting thrown out.
he pretty much said, what I've been saying about Goran and all of our "point guards" they really aren't point guards.
he flat out said JRich is a 2 guard.
also, I laughed when he basically said last year after Hassan got ejected for hitting Kelly Olynk...he told Hassan you can't get him back by going down court and hitting him. there are ways to get your payback in the paint
thats some old school shyt right there. like Pat wasn't even mad at him, just wanted him to know how to get revenge while not getting thrown out.
Green Ranger
I Am Legend
Pat saying he think McRoberts could be a 36% 37% three point shooter and we pray he can stay healthy sound like he is staying to me
stop it with the facts I want him gone
Green Ranger
I Am Legend
Everyone laughed when Pat said it but Wade better keep his ass in shape
and Pat wanting 74 games to be a goal for Wade again
and Pat wanting 74 games to be a goal for Wade again
sounds like he wants to bring the "core" from this season back
whiteside
bosh
wade
dragic
winslow
richardson
deng
tj
and most likely come to some kind of deal for UD
whiteside
bosh
wade
dragic
winslow
richardson
deng
tj
and most likely come to some kind of deal for UD