****The Official 2013-14 NBA Thread****

Call...yes...right money and real interest? Probably not.

I am sure Riley told him.."hey Pau..we love your game...man..we don;t got that much money..but maybe we can help you on the back end...will you take 2 for 10?" Pau: "Thanks Riles...I love your city...thanks for your interest..but I think I am worth at least 10 a year...." Riley: "Ok Pau..thanks for listening."

 

Answers my Pau too Knicks question.

 

I'm confident too because logic points to the big 3 coming back and them bringing in some solid parts around them, but LeBron is such a wild card that I won't breathe easy until it's done. I just really hope we hear SOMETHING soon because all of this is making me crazy.

 

Get down or lay down.

 

Lebron wouldn't screw over Wade and Bosh like that...letting them opt out and lose multi millions if he planned on leaving would be a real dk move.

 

2 hour meeting in Dallas. Not much to discuss other than Carlisle being the 2nd best coach in the league. I pretty much figured that. It's either NY or Houston.

 

Heat spoke with Thabo Sefolosha today.

I think Riley read my Heat free agent wish list and is going in order.

 

2nd best coach in the league is shared with about 7 guys.

 

Dirk is still a badass, carlisle is a great coach, and Tyson is a familiar face and a good big. I think Chicago is more likely to pull him from NY though. If LaLa has any real talent she can do live theater.

 

lol

 

can't agree with that.

 

The Heat lost a DAMN GOOD component today....

Charlotte has hired Pat Delany who was the coach of the Heat's D-League affiliate and was considered a guy that was on the fast track in the org to be head assistant as soon as Fizdale left for a job.....

Could this have been a piece of that trade on draft night? (Illegal..but maybe a handshake side deal?)

 

Coaching is overrated.

Talent wins.

 

You and I. Comedy routine. It works.

 

With Cole's at $2.12m, Hamilton's at $0.8m and add $3.5m in roster spot cap holds that leaves $6.5m in cap space.

I am surprised the Heat call Lance Stephenson because to me he's a selfish player.

Deng and Lowry will be out of that price range. Ariza is possible if Lebron takes less than max. I mentioned Spencer Hawes before because I thought he would be someone who could fit under the cap. Sefolosha makes sense if he shoots better from beyond the arc. Then there's Darren Collison, Kirk Hinrich, Steve Blake, Josh McRoberts and Jordan Hill.

 

Id take Stephenson on the condition he stops acting like a punk on the court. Seriously.

 

He's a talented kid for sure but his antics are just childish. It's like he thinks he's playing street ball or something.

Also if Stephenson and Ariza say no, Channing Frye should be next to call.

 

Carlos Boozer got Amnestied.....

Heat have had interest in him in the past.

 

Exactly. Antics are okay to a point...but he crosses that line. I'm not foolish enough to say he can't be a great player if he reigns it in some though.

 

OKC's star players met with Pau in person today and Chicago is sending a team to meet with him tomorrow. Pretty sure that qualifies as actual interest from multiple teams when you combine those with Lakers meetings and the interest from San Antonio (which would be too perfect of a situation for him, in my opinion).

Boozer in Miami makes a LOT of sense if the Big Three come back like everyone expects.

 

And Kyle Lowry re-ups with Toronto 4/48. The dominoes are starting to fall...

 

He'd make sense as a fall-back to Pau and Hawes.

Honestly, if the Heat strike out on the big names, if they add guys like Carter, Marion, Boozer, Williams, and Nelson they will still be much improved. I'd like to see them add a couple of younger parts as well, but those guys will give the Heat a better bench than they finished the season with.

 

Chalmers/Cole/Napier
Wade/Allen
LeBron/Sefolosha/Deng
Boozer/Haslem/Lewis
Bosh/Birdman

Would this work?

 

Sources: Kyle Lowry agrees to $48 million deal to stay with Raptors

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...lion-deal-to-stay-with-raptors-030124878.html

 

Boozer is interesting; 52% career shooter, 72% FT; no 3-game at all, though.

And, having been amnestied, he can afford to play cheap here.

 

Yes.

 

Avery ****ing Bradley gets $8M per. What a world.

 

Would prefer another 3pt shooter/athlete in there but that'll do.

 

Sources: Pacers reach agreement with European shooter Damjan Rudez

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...-european-shooter-damjan-rudez-143317388.html

I had been keeping my eye on this guy, and I would have liked to see us at least kick the tires.

Could be nothing, could be another nice piece for the Pacers.

 

Boozer would give the Heat two players from Alaska on the roster. Incongruous, given the odds/distance.

 

http://nba.si.com/nba/2014/07/02/carlos-boozer-amnesty-bulls-nba

Wow; Boozer will be paid $16.8 MILLION DOLLARS for not playing for the Bulls this season. Holy. ****.

Bring that man in already.

 

You can sign boozer to a 2year, $6m per season and it'll be like he gets paid $16.8 this coming season and $12m next season. He should be all over that. Don't know if the Heat are interested in him though.

 

More like pay him 1.5m per season.

 

If he gets amnestied he goes through a waiver process. Highest bidder gets him. No bids mean he becomes a free agent.

 

He had his moments of playing like crap, don't think anyone wants to pay him 6m lol, just my opinion though, if it was up to me I would pay him in gatorade.

 

I don't even know what he's worth anymore. I haven't watch much of the Bulls lately. It seems like he's really bombed out though. lol

 

They won't have to pay him 6 million. My guess is the highest a bid would be would be around 3 million and this happens AFTER July 10th, so a lot of these teams with money now, may not in about a week when he can be bid on.