The Official Miami Heat Return to the Playoffs Thread.

Still wondering how were gonna be on defense if we make this move

 

If David Adlridge's deal goes down (Haslem / James Jones for Boozer, while agreeing to send our TPE in a separate deal for C.J. Miles right after)... you heard it here first: Miles is going to perform in similar fashion to Trevor Ariza did last year for the Lakers. I don't understand why they're trying to include him in any Boozer deal.

Anyway, as soon as Millsap's offer sheet is matched the Boozer talks are going to heat way up.

 

If it's real I would drool....

I hope it happens HD.

 

link?

also i'm skeptical because it's david aldridge. he said we were getting t-mac in a trade with toronto, right before he went to orlando, and we instead got eddie jones from charlotte. (not that i'm still bitter or anything . . .)

if i remember right it was mashburn and p.j. brown for antonio davis (or dale?) and t-mac. instead we got eddie and anthony mason.

 

Lakers retracted their offer.

 

So Section what do you think the % chance is that we land Odom?

 

I would not mind seeing Odom back in the heat uniform.

 

I dont have an issue with this trade at all.Out of the two I would rather keep Cook of course.

 

Bird Rights

 

Haslem to Utah, Boozer to Miami, Wright to Memphis...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-odomboozer071509&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

........and some more Odom to Miami speculation.

I don't see where Odom fits in with Boozer and Beasley, but I do know that Dwyane Wade loves him as much as he loves sex parties, and he's probably Pat Riley's absolute favorite basketball player in the world... yes, even more than Dwyane Wade. Riley loves the guy, mostly because of how much of Magic he sees in him. I would not mind flipping Beasley for a deal centered around Thabeet and Gay if both of these scenarios lock in. We were offered #2 and Gay for Beasley and future draft picks on draft night. It'd make more sense now although if I'm Memphis there's no way I trade both players for Beasley. That's insane. On the flip side, Boozer and Lamar both have large injury histories, so keeping a guy like Beasley around would also make a ton of sense. I just don't see how on earth he's going to get minutes with both forward spots clogged. Boozer will play some center and I'm guessing with our horrid backup PG situation, Odom would run the point a bit like he did in his single season here.

But on a serious note, I see the Boozer deal going down but NOT Lamar Odom. Once Millsap is matched, Portland will throw the house at Odom, IMO.

 

FYI, to those unfamiliar, Adrian Wojnarowski (Yahoo reporter) has been money on every deal before it's gone down for years now, especially this offseason.

His sources = money.

 

The demands are that low? I am stunned that the Lakers don't jump all over that. Lamar Odom is more than worthy of ANY TYPE OF DEAL that pays less than $10 million per season.

Portland has about $9 million per season to offer. Just about right.

 

I don't mind seeing Dorell Wright go, but it'll be a little sad to see Udonis leave. He was so key in helping us win a Championship. That said, Carlos Boozer would be an excellent addition and I think Wade becomes more dangerous with him on the floor.

Im not sure how I feel about Lamar Odom. Part of me thinks he's over the hill and not worth the money, the other part of me feels like he'd be a great veteran presence to have on such a young team. Either of those guys should be a great mentor for Beasley though.

 

I cant tell you how excited this makes me.

Now yahoo is talking about it.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-odomboozer071509&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

 

I guess the mid-level exception for Odom is a solid deal. This means Jermaine O'Neal is gone right, or no? I wonder what our cap looks like with JO, Wade, Boozer and Odom.

I realize no one else besides Blount and Jones make much, but just curious to know if we have room to make any other moves.

 

I think we have O'Neal for another yr?

 

Come on back home Lamar!

 

psh...right..


happy for the heat though. what are they going to give up for him?

 

Congrats on maybe Boozer.
No way you land Odom imo.Odom just turned down a 3 year, 30 million dollar deal by the Lakers so he isn't taking 5 years, 34 million from the Heat.

 

How funny is that?

"The plan, the plan, Wade just needs to be patient...The Plane.."

Err..wrong spoof on that last one, as I tried to explain to Mr. Sect, there was no way..-0-...none...the Heat would head into 2010 with the same players, all that "the plan" stuff is blather.

It's a The Future is Now world Sect, I hope those deals go through simply because D Wade deserves the help and if they don't hurt the Cap and Riley rides off into the sunset all the better.

The Odom/Wade/Butler/Grant team was my favorite Heat team I'd like to see Odom back in Miami.

 

Holy Crap JO is sched to make 23 mil next yr.

 

Really? Is this the same Sect who said if the Heat were going to make any moves they would have to part with Beasley?

Which were a cornerstone of "the plan to let those expire and sign two MAX free agents in 2010...err...

Well, you sort of went haywire on "who' the nucleus actually is, Cook was not nucleus he was "core"...

Here is the summary of my line of thought:

Which, "if" the Boozer deal goes through he will have partially accomplished..