Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

Well....lol

 

This is hilarious to me...

 

poor Kevin destroyed by a "curse"

 

anthony carter's opt out is one. that was some bs. basically his agent "forgot" to take his option, giving the heat the cap space necessary to chase bigger name FAs that would not have been available. i think it was like 4 million. big chunk of change back then, too. this enabled them to essentially double bid on elton brand and lamar odom (akin to what i'm suggesting we do to them). i always thought the udonis haslem deal was shady, too. denver and dallas had publicly offered him more money. i've heard the loyalty angle...i'm not buying it. i think he was either given or promised something. as recently as last year, i believe udrih made some odd decision which cost him money and helped miami (without really helping himself), too.

i also think it's sort of preposterous that he wasn't involved in the big three fiasco well ahead of time.

i just think riles is dirty. when minnesota pulled crap like this, they got penalized. people have just kinda thrown their hands up and looked the other way for riley.

i just want to force his hand. they're legit competitors on the FA market. don't let them lock up their guys for less than market value. set their market value yourself. the lakers have enough cash to make them uncomfortable.

you're right, wade's not leaving--but you don't have to let him stay for 12 per. and you have to make them think about offering low on whiteside.

btw, same with derozan. i think toronto taking a non-max stance is moronic. you're toronto. at least miami is a destination; it has a history of attracting FAs and trade demands. the only trade demands in toronto are out.

 

Ingram who? Get me Bender and Durant

 

He is getting the max from Miami. Let us recollect before heading into last year's free agency; the rumor was Riley was going to offer Dragic less than the max? It didn't happen. He paid Dragic, and he will gladly pay Whiteside.

They have some options this summer as well. They have to figure out what to do with Bosh and his contract. I also think if they need more salary cap room, they could potentially look to move Dragic, IMO. I think his talents are being under utlized playing next to a ball dominant SG.

 

I really don't care anymore. I've been wanting to get Whiteside, but doesn't look in the cards anymore. Neither does DeRozan. That's fine. We still have Russell, Randle, Clarkson, Nance Jr, and either Ingram, Simmons, or Bender. We're good.

 

well, you should care *some*. because simply adding a rookie to this mix (no impact veteran FAs) means another win total in the teens or 20s.

not saying it has to be derozan or whiteside. but it can't be another lin/hibbert offseason.

 

Living down here there have just been so many stories about the Heat not being happy with him overall that it just gives me pause. Got a couple of solid media sources down in South Beach and while they think Riley will uktimately cave and resign him they wouldnt be shocked at all if he leaves either. Riley is a guy who can smooth over hurt feelings and athletes love the Miami life but folks believe the door is cracked open for a team like us to try and swoop in and grab him. Take that for what its worth.

 

The biggest things for me this offseason were getting rid of Byron, hiring a good replacement, and keeping the pick. We have accomplished all three. Getting free agents to come to a 17 win team was always going to be a tough sell in my eyes so I have been prepared for us to have a tough time getting guys to come here.

I expect us to do better than The last few years but I am mentally prepared for us to miss out on big name guys this summer.

 

You realy had to go there...
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Of course we're going all in on Durant; LOL. Who would have thought? Either way, let's move quickly. We need talent on this team in a very bad way this summer. I'm definitely excited, though.

 

At least this year we can go after Durant in addition to other players. We don't necessarily have to wait around to keep the cap space open as we a lot of money.

 

Iggy, yeah sure, why not. Bogut? Eff no

 

I think the Spurs have a real shot at Durant.