Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

My first call is definitely still Durant and once he politely declines, I'm calling Horford. Then after Horford I'm calling Whiteside, Biyombo, and Ezeli in that order. Mahinmi and Pachulia after that.

I honestly might still go after Barnes and DeRozan. We have the cash and need as much talent as possible.

I'm also all in on going after Luol Deng and Joakim Noah. Hell yeah.

 

Horford would become a perfect pick and pop candidate. Hopefully Julius comes back this next season with a semi-reliable jumper then we'd have two great pick and pop options. Whiteside, Ezeli, and Biyombo would all be very good rollers. Definitely stronger than Roy...

 

I think Deng and Noah on max deals with opts out each year for us is our best course of action. If we could swing gigantic frontloaded contracts for the two of them (sort of like what we did with Jordan Hill) then I'd be down to snag DeRozan as well. Clarkson is best served as the first guard off the bench, so DeRozan at the 2 is fine. I still have no interest in overpaying for Ezeli or Biyombo. And everyone knows my feelings on Whiteside. I feel like we can platoon the center position with Noah, Black and maybe whoever we pick at 32.

Ingram is going to be a nice get, but even if we somehow snagged Horford, DeRozan and a couple more pieces, that team isn't going to do anything for at least 3-4 years because Russell, Randle and Ingram will take time. So since we are in for a 3-4 year process, I'd rather have veterans like Noah and Deng who can help our kids (the real pieces that will lead us back to glory) rather than players who are focused on themselves.

 

I like Noah but with his injury history he's on the back burner for me. I'd love to see us go after either Whiteside or Horford and lock one of them down here. If we can't get either of them or Biyombo then I am up for Noah. I'm not that interested in Ezeli frankly.

If we get Simmons then I am doubling down on my anti-DeRozan stance. We can't have two wings who can't shoot. If we get Ingram (more likely) then I am softening my stance. Since Ingram will be slotted for our three spot and can knock down the long ball I wouldn't mind having another talented wing on board who can slash and drive as DeRozan can. He'll get less looks here and honestly I am not all that sure he will want to come here since he'll be lower on the totem pole in LA than in Toronto where he is their second best player and gets to volume shoot all he wants. His shots would get cut by about a third here.

 

Even if Bosh's contract is forced out because of injury, that won't go into effect until one year after it's been declared that Bosh must retire for injury reasons. That means his contract is still on the books 100% until at best next summer.

Miami doesn't own Luol's and Hassan's bird rights which means they'll need to use cap space to sign them.

Unless Miami finds someone to take Dragic's contract, they literally cannot re-sign all their pieces this summer.

 

no worries man, you'll shake the rust off. The only reason I know is following Pincus on twitter. He's become a capologist (he's trying to get a job with a team as a cap analyst actually).

Miami is in a little trouble honestly. Unless they find a place to dump Dragic, they're kind of screwed this summer. Even Riley is going to have some trouble bringing the whole gang back and who knows if this gang is even good enough to make any noise? A healthy Bosh would help, but unfortunately it doesn't look likely.