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King Stannis · Post #221 » by **King Stannis** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:36 am

Hawes drawing interest from the Clippers. We'll probably have to way over-pay him. If we overpay for a guy like Hawes, we might as well go after Parsons instead.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/ ... story.html

GreenRiddler · Post #222 » by **GreenRiddler** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 6:21 am

King Stannis wrote:Hawes drawing interest from the Clippers. We'll probably have to way over-pay him. If we overpay for a guy like Hawes, we might as well go after Parsons instead.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/ ... story.html

They can't even offer him MLE.

King Stannis · Post #223 » by **King Stannis** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 6:22 am

At the moment.

fart · Post #224 » by **fart** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 6:49 am

That Jodie Meeks contract. Wow, I am speechless.

KI-DW-TT-AB · Post #225 » by **KI-DW-TT-AB** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 7:54 am

fart wrote:That Jodie Meeks contract. Wow, I am speechless.

by that metric we'll have to offer Waiters a max next year.

Dupp · Post #226 » by **Dupp** » Thu Jul 3, 2014 12:04 am

I'll probably be a line wolf here but we should offer bosh a contract. He's awesome and we have the cash. Better than over paying Haywood

KI-DW-TT-AB · Post #227 » by **KI-DW-TT-AB** » Thu Jul 3, 2014 2:47 am

Dupp wrote:I'll probably be a line wolf here but we should offer bosh a contract. He's awesome and we have the cash. Better than over paying Haywood

I actually texted this thought to a friend earlier.

Post #228 » by **B Mac** » Thu Jul 3, 2014 4:02 am

So let me get this straight...

According to Windhorst, LeBron isnt talking to anyone about his plans. (We've seen that before)

He is effectively holding the Heat hostage by not committing. (We've seen that before)

No other Free Agents are signing with the Heat due to his lack of commitment. (We've seen that before too)

There are less and less free agents available every day for the Heat to add. They have limited cap space, they have no tradeable assets, and their superstar is holding them hostage. All sorts of writing on the wall here.

Dupp · Post #229 » by **Dupp** » Thu Jul 3, 2014 4:08 am

Yeah but I don't think he comes here. If he leaves he signs a two year deal with a team he thinks can contend now and then who knows maybe after that contract he might come here.

kiwibrindle · Post #230 » by **kiwibrindle** » Thu Jul 3, 2014 11:03 am

Good luck to CJ Miles. Liked his effort when not hurt.

King Stannis · Post #231 » by **King Stannis** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 7:06 am

Yikes. Lakers go all in for 'Melo.

https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/sta ... 7999316992

Knicks also.

Dupp · Post #232 » by **Dupp** » Sat Jul 5, 2014 12:47 am

Hawes signs 4 year 23 million dollar deal with clippers.

Wonder if we offered him a contract, that's a great price.

fart · Post #233 » by **fart** » Sat Jul 5, 2014 5:47 am

Already July 5th. Gotta wonder how long LeBron is going to drag this out.

Niko23 · Post #234 » by **Niko23** » Sat Jul 5, 2014 11:17 pm

fart wrote:Already July 5th. Gotta wonder how long LeBron is going to drag this out.

You speak as if he does not like the attention?

KI-DW-TT-AB · Post #235 » by **KI-DW-TT-AB** » Wed Jul 9, 2014 5:42 am

... around the nba

Hayward actually seems to be signing with Hornets & now in everyone's opinion it's smart.

Funny.

CavsKSU25 · Post #236 » by **CavsKSU25** » Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:21 pm

Houston has the worst FO in the league, Let Asik, Lin and Parsons go for nothing, lost out on Melo and Bosh and gave up their 1st round pick on top of that.

Destructor · Post #237 » by **Destructor** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:22 am

CavsKSU25 wrote:Houston has the worst FO in the league, Let Asik, Lin and Parsons go for nothing, lost out on Melo and Bosh and gave up their 1st round pick on top of that.

To be fair they offered Melo and Bosh everything they could have ever wanted; a better chance at winning a title than their current teams and the max contract. However, NY could offer Melo more and Bosh loves it in Miami. Those factors were not in Houston's control.
Letting Asik go was necessary to create the capspace, and Lin hasn't really contributed to the Rockets as far as I can tell. Not matching Parsons was a mistake.

Dupp · Post #238 » by **Dupp** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:05 pm

Not the worst front office by any stretch but they did have a badish off season.

As for Lin he's just a miss-used whipping boy in Houston.

brent_strong · Post #239 » by **brent_strong** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:12 pm

Houston's FO swings for the fences. Just think about where they were during the CP3 trade, trying desperately to land Pau Gasol as their first star. Now they've gotten Harden at 25 cents on the dollar because OKC is cheap, lured Howard away from the dysfunctional Lakers, and were a Chris Bosh decision away from being legit contenders. Sure it cost them some assets to go after Bosh, but that's the cost of doing business. It cost the Cavs some assets to go after Lebron this offseason...same process, different outcome.

KI-DW-TT-AB · Post #240 » by **KI-DW-TT-AB** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:59 pm

Class organization.

Much dignity.

Such fandom.

Spoiler:

Putting it here since Heat fans won't see it, no need to bait em, I just found it very ironic.