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chadrucf wrote:TyrusRose was banned.
PlazaBull wrote:... But then again, I think his interest is genuine and he wants to be close to his boys.
zORi wrote:chadrucf wrote:TyrusRose was banned.
Why?
Jcool0 wrote:aguifs wrote:Do we have a friggin plan?
If the Bulls do, you would be complaining to much to ever hear it.
Hangtime84 wrote:And this same TyrusRose had inside sources lolz
Ben B. wrote:zORi wrote:chadrucf wrote:TyrusRose was banned.
Why?
It wasn't so much anything that TyrusRose himself did as TyrusRose, but he was a previously banned poster who'd had several different usernames banned for rampant violations of board rules and generally driving a bunch of mods crazy.
I don't think that he's a bad guy at all, but he's very young and has posted like it. That's why he got banned.
HoopsPro wrote:PlazaBull wrote:... But then again, I think his interest is genuine and he wants to be close to his boys.
Call me skeptical, but if I were in Wade's shoes, and I was serious about being with my children, (and was offered $96 million dollars for the next five years as well) it wouldn't be a difficult decision at all. I would have committed to the Bulls after the second meeting. Playing somewhere else away from my kids for more money wouldn't even have entered the equation for me.
zORi wrote:HoopsPro wrote:PlazaBull wrote:... But then again, I think his interest is genuine and he wants to be close to his boys.
Call me skeptical, but if I were in Wade's shoes, and I was serious about being with my children, (and was offered $96 million dollars for the next five years as well) it wouldn't be a difficult decision at all. I would have committed to the Bulls after the second meeting. Playing somewhere else away from my kids for more money wouldn't even have entered the equation for me.
Well he has temporary custody, and it's looking like he'll get full custody.
Maybe he's thinking about moving them to Miami??
zORi wrote:HoopsPro wrote:PlazaBull wrote:... But then again, I think his interest is genuine and he wants to be close to his boys.
Call me skeptical, but if I were in Wade's shoes, and I was serious about being with my children, (and was offered $96 million dollars for the next five years as well) it wouldn't be a difficult decision at all. I would have committed to the Bulls after the second meeting. Playing somewhere else away from my kids for more money wouldn't even have entered the equation for me.
Well he has temporary custody, and it's looking like he'll get full custody.
Maybe he's thinking about moving them to Miami??
For the Miami Heat, there now is an uncomfortable silence, as Wade decides whether to return for a six-year, $125 million contract or play elsewhere next season.
The All-Star shooting guard heightened those tensions by taking a second meeting with his hometown Chicago Bulls on Friday night and then talking Saturday about his conflicted emotions.
Wade's family, including his two young sons, lives in Chicago. Recently divorced, he previously has spoken at length about how his children's future will factor into any decision, having relished the recent weeks that he has enjoyed temporary custody.
"Whenever I'm with Zaire and Zion, they've been the ones that really have kept me afloat, kept me smiling and kept me looking forward to things," he said.
A July 19 custody hearing is scheduled in Chicago.
Against that backdrop, Wade conducted an extensive interview about free agency and his playing future with Chicago's NBC television affiliate.
"At the end of the day, your decision goes on what's best for you and your family," he said. "I think that the organizations I've been brought in to meet with are all good organizations.
"I understand that if it's myself and another guy and we have some good players around, we'll be good. To me it's about what makes 40 years of my life, and not just about the next 10."
That could tie Wade's decision to his roots.
"I love Chicago, and Chicago is always going to be my home," he said. "This is the place where my vision of becoming an NBA player came true.
"So I just got a decision to make, and I've got a weekend to think about it."
He said he hoped to decide early this week.
In addition to the Heat and Bulls, Wade has met with the Knicks and Nets.
Thomas vowed entering the process that he would not put his clients in package deals.
"I really am approaching it individually for each of my individual guys. Each deal is its own deal," he said.
Bill Walton wrote: Keep the music playing.
kyrv wrote:Somebody reported that Wade had gained custody (permanent) - huge difference.
Wade still asking Riley to get him help
With Bosh and James up in the air, Wade is as well
By Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel
8:08 p.m. EDT, July 3, 2010
Nothing's changed. It's simple, really. Pat Riley has to be Pat Riley one final time. He has to get the Heat out of the gamble he's got them into. He has to get Dwyane Wade an elite running mate probably to get Wade at all.
All you need to know about the past few days of long meetings, big sales jobs and nonstop stories came Saturday when Wade rolled down his car window for another of those drive-by interviews outside his agent's office in Chicago.
Wade said what he said last summer, last winter, last month, last week and, maybe, for the last time.
"I understand that if myself and another player [sign together], and we have some good players around, we'll be good," Wade said.
Could he be any more direct? Could he spell it out for Riley, once again, any more clearly even with the threat of the Chicago Bulls looming?
By now, it's obvious that any help won't do. Wade doesn't want Amare Stoudemire, whom the Heat nearly grabbed at the February trade deadline according to a source, or Carlos Boozer, who would love to play in Miami.
He doesn't want Brendan Haywood or David Lee as primary help. He could have had any of those players lining up beside him by now. Dirk Nowitzki's size and game would be a perfect complement to Wade, except Nowitzki is 32 and seemingly married to Dallas.
Wade's decision hinges on Chris Bosh or LeBron James coming to the Heat. At the very least, it hinges on them not lining up together in Cleveland or Chicago to form the kind of dynasty Riley talked about here. And Wade wants to join.
So the story isn't Wade. It's Riley, just as it always has been with the Heat. He's 65. This is the final big play of his grand career. The Heat needs Ted Williams hitting a home run in his last at-bat right now, not Willie Mays stumbling at home plate with the Mets.
The tough question remains just what Riley can throw down on the recruiting table besides his seven championship rings. That says a lot. But listen to how the sales pitches must have gone from teams to Wade, James and Bosh.
From Chicago General Manager John Paxson: "If you come here, we have Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, Joakim Noah and our plan is to team you with either LeBron or Bosh. Maybe all of you, if you're on board. That's a championship team. And it's in your hometown."
From New Jersey Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov: "We have point guard Devin Harris, 7-foot Brooke Lopez, the No. 3 pick in the draft, 6-10 Derrick Favors. That's a good point guard and two good big men. And we'll get another great around. And I'll make you an international name."
From Riley: "Trust me."
Oh, Wade can get $30 million more from the Heat as things stand. That's nothing to brush off. But if he does decide on Chicago, he could get that money back in a sign-and-trade that could bring Rose to the Heat.
Wade, no doubt, has been recruiting Bosh and James to join him. But how hard can he push if they look at the roster? What can he really show them other than Riley's championship rings and promise to build like he has built before?
Let's be fair: Riley has been making moves on the defensive, biding his time and dollars for this moment, since he brought the team a title in 2006. The Heat's drafts have been empty wells. The free-agent hopes have yielded nothing.
Riley still has the tangible ring of that 2006 team. It's a better architectural portfolio than any other builder in the competition. And so when he says, "Trust me," it's not an empty promise.
It's just up to him to sell it hard enough to James or Bosh. That's what Wade needs. It's about Riley, at 65, making the final big play of one of the great careers in basketball.
This isn't about Riley's legacy. His legacy is secure in the same manner Michael Jordan's even when he failed in Washington. But, again, he doesn't want to go down like Willie at home plate or John Unitas in San Diego. He doesn't want to go out like Jimmy Johnson or Dan Marino in Jacksonville, for that matter.
Who wants him to go out like that, either? He's meant too much to the Heat. He's been so big in the South Florida sports scene. And the Heat would be years in the rebuilding if Wade goes elsewhere.
So much has happened in the last few days with Wade and the free agents. But nothing's happened, too. Wade said as much Saturday. He wants Riley to get him some help. He's waiting for the answer, the same as all of us.
Adrian Wojnarowski wrote:Toronto Raptors free-agent forward Chris Bosh(notes) went to his hometown of Dallas to rest and contemplate his free-agency options on Saturday after meetings with prospective teams, according to a source.
The Raptors are still open-minded about the possibility of a sign-and-trade with their All-Star and have done extensive research on possible scenarios with each potential trade partner. The Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers are among the teams in the luxury tax who have interest in a possible sign-and-trade for Bosh. The San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets are other possible sign-and-trade partners.
On Bosh’s and Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade’s(notes) free-agency situations, their agent, Henry Thomas, said via text: “The guys are simply processing all of the info they have received over the past couple of days. Taking some time to take it all in.”