Miami HEAT Offseason/Trades/FA Thread: Sardine Central 3.0

[heatwillbeback]

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Cut White and Hammond. Add a sf and pg.

I like it. Lots of versatility on offense and defense

[Heat_Fan_87]

bring back ellington, and i'd say the first man to go is okaro white if we need a roster spot

[MettaWorldPanda]

UD gets the mini MLE?

I hope not. I thought he got his thank you payment last year. That's alot for a coach. Probably making more then spo

[Wiltside]

Just hope Riley hasn't boxed us into mediocrity...

Bottom line is, it doesn't look like any of these deals are crazy bad money. They'd be moveable.

I still expect, Riley being Riley, he'll be speaking with top FA's next offseason - cap space be damned.

[HEATVols865]

Too many SGs.
Ellington or McGruder need to go. Neither can play the 3, unless we're moving J-Rich to be backup 3

[contract]

I can't leave this team alone for a minute.

[Mars]

Riley, Heat turn to Plan C: sign Olynyk, on verge of trade to clear cap space for Ellington, Johnson

Just when you thought Pat Riley was going to settle into Plan B and bring back the same Miami Heat team that finished the second half of last season 30-11, he turned to Plan C Thursday night.

In a surprising move, the Heat reached an agreement to sign former Celtics center Kelly Olynyk, 26, to a four-year, $50 million deal and was in the midst of completing a trade with the Dallas Mavericks to free up more cap space to re-sign forward James Johnson and guard Wayne Ellington, a league source confirmed.

According to The Vertical, Miami will reportedly send forward Josh McRoberts (on the final year of a $6 million deal) and a future second round pick to Dallas for center A.J. Hammons, a 2016 second round pick, who could be released to free up cap space...

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[islandHEAT]

What's the +/- on our guys getting in scraps this year? Lol

Even though we didn't make huge moves I think this team will be better than last year and I'm good with that.

#3 seed, **** it.

[Wiltside]

^ McGruder started all year at the 3 (essentially). Ellington played it at times too.

Positionless baby.

[PizzaLord305]

Our roster is like a shining example of positionless basketball. Winslow, tj, j rich, jj, dion, olynk, mcgruder, and Okaro can all play more than one position on both sides of the ball. Lots of guys who can do a bit of everything. We're gonna see some wild lineups lol.

[County of Wade]

Just hope Riley hasn't boxed us into mediocrity...

Just gotta hope the 30-11 was real and that some more superstars become disgruntled in the next couple of years.

[Heat_Fan_87]

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[radikalBaller]

How good is Olynik's perimiter defense ???

[Rapaz]

Josh McChithead is outta here!!!!!!!

[Wolfy1983]

Should have offered Timmy Jr. an offering sheet.

We still could with that 8 million MLE.

Atlanta will easily match that.

[fsuizzy]

we really need a backup pg, neither tj or jrich are point guards. if dragic misses any time, we'd be screwed

Agreed. Either use the Room Exception to bring in a veteran or develop a guy, but we need a decent backup...

Derrick Rose BABY

[Rafly]

VICTORY!!!

[Heat_Fan_87]

rose willing to take the room exception?

[PizzaLord305]

Too many SGs.
Ellington or McGruder need to go. Neither can play the 3, unless we're moving J-Rich to be backup 3

Mcgruder, dion, j rich, Winslow, jj, and Okaro can all guard small forwards. I don't think 1-5 really matters anymore. It's more like pg's, wings, and bigs. We have plenty of guys who can guard perimeter oriented wings.

[Heat_Fan_87]

offering on a RFA means you tie up your own cap space for days.