Rashard Lewis meeting Miami Heat today

Hoops23 · Post #61 » by **Hoops23** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:11 pm

for the vet minimum, Lewis is worth signing especially that Miller or Jones are considering retiring.

Broke_Pippen · Post #62 » by **Broke_Pippen** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 3:22 pm

Hoops23 wrote:for the vet minimum, Lewis is worth signing especially that Miller or Jones are considering retiring.

Jones has stated multiple times he is not retiring.

HIF · Post #63 » by **HIF** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 4:33 pm

Broke_Pippen wrote:
Hoops23 wrote:for the vet minimum, Lewis is worth signing especially that Miller or Jones are considering retiring.

Jones has stated multiple times he is not retiring.

No point keep repeating the fact. Somebody will ask again tomorrow about Jones and Miller retiring. Why don't they read through the threads?

Vampire Diaries · Post #64 » by **Vampire Diaries** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 5:23 pm

Heat officials are saying that believe rashard will sign with us after meeting last night!!!

MiaFLSurf · Post #65 » by **MiaFLSurf** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 5:23 pm

Vampire Diaries wrote:Heat officials are saying that believe rashard will sign with us after meeting last night!!!

Source?

CrossOver · Post #66 » by **CrossOver** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 6:04 pm

MiaFLSurf wrote:
Vampire Diaries wrote:Heat officials are saying that believe rashard will sign with us after meeting last night!!!

Source?

Guessing he was going off of this:

@EthanJSkolnick: Hearing that the Heat left yesterday's meeting with Rashard Lewis confident that he'll come aboard. Nothing official yet.

Heat fan06 · Post #67 » by **Heat fan06** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 6:06 pm

Could hear soon then...

heatchamp45 · Post #68 » by **heatchamp45** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 6:35 pm

I dont think rashard lewis will make much of an impact............But he is defenitely better than some of the players we had on the bench this year.

EscapoTHB · Post #69 » by **EscapoTHB** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 6:43 pm

We need to find a replacement for Juwon. Some guy whose only job is to go into games and get in a fight.

Slot Machine · Post #70 » by **Slot Machine** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 6:45 pm

EscapoTHB wrote:We need to find a replacement for Juwon. Some guy whose only job is to go into games and get in a fight.

Is Juwan coming back? I really don't want to waste a roster spot on him even though I like him. Bring him back as an assistant or something else.

Grumpy Heat Fan · Post #71 » by **Grumpy Heat Fan** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 6:49 pm

Hey guys, things do not look quite right.

Lewis was excited with the meeting and the possibility to sign with the Miami Heat b/c he understands that's his best option to get his championship ring and has not impediment to play for the vet minimum.

Everything was Cool but things started to melt down when he started to demand a Role with certain Playing Time, (apparently he wants to show off his abilities to pursue for a multiyear contract in a next future) but the Heat didn't guarantee him the amount of PT he was demanded.

Finally, he promised he'd think everything carefully before meet with other teams and they'd be in touch each other.

That's all I was told.
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insfo · Post #72 » by **insfo** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 6:52 pm

seems very plausible. I'm sure he's looking beyond this year and how to net a substantial contract even though he's getting PAID this year.

Oh well .. who's next?

LikeABosh · Post #73 » by **LikeABosh** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 6:54 pm

He can just sign a deal that Turiaf signed. Minimum 1 year with a player option the next

Diggity Dave · Post #74 » by **Diggity Dave** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 7:00 pm

He's not making or breaking our chances of repeating. If he doesn't want in, no loss for us. His mentality amazes me. The guy's made like $150 million and hasn't even remotely approached earning it. SMFH.

RexBoyWonder · Post #75 » by **RexBoyWonder** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 7:17 pm

Stop overreacting to any ridiculous unreliable source that sais anything.

Hoops3355 · Post #76 » by **Hoops3355** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 7:31 pm

You know what pisses me off about this. We could have taken Perry Jones III instead of this scrub for around the same money. Sometime Riley infuriates me, he's drafted well, like twice in his career with Butler and Wade.

Grumpy Heat Fan · Post #77 » by **Grumpy Heat Fan** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 7:39 pm

Hoops3355 wrote:You know what pisses me off about this. We could have taken Perry Jones III instead of this scrub for around the same money. Sometime Riley infuriates me, he's drafted well, like twice in his career with Butler and Wade.

If Perry Jones III was so sure thing, so many teams wouldn't have passed on him. He would never have fallen to where he fell.

The fact is, the kid is very raw, he is a project. A team like the Thunder has no problem stuffing him on the bench and thinking "Long term project", but a team like the Heat? We are in WIN NOW mode, and we turned the draft pick into an even better draft pick next season, which hopefully someone good can fall to us in the teens when we pick.

izZo · Post #78 » by **izZo** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 7:40 pm

Diggity Dave wrote:He's not making or breaking our chances of repeating. If he doesn't want in, no loss for us. His mentality amazes me. The guy's made like $150 million and hasn't even remotely approached earning it. SMFH.

+1000

CrossOver · Post #79 » by **CrossOver** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 7:42 pm

StrengthNHonor wrote:
Hoops3355 wrote:You know what pisses me off about this. We could have taken Perry Jones III instead of this scrub for around the same money. Sometime Riley infuriates me, he's drafted well, like twice in his career with Butler and Wade.

If Perry Jones III was so sure thing, so many teams wouldn't have passed on him. He would never have fallen to where he fell.

The fact is, the kid is very raw, he is a project. A team like the Thunder has no problem stuffing him on the bench and thinking "Long term project", but a team like the Heat? We are in WIN NOW mode, and we turned the draft pick into an even better draft pick next season, which hopefully someone good can fall to us in the teens when we pick.

Riley likes the Sixer pick more because it's more appealing for trade bait than a regular Miami first round pick in the late 20's.

YounG_A · Post #80 » by **YounG_A** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 7:48 pm

StrengthNHonor wrote:Hey guys, things do not look quite right.

Lewis was excited with the meeting and the possibility to sign with the Miami Heat b/c he understands that's his best option to get his championship ring and has not impediment to play for the vet minimum.

Everything was Cool but things started to melt down when he started to demand a Role with certain Playing Time, (apparently he wants to show off his abilities to pursue for a multiyear contract in a next future) but the Heat didn't guarantee him the amount of PT he was demanded.

Finally, he promised he'd think everything carefully before meet with other teams and they'd be in touch each other.

That's all I was told.
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from the official heat forums

if theres any truth to that then it could make some sense, since he didn't give an answer to the heat and is going to go meet with hawks and knicks but he said he wants to play for a championship contender so he'll be back 8-)