Miami Heat Off-season thread 12.0 Roll over and die? Never!

[GoodSir]

So have the Lebron fans left yet?

[heatlespeatles]

I wish, I truly wish. Who chooses that franchise over Riley and Micky (the good guys). Its amazing, but the man loves his city in a way we cant even comprehend. We can't its **** shocking

If I am being more honest I think he is using that to mask his move back. Not saying that he doesn't love the city but from what we are hearing today sounds like there was legit power problems between Riley and his entourage (nothing serious but they want more power and Riley isn't going to let a bunch of guys under 30 run this franchise). Then you add in the unlimited marketing potential, of course our roster got older and we were limited by the new CBA and thus you have the, "I love home, I am going back". I understand the reasons mind you, nothing against him but those are the real reasons IMO rather than I wanna go home.

I don't think its fake, because theres also the angle that he left Miami when we lost -- like ok here he goes giving up again. He doesn't know how this would go over but he def HAD to be doing this for the right reasons or he wouldn't do it. Lebron was living the life in Miami - great weather, great food, great city, flash and eye candy all over. The man left a championship caliber team to go back to some young scrubs. You don't think he believes Riley could have retooled this summer? Of course he knew.

He loves that city man,you don't give up Miami for that shid unless its real.

[Mugiwara]

Curious to see Wade and Bosh's stats for next season.

God, give us Wade''s knees back.

[heatlespeatles]

So have the Lebron fans left yet?

your signature looks like Cavs colors man, i know it aint but it looks disgusting

[BlueHeat]

My personal opinion is that LeBron's reason for leaving the Heat – to "return home" - is utter nonsense. He's proved that he hasn't changed since 2010; he may have announced his decision in a different way, but his reason for leaving was the same. LeBron simply saw the Heat aging; he saw that we wouldn't remain competitive for titles much longer, and so he left for a more youthful team that would give him the opportunity to win rings and cement his legacy. While he helped us get two titles, he still wouldn't have won it without the support of the organization, and the team that Pat Riley and co. built around him.

For him to simply get up and leave without giving us the requisite time to sign other "big time" FAs is annoying, especially since he knew of his decision last week. He likes the attention, he likes to be talked about, and he's a prima donna. That being said, I personally hope he never wins another ring again (even though he will, most likely). I still think Riley needs to quickly put this behind him and address our needs at SF, PG, and C. We don't have much money left, unless Wade and Haslem take significantly less money. I think our greatest need is at PG, since we just lost somebody who helped orchestrate our entire offense.

I would throw some money at Bledsoe and see what happens. Sell him on the idea of living in Miami and playing with Bosh and Wade.

[DayofMourning]

Jesus, Jordan Hill got paid. lol

And here I was thinking we'd have a chance at him. His numbers per 36 were real good.

[IggieCC]

I was thinking about it during the gym, if Bosh and Wade both make the All Star, I'm sure there's going to be a special moment for the "Big 3".

I don't see any big deal out of it. They sort of accomplished their goal which was set when they got together. 2 out of 4 ain't bad at all.

Good friendship > Business/basketball

[Rapaz]

I was thinking about it during the gym, if Bosh and Wade both make the All Star, I'm sure there's going to be a special moment for the "Big 3".

I look forward to Bosh's team three-peating at the Shooting Stars competition.

[WD]

Eh....again as I say winning titles here should have kept him. I also say this because of the Decision and the Letter from Gilbert. Many also thought no way he could ever put money in that owner's pockets, the backlash from the fans with burning his jerseys, making jokes about his mom and family, pissing on urinal cakes with his face etc.

As I am sure you are aware I have nothing against him in the aftermath and remain a fan of his game. He's a great-great player. Hell I will still watch some of his games (but without a rooting interest, not against him or for him). I know he gave us his all but you would have thought he knew how poorly run the Cavs were (have been until last season, the re-hiring and re-firing of Brown was ) and how well-run this franchise is would have made his decision easier. Sure our roster doesn't looks as good but I am sure Riley would have re-tooled around him.

I wish, I truly wish. Who chooses that franchise over Riley and Micky (the good guys). Its amazing, but the man loves his city in a way we cant even comprehend. We can't its **** shocking

All the people on this board from miami that moved north knows how real the homesick can get

Yep

[HeatDaChamps]

I was thinking about it during the gym, if Bosh and Wade both make the All Star, I'm sure there's going to be a special moment for the "Big 3".

i just said the same thing. Making the Allstars and Olympic team will be very important for our big 3 version 2.0

**** that **** man, forget it. Im sure it would be fun for them. But the big 3 era is over. Hes gone, im not looking forward to seeing them together again.

[DayofMourning]

Curious to see Wade and Bosh's stats for next season.

God, give us Wade''s knees back.

Add Beasley to that list for me....if he comes back.

[Amorphous Blob]

I pray this motivates Wade to get lighter and further work on his jumper.

[PaulieWal]

I wish, I truly wish. Who chooses that franchise over Riley and Micky (the good guys). Its amazing, but the man loves his city in a way we cant even comprehend. We can't its **** shocking

If I am being more honest I think he is using that to mask his move back. Not saying that he doesn't love the city but from what we are hearing today sounds like there was legit power problems between Riley and his entourage (nothing serious but they want more power and Riley isn't going to let a bunch of guys under 30 run this franchise). Then you add in the unlimited marketing potential, of course our roster got older and we were limited by the new CBA and thus you have the, "I love home, I am going back". I understand the reasons mind you, nothing against him but those are the real reasons IMO rather than I wanna go home.

I don't think its fake, because theres also the angle that he left Miami when we lost -- like ok here he goes giving up again. He doesn't know how this would go over but he def HAD to be doing this for the right reasons or he wouldn't do it. Lebron was living the life in Miami - great weather, great food, great city, flash and eye candy all over. The man left a championship caliber team to go back to some young scrubs. You don't think he believes Riley could have retooled this summer? Of course he knew.

He loves that city man,you don't give up Miami for that shid unless its real.

And you don't think he knew going back to Cleveland would make him an instant hero rather than the polarizing figure he is right now? Just look at the GB, it doesn't represent all hoops fans but it is a big board and you can use it to somewhat analyze the minds of the casual fans. I am not going there much but the LeBron back to Cleveland thread was full of posters from all teams saying, "Good for Cleveland, you guys deserve him, the King is back, screw Miami, now I can respect him, winning 1 here is better than 2 more in Cleveland" etc. etc.

It was a shrewd business move man and SAS was talking about his team had been in touch with Cavs for a while and how LeBron was counting down the days to his free agency. Then of course, the Cavs luck into Wiggins and it is a better long-term roster for him. It may even be better in the short-term if they can get Love and get more veteran players which is possible now.

[FlashFlare]

Curious to see Wade and Bosh's stats for next season.

God, give us Wade''s knees back.

its going to be a #TeamWadeStats season

and Bosh will be RaptorBosh/CB4

trust me

[DefenseWins]

So true about Wade being the most important person (not just player) in Heat history.

So happy that this guy will be finishing out his career in Miami

And for the record...I am positive D Wade's tank isn't close to empty.

I don't know if I'm stretching


But Wade looked like he got lazy at times when Lebron came. Wade always had a fire in him, games where if a player rubbed him the wrong way he would try and win the game and take over. Yes Lebron was given the keys to the team so to speak, so he couldn't do that anymore. Wade didn't carry as much of the load and got comfortable with Lebron doing a lot of the work.


Bosh and Wade can become a good duo, but I think Wade will come back better than last year even tho he had issues. He would look like he is on a mission I mean. Or maybe I miss Wade when he use to go ham... Even Wade in the 2010 playoffs against Boston this dude was killing it

[PaulieWal]

Curious to see Wade and Bosh's stats for next season.

God, give us Wade''s knees back.

its going to be a #TeamWadeStats season

and Bosh will be RaptorBosh/CB4

trust me

I think we see a 22/8 Bosh and a 20/5/5 Wade.

[GameTime_3]

Strange that McBob deal isn't done yet.

Hopefully Beasleymcomes back and Birdman

[SoFlaKingReal]

Curious to see Wade and Bosh's stats for next season.

God, give us Wade''s knees back.

its going to be a #TeamWadeStats season

and Bosh will be RaptorBosh/CB4

trust me

I think we see a 22/8 Bosh and a 20/5/5 Wade.

Wade was basically 20/5/5 last season...

[Nobymoby]

I pray this motivates Wade to get lighter and further work on his jumper.

In Paleo I trust.

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

WTF

[tweet]https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/487762640262156288[/tweet]

Instead of thinking revenge on the Spurs with the Heat, decides to jump ship and join a younger team that has a better future.

LeTailBetweenLegs