Heat Willing To Pay Price For Title

Heat_team02 · Post #1 » by **Heat_team02** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:03 am

Heat willing to pay price for title
Miami ‘ready to hit ground running' in free-agent market.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spur ... z1ey9PcX7O

With the season now scheduled to start on Christmas, the Heat are preparing to shop.

“We go in every day, and we're ready to hit the ground running,” Heat President Pat Riley said last week before the tentative deal between the league and its players. “Every single department's up and running, ready to roll, and we're all doing our jobs from that extent. ... That's what we do every day. And we're ready to roll. When we find out, we're ready to go.”

The financial terms of the agreement almost certainly won't help the Heat's bottom line. A person familiar with the team's finances told the Associated Press that the Heat — buoyed by the excitement created by James, Wade and Bosh playing together — turned a profit last season for the first time since moving into AmericanAirlines Arena more than a decade ago.

With a more punitive luxury tax coming as part of this new labor deal, as well as a revenue sharing plan, the Heat almost certainly will be spending more money than ever before. And that doesn't even take into account team payrolls being set to steadily rise over the course of the deal.

The Heat are apparently fine with that, the thinking being that losing money is better than losing a season — and a shot at an NBA title. If they were so inclined, they could use the new amnesty clause to part with someone like Miller and get his $5.4 million off the cap books for this coming season, but those familiar with Miami's plans say that's not an option.

Instead, the Heat will happily do some spending once this free-agent window opens Dec. 9, driven in part by losing the Finals a season ago.

Pat Riley will think big again to fill Miami Heat’s needs
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/27/2 ... z1eyGitSlw

Lord Leoshes · Post #2 » by **Lord Leoshes** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:15 am

I have a question. I know we have the mid this year to use, but to we have the biannual as well this year?