Miami Heat Off-season Thread 9.0 - Dame’s BBW Edition

[HEATVols865]

Mods keep it locked until Cronin spreads Wiltside’s cheeks.

But this is the thread that delivers Dames and his BBWs to Miami!

[BBallFreak]

Somehow, I doubt this will be the thread. It's going to keep dragging on.

[Rapaz]

Gonna end this man's whole BBW-loving career.

[IceColdCubano]

Gonna end this man's whole BBW-loving career.

This guy...

[insfo]

Dang, I thought this was Bish’s thread and was optimistic, but now…

[3ammy3uck3ts]

The most negative Heat fan in Heat fandom history will lead us there!

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Gonna end this man's whole BBW-loving career.

Reported

[miamiballer]

Would be quite the miracle if op can pull this one Off, a true upset

For now, Cronin is beasting

[3ammy3uck3ts]

I’m not sure a simple beating of the cheeks will suffice anymore and may not entice Riley enough.

OP must now go reverse cowboy, this may be our only chance.

[Lennyzinho]

Considering we go thru a thread in 2-4 days, but news is slowing down... think next OP takes it. Expect announcement happens in about 7-10 days. Sorry BBW

[MorbidHEAT]

Holy hell. We haven’t even gone through 1 page yet. We are officially in the dead zone of the off-season.

[Lilseb93]

The GB can't stand us but they seem to ignore the fun and goofiness of the Heat board. Never change.

[Heat_team02]

What are the other trade options with contracts that run out in 2026?

By 2026, the only contracts on the books would be Jovic & Jaquez if Herro gets moved.

[IceColdCubano]

I still stand by my assessment, this does not go passed this weekend, shoot I could see this end before the end of the week. I think even Pat Riley is like ok, we need to move this along, we have some positions we need to fill up and get this roster finalized and they offer up that final Pick they are holding onto. Miami doesn't want to be doing this back and forth all the way to training camp. Cronin's posturing is gonna work out in the end to a degree. Portland ends up looking like they played the game well at minimum and they took their time to extract the best out of Miami.

[greg4012]

Good dose of perspective:

https://www.reddit.com/r/heat/comments/14wuzn5/how_long_does_it_usually_take_for_a_blockbuster/

A lot of us have been getting anxious about if and when a Damian Lillard deal will be made. Stemming from the boredom that comes from that anticipation, I looked at the length of some comparable offseason trade sagas where:

A. The trade demand/catalyst started in the offseason.
B. The trade was completed before the start of the next season.

So here are 6 deals from the last ~30 years that met those parameters:

Charles Barkley

6/5/1996-6/16/1996: Barkley threatens to retire if not traded to a contender in an interview with NBC during the Finals. Expresses desire to play for the Rockets.

8/19/1996: Barkley traded to Rockets

75 to 86 days

Tracy McGrady

6/18/2004: T-Mac requests a trade from Orlando

6/30/2004: McGrady dealt to Houston

12 days

Shaquille O’Neal

6/19/2004: Shaq demands a trade

7/11/2004: Lakers agree to trade Shaq to Miami

22 days

Kevin Garnett

6/28/2007: Celtics acquire Ray Allen on draft night. (This was the turning point where KG said he was open to getting traded to Boston)

7/31/2007:Kevin Garnett traded to Boston

33 days

Kyrie Irving

7/7/2017: Kyrie Irving demands trade

8/22/2017: Kyrie is traded to the Celtics

46 days

Kawhi Leonard

6/15/2018: Kawhi demands a trade to Los Angeles

7/18/2018: Kawhi traded to Toronto

33 days

Some takeaways:

the shortest period between trade demand and trade was the T-Mac deal to Houston, which was 12 days. We are on day 11 since Lillard formally requested a trade.

the longest period between trade demand and trade was the Barkley trade (also to Houston), where he dead-ass threatened to retire if he didn’t get traded to a contender, preferably the Rockets

Two trades (Kyrie Irving and Kawhi Leonard) I was able to find specific “traded destination lists”. Neither was sent to their preferred destinations (Kawhi famously wanted to go to Los Angeles, Lakers or Clippers. Kyrie gave a list of San Antonio, Minnesota, Miami and the Knicks)

None of these trades are 1:1 identical to the Lillard situation, but the KG trade saga is probably the closest: 12 years with the same team, 8 consecutive playoff appearances and 1 conference finals appearance, teams began shifting to a rebuild while they were still on the team, neither had/has a NTC but KG had enough standing in the org to nix a draft day deal to Boston (which ironically ended up becoming the Ray Allen trade that would sell Garnett on getting traded there later in the summer)

Let me know if I missed any other blockbusters that would fit in this group! Would love to add some other cases for further discussion.

Day 12 since the trade request

[goodboy]

Gonna end this man's whole BBW-loving career.

Lmao

[gom]

Good luck, Vols!

[Daffy]

I still stand by my assessment, this does not go passed this weekend, shoot I could see this end before the end of the week. I think even Pat Riley is like ok, we need to move this along, we have some positions we need to fill up and get this roster finalized and they offer up that final Pick they are holding onto. Miami doesn't want to be doing this back and forth all the way to training camp. Cronin's posturing is gonna work out in the end to a degree. Portland ends up looking like they played the game well at minimum and they took their time to extract the best out of Miami.

I don't think 3ammy3uck3ts potential sacrifice has been enough my friend. You might have to sweeten the deal for Riley and add on to it.

[IceColdCubano]

I still stand by my assessment, this does not go passed this weekend, shoot I could see this end before the end of the week. I think even Pat Riley is like ok, we need to move this along, we have some positions we need to fill up and get this roster finalized and they offer up that final Pick they are holding onto. Miami doesn't want to be doing this back and forth all the way to training camp. Cronin's posturing is gonna work out in the end to a degree. Portland ends up looking like they played the game well at minimum and they took their time to extract the best out of Miami.

I don't think 3ammy3uck3ts potential sacrifice has been enough my friend. You might have to sweeten the deal for Riley and add on to it.

I won't let old man Pat clap them cheeks if that what your asking. There lines id rather not cross, However I will perform a sexy dance in a leopard thong with high heels on somebody's table if this gets us Dame once and for all. I will prefix by saying this is kind of like those high end gentlemen's club rules, were you can look at the merchandise but hands off.

[Rapaz]

I still stand by my assessment, this does not go passed this weekend, shoot I could see this end before the end of the week. I think even Pat Riley is like ok, we need to move this along, we have some positions we need to fill up and get this roster finalized and they offer up that final Pick they are holding onto. Miami doesn't want to be doing this back and forth all the way to training camp. Cronin's posturing is gonna work out in the end to a degree. Portland ends up looking like they played the game well at minimum and they took their time to extract the best out of Miami.

Folks,

Realize that if this thing gets done in 9.0, you’re going to get a daily dose of corpulent booty for the rest of the season.

Team Cronin is the only way.