2014 Miami Heat Offseason Thread (Rumors/Reports) 5.0

[HEAT111]

Can a mod salt this snail already?

I'm not surprised that you and others who are choosing to keep your head in the sand would take issue with other posters who are being realistic. Quite immature but par for the course on this board the last few days.

Careful!!! I'm with you that you are being negative or trolling but that last line walks that line. We enjoy other posters on the board and enjoy other opinion but this is still the HEAT board! While crazy at times, we are still a family

GT3!

[SweetTouch]

Y'all act like Lewis is done

He's still a good vet min guy

[RJM]

Aaron Gray to Detroit.

[mopper8]

Is everyone under the consensus that Oden is coming back?

Supposedly he wants to come back and Heat told him at the start of FA they want to bring him back. Skolnick also said he expects Oden to return.

[Tuff Gong]

Wait. If we used the MLE & BAE doesn't it mean we're capped, meaning they expect LeBron, Wade, and Bosh back? I've been gone for an hour what have I missed?

[greg4012]

I don't see much wrong with the Granger signing, he can take most of the minutes at the 2 if Wade goes on that maintenance program again. I guess this means Ray is retiring?

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He was never really a shooting guard and is too immobile to play that position now. If he's gonna play any position besides SF, it's actually PF (which he played a bit of last year for both LAC and IND)

[heatlespeatles]

oh and we also still need another knock down shooter - Anthony Morrow. Don't get the point of Granger if we are going after Morrow, so we likely aren't. Don't need Granger when you have Beasley unless you not interested at all in Beasley

Eh Granger seems like a James Jones replacement to me, and McRoberts a Battier replacement.

PG: Cole | Napier | ?
SG: Wade | Allen | ?
SF: Lebron | Granger | Ennis
PF: McRoberts | Beasley | Haslem
C: Bosh | Birdman | Oden

If the Big 3 are all coming back, I'd expect our last 2 announcements to be a younger shooting guard with range (Morrow?) and a veteran PG
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edit: ^This^ is what re-tooling looks, btw. Added a solid starter who fits our stars, and a guy who solidifies our depth

This is the center rotation I was praying we wouldn't have.

[NT9]

How about this lineup?
Could this work salary-wise?

Thomas - Napier - Cole
Wade - Allen
James - Granger - Ennis
McRoberts - Haslem - Lewis
Gasol - Birdman - Hamilton


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[DefenseWins]

Wait. If we used the MLE & BAE doesn't it mean we're capped, meaning they expect LeBron, Wade, and Bosh back?

Yes

[BFRESH44]

Just a reminder guys, don't engage with any post of trolling/baiting nature. Just mark them, and they'll be dealt with.

Thanks.

[mopper8]

Y'all act like Lewis is done

He's still a good vet min guy

Assuming the Big 3 stay, though, he's competing with Ennis & Beasley for roster spots, basically. If we really are trying to get younger I think the McRoberts & Granger signings all but end Lewis's Heat career. Shame, I like Shard, but don't know who's spot he takes.

[bobly]

Could have had Hawes....

I liked Hawes as a player. But McBob is a tougher player.

What would've been great about Hawes is he would be more effective at C, basically allowing Bosh to go back to PF. That switch alone is what made me hope that we'd get him. Hawes would've added size, shooting and rebounding. We probably could have gotten him cheaper than the clips too.

[xMADEinDADEx]

Wait. If we used the MLE & BAE doesn't it mean we're capped, meaning they expect LeBron, Wade, and Bosh back?

Yes

Yay

[cb1]

The McRoberts signing to me will end up as the biggest signing of this free agency. He's basically a taller, stronger Battier that you can put next to Lebron and give him spacing whiles he won't get abused like Battier did on defense. If we're still committed to small ball( which I am undecided about how to feel) that is a huge piece to the puzzle

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[BBallFreak]

I'll take Diaw, Patty Mills over McRoberts and Granger...

Congratulations! We're all thrilled for you.

Let me show you something:



Don't let it hit you on the way out

[SweetTouch]

Y'all act like Lewis is done

He's still a good vet min guy

Assuming the Big 3 stay, though, he's competing with Ennis & Beasley for roster spots, basically. If we really are trying to get younger I think the McRoberts & Granger signings all but end Lewis's Heat career. Shame, I like Shard, but don't know who's spot he takes.

Damn I didn't go ahead and count roster spots

I agree Lewis can still play for 10-12 minutes a night

[BenoUdrihFTL]

lmao @ Simmons now trying to say he wasn't mad during the draft

lol could've fooled me

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1lAJrtguHQ[/youtube]

Poor Billy looked like he was about to cry LMAO

[QUIZ]

we got granger? nice

[mopper8]

How about this lineup?
Could this work salary-wise?

Thomas - Napier - Cole
Wade - Allen
James - Granger - Ennis
McRoberts - Haslem - Lewis
Gasol - Birdman - Hamilton


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nah, either of Thomas or Gasol will need to come in via trade. Thomas is too expensive and I believe restricted so he's just probably out of the question, Gasol could happen if he agreed to a deal small enough to fit our trade exception, though that would be a serious discount and so seems unlikely

[2thehoopand1]

Miami seems to get shorter by the min.


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