Birdman Traded to Memphis in three team deal

HEATVols865 · Post #1 » by **HEATVols865** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 8:45 pm

Riley freaking did it!

Rio and Birdman are gone, luxury tax problem is fixed.
Now we need to fix some clotting issues and the Whiteside problem and we're golden for the future...AGAIN

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walk with me · Post #2 » by **walk with me** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 8:49 pm

lol why are we concerned about the luxury tax? That's mickeys problem. Not ours. I want to win games.

With that said I don't care about this trade really. Bird is my guy but he's 1 year from retirement. I'm glad we sent him to a city he will be comfortable in. Assuming bosh is out for a long period of time. Potentially life. I hope we trade everyone except for wade, haslem and winslow. start from scratch ready for 16-17

HEATVols865 · Post #3 » by **HEATVols865** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 8:50 pm

If we were in luxury tax area, we would be hard capped. This was HUGE for us

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HEATVols865 · Post #4 » by **HEATVols865** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 8:52 pm

We traded $9.3M in salary (Rio and Birdman) and received $6.8M (Stokes, Udrih and Roberts)

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R-DAWG · Post #5 » by **R-DAWG** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 8:57 pm

It's too bad Miami couldn't keep Courtney Lee. Would have been a great fit as a 3/D guy who could guard 2's and 3's.

dancing2thabeet · Post #6 » by **dancing2thabeet** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:04 pm

Oh damn, I love that guy. Instrumental in our championship run and one of the funniest guys in the league. I loved his relationship with Jax.

Thanks for everything Birdman! Caw caw!

Post #7 » by **GameTime_3** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:44 pm

Bird was great and served hes role. He is a shell of himself right now and the league is changing. Hassan-Amare are better options and no point o fpaying 5 million for him to sit on bench.

DWadeno3 · Post #8 » by **DWadeno3** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:05 pm

Plus we've acquired Brian Roberts, who could be a nice spark off the bench for us. The guy is limited in his game but he can score and with Tyler out for a while, we're in need for another guard, especially if Wade or Dragic miss a game.

Dupas · Post #9 » by **Dupas** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:19 pm

Roberts is really trash. We need shooters badly..

Post #10 » by **DayofMourning** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:21 pm

I wonder how soon we can move Roberts?

Post #11 » by **heat4life** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:22 pm

DayofMourning wrote:I wonder how soon we can move Roberts?

Right away if he is traded by himself (not as part of a package).

Post #12 » by **DayofMourning** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:25 pm

heat4life wrote:
DayofMourning wrote:I wonder how soon we can move Roberts?

Right away if he is traded by himself (not as part of a package).

Well, that lowers my expectations then.

ndnow · Post #13 » by **ndnow** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:51 pm

Man I'm going to miss Birdman, really am.

Post #14 » by **heat4life** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:25 pm

ndnow wrote:Man I'm going to miss Birdman, really am.

He hasn't played much this season so you probably were missing him from long ago :lol:

I think everyone was expecting it, including Bird.

Hallstar · Post #15 » by **Hallstar** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:32 pm

I don't give a **** about Arison's pockets...sorry

SlowPaced · Post #16 » by **SlowPaced** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 12:14 am

It'd be awesome if we were the ones to acquire Courtney Lee.

CeCeySay · Post #17 » by **CeCeySay** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 1:59 am

It's not just about caring about Mickey's pockets. Being under this year takes us out of the repeater tax and allows us to go over next year without being charged the repeater tax, which will hopefully give Riley his blessing to be aggressive and go over the cap next year

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TroubleS0me · Post #18 » by **TroubleS0me** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:02 am

we have too many guards, Roberts is a good FT shooter but thats it. hes gone.

contract · Post #19 » by **contract** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:33 am

HEATlanta wrote:Riley freaking did it!

Rio and Birdman are gone, luxury tax problem is fixed.
Now we need to fix some clotting issues and the Whiteside problem and we're golden for the future...AGAIN

We're NOT below the luxury tax/repeater tax. We still need to cut salary by > $3 mil ... and more than that if we add anyone.

CeCeySay · Post #20 » by **CeCeySay** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:25 pm

I just don't understand that if we gifted 2 2nd round picks with Birdman, why didn't we just send that to Portland, who needed to reach their floor minimum. Instead of taking back Roberts' contract. We could've been under if we just unloaded Birdman. Unless Riley is going to turn around and trade Roberts now. If that's the case, ok. But to take back a 3rd string pg who makes that much, should've just kept a spot open for a call up or buy out.

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