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Paolo305613
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Here is a thread for all things off-season - draft, free agency, preseason, etc... Hope you boys and the many girls on here enjoy this.
Battier gone?
The Big 3 have not been able to win a title without him.
The team needs to cut and replace a few players
Keep: Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Allen, Battier, Cole, Lewis (for min.), Birdman
Cut or Trade: Haslem (has lost his shot and doesnt play the same defense anymore), Chalmers (way too inconsistent, I know he had a good few games there, but its time to let Cole take over), Joel Anthony, Mike Miller (I like him, but not for the $$, we need to cut back somewhere), James Jones (cut him for his own good, he is too good a shooter to just sit on the bench, let him go elsewhere and play), Howard (this is a given, hire him as a coach)
I think most of our players will be back. It will depend on how Varnado develops as well as some other players of ours who are overseas. I really hope that the Heat really take a harder look for hidden gems that are available. Still can't get over Patrick Beverly and how he's doing on the Rockets right now.
The team needs to cut and replace a few players
Keep: Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Allen, Battier, Cole, Lewis (for min.), Birdman
Cut or Trade: Haslem (has lost his shot and doesnt play the same defense anymore), Chalmers (way too inconsistent, I know he had a good few games there, but its time to let Cole take over), Joel Anthony, Mike Miller (I like him, but not for the $$, we need to cut back somewhere), James Jones (cut him for his own good, he is too good a shooter to just sit on the bench, let him go elsewhere and play), Howard (this is a given, hire him as a coach)
If you cut a player still under contract, you still have to pay them.
As far as amnesty, won't be Haslem. If it it used, it will be Miller.
As far as trades, other then Chalmers, there's really nothing that attractive with any of them IMO that would bring us anything better in return.
As far as Chalmers, for 4M, Im keeping him all day. He is far from perfect, but he is becoming a much better penetrating PG and he has a knack for hitting big shots in big games.
The only thing we could ask UD to do is ask him retire. In my opinion you keep him, he still brings his hustle off the bench and one could argue we wouldn't have even gotten past the Pacers had it not been for some amazing games from him. And yes, I still don't understand how we're going to "cut" players with all of these contracts being guaranteed. UD is the heart and soul of the locker room. You don't fck with that.
You keep Rio as well and accept that you're going to get really good games out of him sometimes, but at other times you're going to be cussing at him through your TV screen.
I think we need to keep Cole and Rio, we're set at the PG position and may add a veteran PG who's in their mid-to-late 30's and just wants a ring in the event that one of the two are injured.
No chance that the Heat ask UD to retire. Lets not forget that in year 1 when we were really short on bodies/ bench that he was supposed to be a key player who sacrificed 14-17M to help get this this going. The Heat are loyal as hell. UD deserves every nickel his contract calls for.
As far as Chalmers. Agree again. Plus, when he is having bad games, often time you can tell early and then just chop his minutes. When he's hot, he's usually hitting a couple of early 3's.
I'm honestly much happier most of the time when he's running the point then when Wade is (at least the not healthy Wade).
It is absolutely amazing how grown men are throwing a bitch fit because LBJ posted a 15 second video having fun with his followers on IG
These guys talk about LBJ being immature because he's having fun with his followers. Crying about LBJ making a 15 second video about winning his 2nd title is more immature IMO