Official Offseason News and Rumors

[Andresrenee]

So when his flight lands in Miami he is supposed to announce, anybody else hear that?

Also, stopping in Miami seems right. 5 hour flight from Vegas to Miami and another 8.5 hrs from Miami to São Paulo or Rio.....

 

[tlance]

So when his flight lands in Miami he is supposed to announce, anybody else hear that?

Might be moot now. He really could not announce Cleveland in Miami, could he?

 

[Shanemansj13]

Lebron and Wade left camp early, they went out separate doors.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Also, stopping in Miami seems right. 5 hour flight from Vegas to Miami and another 8.5 hrs from Miami to São Paulo or Rio.....

I'm thinking once he gets to Miami, he will announce tomorrow morning/afternoon then fly to Brazil.

 

[Heatles84]

Might be moot now. He really could not announce Cleveland in Miami, could he?

Would be an ass hole thing to do. Miami's treated Lebron right his whole time with the Heat. Then again, we're not Cavs fans, so it's not like we'd attack him or camp out in his yard.

 

[Andresrenee]

Would be an ass hole thing to do. Miami's treated Lebron right his whole time with the Heat. Then again, we're not Cavs fans, so it's not like we'd attack him or camp out in his yard.

Doing it right is telling Wade face to face and then going to Miami and telling Riley and Arison face to face. Even I can give him a break on that.....perhaps he gives the Heat 12 hours to make a run at some free agents.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Might be moot now. He really could not announce Cleveland in Miami, could he?

Announcing he could do anywhere. Sources say announcing is on lebronjames.com and twitter, so it won't be much of an announcement.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Doing it right is telling Wade face to face and then going to Miami and telling Riley and Arison face to face. Even I can give him a break on that.....perhaps he gives the Heat 12 hours to make a run at some free agents.

Wade probably knows and will know before anyone other than his family, friends. He is probably waiting till right before the flight, so he can jump flight and not have to deal with it at the moment.

 

[Andresrenee]

Wade probably knows and will know before anyone other than his family, friends. He is probably waiting till right before the flight, so he can jump flight and not have to deal with it at the moment.

We both agree, but can he be so arrogant to think he may take the spotlight from the World Cup? Not going to happen.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Right because teams trading Superstar players mid-season on the last year of their contract always works out to a big time deal.

Just go back a few years and look at what the Magic got for Dwight Howard

Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington, Nikola Vucevic, Moe Harkless, Josh McRoberts, Christian Eyenga, a first-round pick from either the Nuggets or the New York Knicks in 2014, a protected first-round pick from the Sixers, a protected first-round pick from the Lakers in 2017, a second-round pick from the Nuggets in 2013 and a conditional second-rounder from the Lakers in 2015.

That looks like nothing more than some role players, salary dumps, and future picks to me. No team is going to give up a star player for another star player on his last year mid-season. If you look at some of the supposed deals the Magic could have taken during the offseason or even the previous offseason they would have been a lot better value. When you wait until the last minute you end up just having to take what you can get or be left with nothing. The Wolves actually lose leverage in a trade if they wait until the mid-season trade deadline.

Vucevic is an excellent player & they won that trade.

 

[bksballer89]

Lebron on his way to Miami to inform the Heat that he will be signing with Cleveland

 

[Andresrenee]

Lebron on his way to Miami to inform the Heat that he will be signing with Cleveland

Sources? Well at least he has grown up and is doing it face to face. I must say Thank you for 4 great years and hope they were the best 4 years of his pro basketball life. Don't wish him ill, but will not be rooting for Cleveland.

 

[Andresrenee]

BTW --- any chance that Bosh stays in Miami with Dwade?

 

[Hambombs]

Lebron on his way to Miami to inform the Heat that he will be signing with Cleveland

Lnk?

 

[bksballer89]

Sources? Well at least he has grown up and is doing it face to face. I must say Thank you for 4 great years and hope they were the best 4 years of his pro basketball life. Don't wish him ill, but will not be rooting for Cleveland.

I made up the last part but imo that's why he's going to Miami but he indeed is on his way to Miami.

 

[Kinzu]

Vucevic is an excellent player & they won that trade.

Only because Dwight didn't re-sign. Which is the main reason no one is going to give up anything major at the deadline because if they do and the player does not re-sign with them it effectively can destroy the whole franchise for years.

The saving grace for the Lakers is that they really gave up nothing since Bynum was the biggest bust of the entire trade.

Hmm... just remembered though that this trade was prior to the season. I guess a better mid-season example is Pau Gasol.

The Los Angeles Lakers traded Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Marc Gasol, a 2008 1st round draft pick (Donte Greene) and a 2010 1st round draft pick (Greivis Vasquez) to the Memphis Grizzlies for Pau Gasol and a 2010 2nd round draft pick (Devin Ebanks).

At the time it was considered an absolute steal for the Lakers, but I think this trade worked out well for both parties. It's essentially a swap of Gasol brothers and a salary dump. It just goes to show though you typically never get face value up-front when trading a superstar.

Even the Nuggets did not get good value for dealing Carmelo at the deadline.

They got Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Kosta Koufos from Minny, New York's 2014 1st rounder, 2012 and 2013 2nd rounders, and cash. Chandler and Gallinari are good players, but they are not superstars on the same plane as Carmelo.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Hambombs]

The Fact that Bosh hasn't signed with Houston yet tells me LeBron is still undecided

 

[avalon2423]

There is no reason to go to miami and tell rhem youre going to Cleveland. You just spent all day with wade, you just were with Riley. Sources said that his decision wasnt changed by meeting with Riley. So then riley would already know. You go to miami to announce your staying. If he was leaving, say it from vegas.

 

[Kinzu]

The Fact that Bosh hasn't signed with Houston yet tells me LeBron is still undecided

It doesn't really tell us anything. Even if Bosh knew Lebron was going to Cleveland he likely would not do anything until after Lebron made his announcement. So he either knows and is waiting or has no idea what is going to happen himself.

The Rockets have 3 days to decide on Parson and Bosh so no one is in a rush just yet.