I'm glad that my Heat arn't bending over for Wade.

[TonyMontana]

in the Modern NBA there's two things you don't fukn want on your team.

1) Guards that can't shoot threes. (Ex: Rajon Rondo)

2) 7 footers that can't defend the rim. (Ex: Al Jefferson)

Wade fits into number one, and the fact that he is 34 years old and wants Max money is just the icing on the cake. Pat Riley knows what he's doing. The Dirklike contract Riley offered (2/40 M) was more than generous and moreso based on what Wade did for the team in the past than who he is now. And I guarantee EVERY relevant team in the league would rather have 38 year old Dirk on their team than current Wade.

Wade is easily replaceable. Any Heat fans pissed about it are just wearing nostalgia goggles. dude stoped giving a sh!t years ago. The Wade pre LeBron and the Wade postlebron are such completely different personalities that its crazy that it's the same guy. Dude is trying to be another Kobe now cripping the franchise with his combination of max contract/below average play.

Riley is going to set his sights on Westbrook rather than bend over for this lebron dickrider.

[FireDavidKahn]

:roll:

Ya...lets not pay the man that brought them 2 titles and 4 finals appearances an extra $5 million more for two years

:facepalm

Best player in franchise history and Riley ****s it up for $5 million:facepalm

Wade sacrificed a lot for the Heat...Seems like the Heat havent sacrificed anything for him.:facepalm

[r15mohd]

The Heat fitted Wade with one of the best franchises in the past 20yrs - as much as Wade did for Miami, Miami did for Wade in putting the talent around to get titles and finals appearances.

Riley isn't wrong for leveraging the Heats future before any one player - it was inevitable we needed to begin looking forward once Lebron left, and that meant keeping Wade tamed and not flourished from a $$$ factor. Our only hope to remain relevant was to get KD, and seeing that's gone - there's no reason to overpay Wade and prolong a rebuild, hopefully giving Whiteside a couple competitive years with the Heat on the back end of Riley can pull some strings sooner rather than later

[Jameerthefear]

The Heat fitted Wade with one of the best franchises in the past 20yrs - as much as Wade did for Miami, Miami did for Wade in putting the talent around to get titles and finals appearances.

Riley isn't wrong for leveraging the Heats future before any one player - it was inevitable we needed to begin looking forward once Lebron left, and that meant keeping Wade tamed and not flourished from a $$$ factor. Our only hope to remain relevant was to get KD, and seeing that's gone - there's no reason to overpay Wade and prolong a rebuild, hopefully giving Whiteside a couple competitive years with the Heat on the back end of Riley can pull some strings sooner rather than later
Wade did Riley's job for him. WADE is the one who recruited Lebron and Bosh, not Pat Riley.

[TonyMontana]

:roll:

Ya...lets not pay the man that brought them 2 titles and 4 finals appearances an extra $5 million more for two years

:facepalm

Best player in franchise history and Riley ****s it up for $5 million:facepalm

Wade sacrificed a lot for the Heat...Seems like the Heat havent sacrificed anything for him.:facepalm

He was offered the same contract Dirk got, and Dirk is way more valuable to a good team.

Without Shaq, and LeBron the Heat have been irrelevant. Wade was good, but he's not that player anymore. If he could at least be respectable from three, sure. But he doesn't even give a *** and doesn't try.

Crippling your finances just to accomade an aging guard who can't shoot threes "just because". Sound familiar? Ask the Lakers how that shit worked out for them. They've been the Sixers East for at least a couple years now, and going to remain that way for a couple more.

Riley is setting his sight on the next superstar to lead this team. It sure as **** isn't going to be Wade.

[Spurs m8]

:roll:

Ya...lets not pay the man that brought them 2 titles and 4 finals appearances an extra $5 million more for two years

:facepalm

Best player in franchise history and Riley ****s it up for $5 million:facepalm

Wade sacrificed a lot for the Heat...Seems like the Heat havent sacrificed anything for him.:facepalm

LOL lets act like its 5 years ago

Would not want this scrub

[Smoke117]

Wade did Riley's job for him. WADE is the one who recruited Lebron and Bosh, not Pat Riley.

This.

[SilkkTheShocker]

:roll:

Ya...lets not pay the man that brought them 2 titles and 4 finals appearances an extra $5 million more for two years

:facepalm

Best player in franchise history and Riley ****s it up for $5 million:facepalm

Wade sacrificed a lot for the Heat...Seems like the Heat havent sacrificed anything for him.:facepalm

LeBron left in 2014

[TonyMontana]

The Heat fitted Wade with one of the best franchises in the past 20yrs - as much as Wade did for Miami, Miami did for Wade in putting the talent around to get titles and finals appearances.

Riley isn't wrong for leveraging the Heats future before any one player - it was inevitable we needed to begin looking forward once Lebron left, and that meant keeping Wade tamed and not flourished from a $$$ factor. Our only hope to remain relevant was to get KD, and seeing that's gone - there's no reason to overpay Wade and prolong a rebuild, hopefully giving Whiteside a couple competitive years with the Heat on the back end of Riley can pull some strings sooner rather than later

Heat won't win, but even Whiteside, Bosh, Dragic is a pretty good trio of players to have a foundation around. Not to mention it's ****ing Miami beach. All of those guys have EXCEPTIONAL value.
Whiteside- one of if not the best defensive player in the entire league.
Bosh-ideal strech 4, allstar, every team would want this guy.
Dragic- above average PG, borderline all-star on an EXTREMELY CAP friendly deal.

Get Westbrook, and fill the roster out with role players. Boom. giving a max contract to old ass 6'3 Wade who can't shoot threes just fuks with their money.

[r15mohd]

Wade did Riley's job for him. WADE is the one who recruited Lebron and Bosh, not Pat Riley.

Wade could not recruit Had Riley not cleared the books for the possibility - it took equal hands in this to make the Big3 happen - and there are reports that Lebron actually approached Melo and Wade in signing that 3yr deal to all be FA's in 2010 to form the Big3, however Melo signed a 5yr and was left with Lebron Wade Bosh.

Nevertheless - Wade did not do Riley's job. Certainly not for getting Shaq and making the Big3 a possibility financially

[Ben Simmons]

OP mentions guards that cant shoots 3s as not working and then post about Westbrook...

[Jameerthefear]

Wade could not recruit Had Riley not cleared the books for the possibility - it took equal hands in this to make the Big3 happen - and there are reports that Lebron actually approached Melo and Wade in signing that 3yr deal to all be FA's in 2010 to form the Big3, however Melo signed a 5yr and was left with Lebron Wade Bosh.

Nevertheless - Wade did not do Riley's job. Certainly not for getting Shaq and making the Big3 a possibility financially
Any GM in the ****ing league can clear money for ****ing Lebron, D-Wade, and Chris Bosh. Not to mention all 3 of those guys took paycuts. Either way, without Wade in Miami, they aren't going to Miami

[TonyMontana]

OP mentions guards that cant shoots 3s as not working and then post about Westbrook...

Westbrook at least shoots them, forcing the D to defend him, helping the spacing of the overall team.

He is also arguably the best athlete in the entire history of the league, and is in his mid 20s.

These INCREDIBLY gifted athletes that play guard can get away with not being great shooters in their primes (Iverson, Wade when he was younger, Kobe when he was younger), but once the athletisicm drops and brings them merely to "average NBA athlete" their game shits the bed.

i will take Westbrook for the years before his 30th birthday. After that the cucks can have him.

[Smoke117]

Westbrook at least shoots them, forcing the D to defend him, helping the spacing of the overall team.

He is also arguably the best athlete in the entire history of the league, and is in his mid 20s.

These INCREDIBLY gifted athletes that play guard can get away with not being great shooters in their primes (Iverson, Wade when he was younger, Kobe when he was younger), but once the athletisicm drops and brings them merely to "average NBA athlete" their game shits the bed.

i will take Westbrook for the years before his 30th. After that the cucks can have him.

:biggums: :roll:

[Nick Young]

Al Jefferson is not a 7 footer. He is only 6'10. He would do well paired next to a rim protector like Godbert. He is still the best low post scorer in the NBA and would be a valuable second or third option on any playoff team, except for the Warriors and Cavs where he'd probably be a valuable 6th man.


Al Jefferson next to Scott Adams/Kanter would be a great combo, even in the modern NBA.

[Akrazotile]

:biggums: :roll:
:biggums:


Westbrook definitely is in the argument at the very least

[r15mohd]

Any GM in the ****ing league can clear money for ****ing Lebron, D-Wade, and Chris Bosh. Not to mention all 3 of those guys took paycuts. Either way, without Wade in Miami, they aren't going to Miami
.

yeah, piece of cake :rolleyes: convenient how u ignore the Shaq deal in 2005 and getting Wade to deal with 3yrs of garbage while solidifying 2010.

[DaSeba5]

As painful as it is (Wade is my favorite player of all time and I've watched him since I was 10 years old), it makes perfect sense. Miami needs to rebuild. They were headed for a treadmill average/mediocre team with bad contracts. Now they can start fresh once Bosh's contract comes off. They have a solid core in Richardson, Winslow, and Whiteside.