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What if Melo replaces Bosh as a stretch 4 in Miami?
What if Melo replaces Bosh as a stretch 4 in Miami?
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Seems unlikely, although I suppose nothing would completely surprise me at this point.
LeBron and Melo both want the max, probably. How would that work financially in Miami?
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Interesting question. We know with Wade and Lebron they can just resign with Bird Rights. That allows them to give McBob the MLE and Granger the BAE with no issues so long as they are over the cap. It seems that they'd be able to just stick Melo in the roster no problem since they have 55M in cap space. However, I think there's something in the CBA that would prevent a team from doing that because that's just too easy.
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LeBron, Bosh, Wade have cap holds which prevent Miami from really having 55 million in salary cap space. If they renounce the rights to those three, then they suddenly have cap space, but by using the MLE and biannual exception already, they limit the space they would have.
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So in other words, Melo has to take a pay cut?
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Yes, I believe so. I don't believe Melo to Miami is possible at this point without him or others taking a severe pay cut.
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Then, arguably, the Bulls are still his best chance to win now since the Bulls would have a better top to bottom roster. I'm sure he's aware that if he can pull of a S&T, we're already about 7-8 deep as is. Miami would have maybe 5-6? Though I guess whatever ring chasers they add would give them at least as much depth, though probably of lower quality.
My hope is that the Knicks and Bulls are working a S&T somehow in the background without anyone knowing. Perhaps why it's taken so long is that the Knicks are either trying to not take Boozer back or they're trying to shove Bargnani or Amare onto us. That wouldn't make a lot of sense because it makes the salary matching part stupidly difficult. Who really knows...maybe it is Melo to Miami and they're just deciding on a final number for his paycut.
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Close.
When they renounce those rights they lose the MLE and the Biannual. That means the McRoberts/Granger contract, that are not official yet go to cap space. The Players sign with what they have. The Heat only get the room MLE.
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Ah ha that's the thing I was thinking of. If you renounce the rights then you can't have exceptions because you get the cap space.
I assume the earlier talk about Bosh and Melo taking like 12M a year to get the Heat 12M in cap space was with the rejecting of the rights then?
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I wouldnt put it past Wade to do that. You'd then have Wade, Granger, LeBron, and Anthony though.i know they have very little invested in Granger but if he starts playing well, it could be crowded at the wing quickly.
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The MLE is a cap hold of that amount. Most teams will renounce it so they get the room MLE plus the room it provides. The room MLE is about the same as the Biannual.
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That would be awful. 2 guys who cannot stay healthy and 2 guys who both can play the PF but don't like it.
This is a team a clown would put together in a video game and think is great.
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Lets see. If Carmelo wants to tie himself to Lebron he will forever be an underling to Lebron. What is his ego? What if Lebron wants to establish himself as a legend on his own? If he goes to the Bulls he is not anywhere under Rose. Not hardly. So if he wins 3-5 championships in Chicago, he can establish a legacy that could be actually better than Lebron.
I'm just saying. Melo will go to the Bulls if he wants to win. If he has an ego, he will. Wade and Bosh agreed to become second tier guys, what will Melo do?
I'm just saying. Melo will go to the Bulls if he wants to win. If he has an ego, he will. Wade and Bosh agreed to become second tier guys, what will Melo do?
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If I were Melo I would totally play with Wade and Bosh in Miami and that would be interesting to see what happens. Let Lebron do his thing.
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Arguably Melo/Wade/Bosh because Wade and Rose will not play enough games to matter so then it's just Melo/Bosh vs Melo/Noah and Bosh > Noah
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How can you compare rosters without even mentioning Doug McDermatitis? Didnt the Spurs ass-pounding the Heat make you realize that its more than just 1-3?
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BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE DA STARZ AND STUFFZ
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You've got to be joking. Wade is old and injury prone. At least Rose us still young.
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@FisolaNYDN: Carmelo told a friend within hour "I believe in Phil." Thursday is decision day & it looks like Melo's coming home http://t.co/Z2BiBcxUmf
