McRoberts to Heat

[fatboy11]

Stein on Twitter.

[Meticode]

Yep, dat 44% FG%, 36% 3P% 8.5 PPG is definitely the tipping stone to make LeBron obviously stay in Miami.

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 46s
ESPN learned that Josh McRoberts has verbally committed to sign with the Miami Heat

[DaSeba5]

He's a good fit. I wonder for how much. I'm guessing the MLE, but IDK.

[Eric Cartman]

Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine

[Doctor Rivers]

Yep, dat 44% FG%, 36% 3P% 8.5 PPG is definitely the tipping stone to make LeBron obviously stay in Miami.

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 46s
ESPN learned that Josh McRoberts has verbally committed to sign with the Miami Heat

:roll:

[Meticode]

He's a good fit. I wonder for how much.
I thought the rumors were was that the Hornets were offering the full MLE, but Miami was? I could be wrong though.

[Trollsmasher]

"Hey, LeBron. We got the guy that tried to break your neck!"

[Trollsmasher]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 9 sek. Zobrazit překlad
ESPN has learned that McRoberts will receive Heat's full midlevel for the next four years ($23 million) with a player option after Year 3

[Meticode]

It's done, LeBron is a Heat for at least two more years. Good job Riley.

http://img.talkandroid.com/uploads/2014/03/lebron-james-630x495.jpg

[Nash]

haha, if he gets the MLE then say goodbye to Lebron.

[Doctor Rivers]

8.5 ppg

[Meticode]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 9 sek. Zobrazit překlad
ESPN has learned that McRoberts will receive Heat's full midlevel for the next four years ($23 million) with a player option after Year 3
Jebus...

[D-Rose]

Yep, dat 44% FG%, 36% 3P% 8.5 PPG is definitely the tipping stone to make LeBron obviously stay in Miami.

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 46s
ESPN learned that Josh McRoberts has verbally committed to sign with the Miami Heat
I think he's a solid role player. Adds youth and versatility.

I wonder what this means for big 3..does McBob commit without knowing much?

[navy]

6 million a year not bad.

[DaSeba5]

I thought the rumors were was that the Hornets were offering the full MLE, but Miami was? I could be wrong though.

I honestly don't know. I do know that it was between Charlotte and Miami. I just don't know for how much.

[qrich]

Hawes signing is looking more and more sexy

[fatboy11]

Possible that LeBron and Wade stay and Bosh leaves?

[AnaheimLakers24]

Remember people laughed when he signed with the lakers lol
but now hes a good fit. pat da godfasha

[DaSeba5]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 9 sek. Zobrazit překlad
ESPN has learned that McRoberts will receive Heat's full midlevel for the next four years ($23 million) with a player option after Year 3

Ah..ok

[TheMarkMadsen]

Championship or bust

[navy]

Remember people laughed when he signed with the lakers lol
but now hes a good fit. pat da godfasha
A good fit to what? He's like the only player on the roster. :oldlol:

[Torious]

He's a good fit. I wonder for how much. I'm guessing the MLE, but IDK.

A good fit for what? There IS no team, man. Besides the MLE they'd use after they exceeded the cap! That way it's 5 mil, not 2.5 or something like that!

[Uncle Drew]

Stacked.

[Meticode]

Hawes signing is looking more and more sexy
It was already sexy to begin with. Right now we're just wet in our pants.

[Doctor Rivers]

https://twitter.com/J30_RANDLE/status/477132076320583680


And if that's the case, and MIA is operating over the cap, they've used by far their biggest free agency weapon on Josh McRoberts.

[Heavincent]

McBob is actually pretty decent. Don't know why people are acting like he's a scrub.

Not a great move though since they really needed something to lure Bran back. Not sure if this is it...

[JohnMax]

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[Meticode]

Yep...


Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA 2m
Re McBob: Agreeing to full mid-level AMOUNT is different than using actual mid-level, but strong indication MIA will indeed go that route.

Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA 1m
And if that's the case, and MIA is operating over the cap, they've used by far their biggest free agency weapon on Josh McRoberts.

[Carbine]

Crazy.

If Miami brings back everyone, that roster hasn't really been upgraded.

Just trying to put 2 an 2 together, but why would LeBron/Bosh/Wade all opt out and take less money to bring in McRoberts? Who is basically a league average player, if that.

[tmacattack33]

It's over, Lebron is gone.

McRoberts is decent, but there MLE is gone now.

Lebron in Cleveland is going to be fun to watch.

I also hope Bosh and Wade stay with Miami and we can really see how good they are and if Lebron really was carrying them on his back.

[Jailblazers7]

I like McRoberts and thought the Heat should pursue him but using the full MLE is too much.

[MellowYellow]

a 9/5/4 guy that hits 3's better than Bosh, a real steal for the heat

[3LiftHeatCurse]

It's over, Lebron is gone.

McRoberts is decent, but there MLE is gone now.

Lebron in Cleveland is going to be fun to watch.

I also hope Bosh and Wade stay with Miami and we can really see how good they are and if Lebron really was carrying them on his back.

Unless LBJ/Wade are taking less money to bring in someone else like Gasol at $10/mil per :)

LBJ Wade Melo or LBJ Wade Bosh can take $3mil less and give it to Gasol

Gasol + MCRoberts

[Meticode]

I'm going to go to school for finance and every year I'm going to take a side-job regarding NBA free agency and do nothing but discuss NBA team salaries and trade scenarios. Holy f*cking calculus.

[Done_And_Done]

It's over, Lebron is gone.

McRoberts is decent, but there MLE is gone now.

Lebron in Cleveland is going to be fun to watch.

I also hope Bosh and Wade stay with Miami and we can really see how good they are and if Lebron really was carrying them on his back.

If Lebron jams to Cleveland, there's no possibly way I see Bosh not going home to Texas for the reported max deal that Houston is offering...

[atljonesbro]

Awesome passer at big but this ain't bringing Bron back.

[Talent]

If this is real the Heat got great value. McBob is a hell of a player and an undervalued passer.

[DaSeba5]

Some of you are overreacting. None of us know anything about what Miami and the big 3 are doing.

[Smook A.]

Only 5 rpg in 30 minutes last season. That's horrible for his size.

He's a good 3 point shooter though. That's good.

[Derka]

Heat now have a hard salary cap they have to stay under :applause:

[3LiftHeatCurse]

Awesome passer at big but this ain't bringing Bron back.

McRoberts would be a Shane Battier replacement. Did you expect the Heat to sign Kevin Durant to replace Shane Battier's role?

McRoberts is 26 yrs old too.

[TOUCH MY BODY]

Overpaid.

[beastee]

Solid pickup...Always felt he was a bit underrated. But this does not solve the Heat's two biggest needs... A bruising Big that can hang with the big teams and a consistent shooting PG that can work well with Lebron.
It seems to me they are settling since they missed out on Lowry and Gortat, and need to try and make a signing to appease Lebron...

[IncarceratedBob]

This means Bosh is gone

[DaSeba5]

Solid pickup...Always felt he was a bit underrated. But this does not solve the Heat's two biggest needs... A bruising Big that can hang with the big teams and a consistent shooting PG that can work well with Lebron.
It seems to me they are settling since they missed out on Lowry and Gortat, and need to try and make a signing to appease Lebron...

They were never going to get Lowry or Gortat.

[Meticode]

McRoberts would be a Shane Battier replacement. Did you expect the Heat to sign Kevin Durant to replace Shane Battier's role?

McRoberts is 26 yrs old too.
No, Riley expects players like Deng and Lowry to take $5+ milllion less than what they're expected to get offered from other teams to sign with a Heat team that hasn't even laid out a plan to resign it's three best players when LeBron wants the max, Bosh wants the max.

[Nash]

So, this is how they'll replace Lewis/Battier. A big stretch 4.

[TheMarkMadsen]

I also hope Bosh and Wade stay with Miami and we can really see how good they are and if Lebron really was carrying them on his back.

Uhh

We've seen Wade win a FMVP before Lebron

We've seen Wade & Bosh outscore Lebron in a finals series

We've seen Wade average 20ppg for 3/4 finals

Bosh is a 9x all star, wade is a 10x all star

We've seen Bosh put up 24 & 10 on his own team

Wade was all nba in 11,12 & 13..

Are you under the impression that Lebron made these guys or something? Because that couldn't be further from the truth

[CLTHornets4eva]

Good for McBOB. Great year this year but without the same system I see this being a HUGE flop for Miami. Bosh surely is going to Houston now. And maybe Charlotte helped themselves have a good shot at Parsons.

[qrich]

Why's this 4 pages? :oldlol:

[Meticode]

LeBron goes back to Miami with Wade, Bosh goes to Houston, Miami signs McRoberts and plays the same role as Bosh and has career numbers at 1/3+ the cost of Bosh. Riley looks genius. :basketball

[DaSeba5]

Good for McBOB. Great year this year but without the same system I see this being a HUGE flop for Miami. Bosh surely is going to Houston now. And maybe Charlotte helped themselves have a good shot at Parsons.

What will he do different in Miami that's unique for Charlotte's system?

[Jailblazers7]

I'm a little bummed that he is leaving Charlotte too. I really like him there as a playmaking big next to Al.

[PJR]

Heat now have a hard salary cap they have to stay under :applause:

Ya at.....81 million. They were never going to touch that number this off-season anyway. :confusedshrug:

This means the Heat are operating as a CAPPED out team, meaning they still are operating with the believe James, Bosh, and Wade are in.

[DaSeba5]

Why's this 4 pages? :oldlol:

Because the Heat are in the title and the center of basketball as long as the big 3 are still FAs.

[Meticode]

I'm a little bummed that he is leaving Charlotte too. I really like him there as a playmaking big next to Al.
Yep...

Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA 2m
Probably wasn't easy decision for McRoberts. Talked with him last year about how happy he was to finally have found a real NBA home in CHA

[MVBallin2K]

Unless LBJ/Wade are taking less money to bring in someone else like Gasol at $10/mil per :)

LBJ Wade Melo or LBJ Wade Bosh can take $3mil less and give it to Gasol

Gasol + MCRoberts

Gasol is more than likely going where Melo goes. I mean it's not impossible for him to go to the Heat and all but he has ties in NY with Phil and Fisher if Melo stays there. He also has ties in LA with Kobe and will be teamed with him and Melo. Or if Melo goes to the Bulls, can easily be a part of that team too.

This wouldn't be a bad signing at all if they had their team in place but considering they don't, then it's kind of one of those makes you think decisions. We've seen McRoberts play good on the Bobcats but his stint on the Lakers was less than memorable, so it'll be interesting to see if he can actually take his game to a championship caliber team.

[3LiftHeatCurse]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0OJw8kcTxgE/U1Q7V1jbyOI/AAAAAAAAFWY/7LA8i4Z02bA/s1600/mc1.gif

[TMT]

Interesting that they go with McRoberts as their first signing of the offseason. He's not even a center. :confusedshrug:

[navy]

Interesting that they go with McRoberts as their first signing of the offseason. He's not even a center. :confusedshrug:
What center is available cheap?

[Torious]

How does this actually work, is there a cap-hold for unrestricted free agents? If not they've got something like 60 mil of cap space, so no reason to use the MLE or anything else. Of course this would talke away from the money available for lbj/bosh/wade.

[Smook A.]

Why's this 4 pages? :oldlol:
Because he signed with the Heat

[Meticode]

What center is available cheap?
Okafor

[qrich]

What center is available cheap?

Kaman would've been well :confusedshrug:

[TheMarkMadsen]

Because he signed with the Heat

Because it has direct impact on Lebron, Wade & Bosh

[Nash]

How does this actually work, is there a cap-hold for unrestricted free agents? If not they've got something like 60 mil of cap space, so no reason to use the MLE or anything else. Of course this would talke away from the money available for lbj/bosh/wade.
who the **** knows, its all a big complex puzzle this salary cap bs

[MellowYellow]

If Bosh Leaves, sign Monroe

Bazz
Wade
Lebron
Mcbob
Monroe

Much better team than last years Heat

[DaSeba5]

Interesting that they go with McRoberts as their first signing of the offseason. He's not even a center. :confusedshrug:

It's not like there was a good center sitting out there. They will have to sign an older center if they want one.

[navy]

Okafor
Dont want.

[navy]

Kaman would've been well :confusedshrug:
Dont want.

[bluechox2]

huge upgrade over bosh

[D-Rose]

I just hope this shit gets resolved soon. I'm tired of faking waiting.

[Jailblazers7]

If Bosh Leaves, sign Monroe

Bazz
Wade
Lebron
Mcbob
Monroe

Much better team than last years Heat

That would actually be a really cool scenario. McBob and Monroe together would be fun as hell to watch.

[TMT]

What center is available cheap?

Spencer Hawes went for the same kind of money. Kaman went for cheaper on a per year basis.
Out there you still have big guys like:

- Cole Aldrich
- Channing Frye
- Ryan Hollins
- Kevin Seraphin
- Jason Smith

All could be had on the cheap. Frye would probably command the most money. Instead they just basically threw MLE money at McBob. :confusedshrug:

[Meticode]

Dont want.
Sign McRoberts, blow it up, get the #1 pick next year, draft Okafor was what I was talking about.
Resign Oden, have Oden teach Okafor how not to break his knees.

[Nash]

Napier
Wade
Marvin Williams
McRoberts
Hamilton

also, miami could have offered spencer hawes that deal?

[navy]

Spencer Hawes went for the same kind of money. Kaman went for cheaper on a per year basis.
Out there you still have big guys like:

- Cole Aldrich
- Channing Frye
- Ryan Hollins
- Kevin Seraphin
- Jason Smith

All could be had on the cheap. Frye would probably command the most money. Instead they just basically threw MLE money at McBob. :confusedshrug:
...

None of those guys are rim protectors or great post defenders. The Heat would be better staying small than putting those guys on the court. You can only stay big especially in the playoffs if both your bigs are competent.

[beastee]

huge upgrade over bosh

This is just ridiculous. :facepalm

[r15mohd]

this contract has to come with an apology from McRoberts if James is still on the Heat :lol :lol :lol



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[DMAVS41]

Granger as well?

[Torious]

this contract has to come with an apology from McRoberts if James is still on the Heat :lol :lol :lol

http://nesncom.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/1398378083_bmbpzu_ceaaomkj.jpg?w=400&h=225

Wade also doing his thing in this picture.

Edit: What the hell, man, you changed the picture! (He was standing in the back looking on)

[-Lebron23-]

Granger as well?
WOW, his corpse got $4.2mill

[BigTicket]

This move doesn't make sense unless Miami already knows that Lebron and Bosh are leaving.

[CLTHornets4eva]

What will he do different in Miami that's unique for Charlotte's system?

Clifford >>> Coach Spo

[r15mohd]

Wade also doing his thing in this picture.

Edit: What the hell, man, you changed the picture! (He was standing in the back looking on)


lol...i put it back :lol :lol :lol

[Grinder]

McRoberts is an excellent piece for a contending team. 6'10" guys with his combination of athleticism, playmaking, and perimeter shooting while still being able to defend big men and rebound competently aren't easy to find.

[Nash]

I like this, mostly because of using small Shana Battier as stretch 4 now Miami can use 26 year old 6ft10 Mcroberts.

[NumberSix]

That's actually a really good pick up. Dude is a really good passer, can shoot the 3 and play D. Good fit. New younger Battier.

[Torious]

lol...i put it back :lol :lol :lol

much obliged!:lol

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Solid deal for Miami. Dude is a Diaw type of player

[hawkfan]

Good move.
Riley outfoxes MJ.

[DMV2]

:( I now have a player in Miami that I really like.

[InfiniteBaskets]

McRoberts is an excellent piece for a contending team. 6'10" guys with his combination of athleticism, playmaking, and perimeter shooting while still being able to defend big men and rebound competently aren't easy to find.

Only problem I have is he averaged fewer rebounds than Bosh last year. If the Heat come back with a front court of Bosh / McBob / James, it'll be nice for spacing purposes but they are just gonna get whooped on the glass again.

[rufuspaul]

:( I now have a player in Miami that I really like.


I was gonna post the same thing.

[stalkerforlife]

Underrated player, especially considering some of these comments. Underrated athlete. Great passer. Can hit the boards and run the floor. Has three point range.

Solid signing.

[Heatles201]

I like the signing regardless of what happens with Bron Bron