Wade agrees to one year deal with Heat

[L8krH8tr]

Pat riley is god

[FireDavidKahn]

How does a God only sign Wade to one year?:facepalm

[HylianNightmare]

Heat lifer

[PejaNowitzki]

$20 mil for 1 season....Wade on that Lifetime Achievement Award contract.

[L8krH8tr]

How does a God only sign Wade to one year?:facepalm

gonna sign LMA

[dubeta]

Wade getting $20M

nikka gets paid the same as Bron, even though he's washed up :lol

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

I doubt he retires at the end of next year. Will be more interesting to see what his next contract will look when the cap goes up.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Smart move he knows the random HGH testing begins this season

Bran should do the same if he wants to get the most he can

[PJR]

Perfect compromise for both the team and player. :applause:

Let's get it.

[DMAVS41]

Perfect.

Then they can sign him to a long term, take care of you, type contract next season that gives them space to go after whatever they want.

This was always what made the most sense.

Glad they got it done.

[Wade's Rings]

Perfect compromise for both the team and player. :applause:

Let's get it.

Heat 2016 Champs :applause:

[livinglegend]

Smart move he knows the random HGH testing begins this season

Bran should do the same if he wants to get the most he can

Your statement doesn't make sense.
Wouldn't it be smarter to sign a longer deal if they were getting exposed with HGH testing?

[r15mohd]

Perfect.

Then they can sign him to a long term, take care of you, type contract next season that gives them space to go after whatever they want.

This was always what made the most sense.

Glad they got it done.


Arison is going the route of Gilbert and paying the heavy tax this yr...love it. I hate to get in this LMA talk too much, but if Riley pulls off that move too...:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

But what about KD next yr #stacked :lol

[ClipperRevival]

He was too great to not get this type of offer. Letting him walk would've been an insult to him and the game.

[DaSeba5]

:banana: :banana: :banana:

[aj1987]

Arison... :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

I hope we don't sign LMA though. How would he even fit in this team? He won't replace Bosh as the PF and he won't play C.

[Bosnian Sajo]

nice :applause:

Would of been weird having Wade play in any other jersey.

[inclinerator]

when i was in miami

[r15mohd]

Arison... :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

I hope we don't sign LMA though. How would he even fit in this team? He won't replace Bosh as the PF and he won't play C.


Bosh will play C...he's done it before, but Whiteside goes to the bench which I hate but for the sacrifice of landing LMA...I'm for it. We just unload a bunch of role players...which was already in the plans to be done by the trade deadline

Bosh
LMA
Justise
Wade
Dragon

Bench: Whiteside, UD, Shabazz, Walker + vet mins

Certainly bird, mcbob, rio and Deng are on the s&t to the blazers

[DaSeba5]

Wade gets his money and we maintain flexibility for next year. Win-win.

[aj1987]

Bosh will play C...he's done it before, but Whiteside goes to the bench which I hate but for the sacrifice of landing LMA...I'm for it. We just unload a bunch of role players...which was already in the plans to be done by the trade deadline

Bosh
LMA
Justise
Wade
Dragon

Bench: Whiteside, UD, Shabazz, Walker + vet mins

Certainly bird, mcbob, rio and Deng are on the s&t to the blazers
Bosh doesn't want to play C though. He has been more than clear about it. I want to see Whiteside improve more than LMA on the Heat. I don't really like his game.

[r15mohd]

Wade gets his money and we maintain flexibility for next year. Win-win.


Thankfully...this was my biggest concern :applause:

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Whiteside, Goran, Winslow, Wade contract, fat@zz latina btches, weather, beaches

heat stay winning

[KingLeBronJames]

D-Wade is not worth $20 mil. :facepalm

[DetroitPistonFan]

Pat riley is god
Why are you praising Pat Riley. Your a Laker hater.

[PJR]

D-Wade is not worth $20 mil. :facepalm

Is it your money fa99ot? :oldlol:

[r15mohd]

Bosh doesn't want to play C though. He has been more than clear about it. I want to see Whiteside improve more than LMA on the Heat. I don't really like his game.


Well he is eating up unwarranted Money from us...he's gonna play C whether he likes it or not lol

Can see hi face now :lol :lol :lol

https://media3.giphy.com/media/jDpKEDa83adRm/200_s.gif

[DaSeba5]

Thankfully...this was my biggest concern :applause:

Me too. But I was confident things would turn out for the best. The media made a bigger deal than it actually was.

[DaSeba5]

Bobby Marks ‏@BobbyMarks42 7m7 minutes ago
Wade deal is a huge coup for MIA. Gives them a strong nucleus this year and the flexibility to add next year ($36m+ in cap space).

[Bosnian Sajo]

Bosh will play C...he's done it before, but Whiteside goes to the bench which I hate but for the sacrifice of landing LMA...I'm for it. We just unload a bunch of role players...which was already in the plans to be done by the trade deadline

Bosh
LMA
Justise
Wade
Dragon

Bench: Whiteside, UD, Shabazz, Walker + vet mins

Certainly bird, mcbob, rio and Deng are on the s&t to the blazers

With what cap space? Only chance of getting LMA is if Bosh is traded.

[4 Inches]

Looks like Gabby is getting eaten out tonight. :applause:

[Hey Yo]

He was too great to not get this type of offer. Letting him walk would've been an insult to him and the game.
Key word ^

[r15mohd]

Bobby Marks ‏@BobbyMarks42 7m7 minutes ago
Wade deal is a huge coup for MIA. Gives them a strong nucleus this year and the flexibility to add next year ($36m+ in cap space).

Bring on KD!!! :D

[SwishSquared]

Bosh will play C...he's done it before, but Whiteside goes to the bench which I hate but for the sacrifice of landing LMA...I'm for it. We just unload a bunch of role players...which was already in the plans to be done by the trade deadline

Bosh
LMA
Justise
Wade
Dragon

Bench: Whiteside, UD, Shabazz, Walker + vet mins

Certainly bird, mcbob, rio and Deng are on the s&t to the blazersPortland won't take Bird/McRoberts/Chalmers/Deng for LMA I bet. Swap out McBob for Winslow and you got a deal. Then, Portland tanks to land Ben Simmons. Watch them try to use their cap space next summer to sign Whiteside lol.

Lillard-Winslow-Simmons-Vonleh-Whiteside

1-year Rebuild.

[r15mohd]

Portland won't take Bird/McRoberts/Chalmers/Deng for LMA I bet. Swap out McBob for Winslow and you got a deal. Then, Portland tanks to land Ben Simmons. Watch them try to use their cap space next summer to sign Whiteside lol.

Lillard-Winslow-Simmons-Vonleh-Whiteside

1-year Rebuild.


Well Rio, Bird and Deng all have a yr left on their deals...so expirers to The Blazers, and I don't think they'll say no to a replacement PF in McBob who has 2 yrs remaining and the 3rd being an option


You're not getting Justise tho lol

[Optimus Prime]

I thought he wanted a longer term deal? Doesn't this take them out of the running for any FA's unless they unload lots of salary? Doesn't it also take them into the luxury repeater tax?

:biggums:

[r15mohd]

I thought he wanted a longer term deal? Doesn't this take them out of the running for any FA's unless they unload lots of salary? Doesn't it also take them into the luxury repeater tax?

:biggums:

him taking a hefty long term deal took us out the running. Him agreeing to one yr now allows us to be flexible next yr and have some serious cash to chase KD and re-up him to something small

[SwishSquared]

Well Rio, Bird and Deng all have a yr left on their deals...so expirers to The Blazers, and I don't think they'll say no to a replacement PF in McBob who has 2 yrs remaining and the 3rd being an option


You're not getting Justise tho lolTeams don't take on 3 years of salary for a player they don't want to facilitate a S&T. You'd give up Winslow since you have no 1st round picks until the 2020s. Sure, McBob can be moved for nothing to the Knicks or something. Deng can be easily flipped. Only desperate teams would want Birdman or Chalmers. I demand Winslow if I'm Portland.

[Crimsonrain777]

Teams don't take on 3 years of salary for a player they don't want to facilitate a S&T. You'd give up Winslow since you have no 1st round picks until the 2020s. Sure, McBob can be moved for nothing to the Knicks or something. Deng can be easily flipped. Only desperate teams would want Birdman or Chalmers. I demand Winslow if I'm Portland.

i would think that's the exact reason why we would not want to trade Winslow. He was a top 10 pick and we have none til 2020. Wade isn't going to be playing that long, theyre looking at Winslow to be the Heat's replacement. might as well see if he can develop into a great player under Wade's tutelage during that time

[r15mohd]

Teams don't take on 3 years of salary for a player they don't want to facilitate a S&T. You'd give up Winslow since you have no 1st round picks until the 2020s. Sure, McBob can be moved for nothing to the Knicks or something. Deng can be easily flipped. Only desperate teams would want Birdman or Chalmers. I demand Winslow if I'm Portland.


Riley is gonna say take or leave basically...and Blazers will bite bcuz LMA will force their hand. he's leaving and them saying no to something like the expirers and McBob would be dumb to just let him walk.

Either way, we are ECF contenders...LMA puts us over the edge but we'll just sit steady til KD is on the open market and our expirers are off the books if Portland plays dumb and doesn't accept our offers

[r15mohd]

This skeptic thing with Wade's deal is that no one just gives u a 1yr deal if they want you around for some time...and maybe this is an outlier but if they plan to land KD next summer, Wade is looking at a $8m per type offering at the most

So basically he played around to end up with the same if he re-ups with the Heat going forward as they initially asked him to opt in for $16m this season and a couple years at $10m per :rolleyes: :facepalm

$36mil over 3yrs on both scenarios. Smh

[SwishSquared]

Riley is gonna say take or leave basically...and Blazers will bite bcuz LMA will force their hand. he's leaving and them saying no to something like the expirers and McBob would be dumb to just let him walk.

Either way, we are ECF contenders...LMA puts us over the edge but we'll just sit steady til KD is on the open market and our expirers are off the books if Portland plays dumb and doesn't accept our offersAgree to disagree :cheers: We'll see what happens.

[r15mohd]

Agree to disagree :cheers: We'll see what happens.


:cheers:

I just see it if we give up Winslow, and Deng...we are left chasing a vet min to play SF. So I think Riley stays firm if that's the case

And for Whiteside, Riley is loving his game and has touted him heavily since he emerged....I'd be pretty taken to see him send him off knowing he has him at less than $1m next season and can convince him to take a discount come next summer

[RRR3]

:hammertime: :dancin


I'm fine with the money, Wade still is good for ~22/5/5 on efficient shooting.

[RRR3]

Key word ^
Mad. :yaohappy:

[kunk75]

good salary for 50 total games and 15 where he plays defense

[jrong]

I guess he played this right after all. I was annoyed that he wasn't just gonna play out his contract and use this season to prove that he deserves a big chunk of the TV money next year. But, now he still has the opportunity to do that... plus an extra $4 million.

And he'll get a sweet multi-year deal in 2016 if he takes the Heat on a run next year (because, make no mistake, unless LMA is in the house-- which I don't even know what that's about-- he's still far and away the Heat's best player heading into next season). And on paper, the Heat are the second best team in the East now, so he's well set up to do it.

The interesting thing is that he still, in a sense, took less money. Because if he held firm in demanding a 1-year max at $23.5 million, Miami would have caved, even if Mickey had to take a tax hit.

[Akhenaten]

D-Wade is not worth $20 mil. :facepalm

You not even worth $20 bum, stop pocketwatching like a broad

[nashwade]

Isn't $20m something you pay a prime Shaq?

inflation is the bitch

[LA_Showtime]

I don't think this is the end of the Wade-Heat drama. Would not be surprised to see him leave next summer.

[GrapeApe]

I don't think this is the end of the Wade-Heat drama. Would not be surprised to see him leave next summer.

No. Wade isn't going anywhere, and realistically he never was. The whole point of the one year deal is to give the Heat cap flexibility next year. It will essentially amount to a front-loaded 3 year deal. There's no doubt his next contract has been discussed and a plan is likely already in place. This is a great outcome for both Wade and the organization.

[LA_Showtime]

No. Wade isn't going anywhere, and realistically he never was. The whole point of the one year deal is to give the Heat cap flexibility next year. It will essentially amount to a front-loaded 3 year deal. There's no doubt his next contract has been discussed and a plan is likely already in place. This is a great outcome for both Wade and the organization.

We'll see I guess.

[r15mohd]

I don't think this is the end of the Wade-Heat drama. Would not be surprised to see him leave next summer.

This. under this current cap situation, Miami should have looked to lock him up longer to avoid the drama. However come next year, it's going to be the same madness again and this time Wade will be more than seriously offended as Riley is chasing KD and the remaining cap is being allocated his way.

Maybe Wade is on board with being given the scraps after a KD landing, but who knows...Miami basically bought themselves a year to avoid this possibly getting ugly.

As for the front loaded and overall 3yr deal mentioned by GrapeApe...that can certainly be very true too...but he's going to be offended again as the Heat have about half what they have him this year to re-up him if they land s superstar. The difference from the initial offering and now is the $4mil gain over this coming year...was that really the compensation he was looking for, because it's quite far from the $60m over 3yrs he's expecting...about $20m off :confusedshrug:

[GrapeApe]

This. under this current cap situation, Miami should have looked to lock him up longer to avoid the drama. However come next year, it's going to be the same madness again and this time Wade will be more than seriously offended as Riley is chasing KD and the remaining cap is being allocated his way.

Maybe Wade is on board with being given the scraps after a KD landing, but who knows...Miami basically bought themselves a year to avoid this possibly getting ugly.

As for the front loaded and overall 3yr deal mentioned by GrapeApe...that can certainly be very true too...but he's going to be offended again as the Heat have about half what they have him this year to re-up him if they land s superstar. The difference from the initial offering and now is the $4mil gain over this coming year...was that really the compensation he was looking for, because it's quite far from the $60m over 3yrs he's expecting...about $20m off :confusedshrug:

I have no idea where you're getting $60m/3yrs from. 95% of the rumors and speculation out there are complete bullshit. I personally think the whole "being offended" thing was/is completely overblown. I don't buy into media narratives and I don't like to speculate in the absence of facts. Sports media is nearing tabloid status. Then you have people trying to analyze, interpret, and decode every tweet, quote, instagram photo, etc. It's absurd.

When the dust settles, Wade will in all likelihood be fininshing his career in Miami under mutually beneficial terms.