Where does Hassan sign?

[Im Still Ballin]

Dallas? Boston? Miami? Lakers?

[plowking]

Miami.

With Durant.

[Im Still Ballin]

Come back home to Sacramento big fella

DMC Whiteside frontcourt

Bringing the BIG back

[AirTupac]

Lakers easy. Heat are stupid and wont offer max and their team is done.

[miggyme1]

Dallas? Boston? Miami? Lakers?


GOLDEN STATE

[sfballa13]

GOLDEN STATE

Everyone is expecting him to take a cut to stay in Miami

But what if he flips the tables over and takes a huge cut to sign with GS

If they can dump Bogut + Iggy thats enough to pay Whiteside

The questions is:

Bogut, Iggy, Barnes, Ezeli or Whiteside

That's the trade off

Personally Id take Whiteside over Durant. He would make GS unstoppable for the next 5 years

[senelcoolidge]

Miami.

[Crimsonrain777]

he signs with Miami. then Durant comes here to learn how to win. Heat will be in the finals til Wade retires

[derb2k2]

Miami.

With Durant.


:rockon: :rockon: :rockon: In Riley we trust!

[GrapeApe]

I think he stays in Miami and Dragic will be dealt. Rumors are that Riley hasn't been happy with Dragic's overall performance in Miami, and after his struggles in the playoffs he is actively looking to move him.

[Dresta]

Everyone is expecting him to take a cut to stay in Miami

But what if he flips the tables over and takes a huge cut to sign with GS

If they can dump Bogut + Iggy thats enough to pay Whiteside

The questions is:

Bogut, Iggy, Barnes, Ezeli or Whiteside

That's the trade off

Personally Id take Whiteside over Durant. He would make GS unstoppable for the next 5 years
:facepalm

Never gonna happen in a million years.

[Goldrush25]

Rumors are Miami wants him to take less than the max. If I were him I'd tell them to kick rocks.

As an observer though, Miami's the best place for him. They have a veteran presence to light a fire under him because he's not exactly an internally motivated type of guy.

Don't know if Charlotte has been mentioned but they had zero stability at the C position. He'd make them a pretty damn good team. Very good PG with Walker, defensive specialist in MKG, balanced wing in Batum if they retain him, stretch 4 in Williams. Whiteside fits in well.

[GrapeApe]

Another thing I'll add is that Riley is going to sell Whiteside on the idea that big time free agents will want to come play with HIM. He is the attraction. He is the draw. Other teams might employ the same tactic, but it's not as powerful as the idea of players joining YOUR TEAM. It's an ego thing but potentially an important aspect of retaining Hassan.

[miggyme1]

Another thing I'll add is that Riley is going to sell Whiteside on the idea that big time free agents will want to come play with HIM. He is the attraction. He is the draw. Other teams might employ the same tactic, but it's not as powerful as the idea of players joining YOUR TEAM. It's an ego thing but potentially an important aspect of retaining Hassan.


if whiteside believes that lie he is better off playing overseas.

Aint nobody looking to team up with whiteside when you got guys like kat,cousins,anthony davis,okafor walking around and YOUNGER.

Not saying whiteside isn't good because he is on my shortlist of centers I think can take certain teams to the next level....*cough* clippers *cough*

But hyping him up as a main attraction???? cmon now...pat riley should be banned from the league if he does that. Who could HE possibly attract there?? I think the main draw would be wade ,yes he is aging, but we saw how unselfish he was when he let bron come in and take over....players like that.

We still haven't seen consistent play from whiteside....one minute he looks like the second coming of shaq and the next minute he looks like a prime Dwight howard....might not seem like a big drop off but it is when you trying to build a contender and ACTUALLY WIN RINGS

[Derka]

He'd be crazy not to stay in Miami. Good weather, decent squad, good pay.

[GrapeApe]

if whiteside believes that lie he is better off playing overseas.

Aint nobody looking to team up with whiteside when you got guys like kat,cousins,anthony davis,okafor walking around and YOUNGER.

Not saying whiteside isn't good because he is on my shortlist of centers I think can take certain teams to the next level....*cough* clippers *cough*

But hyping him up as a main attraction???? cmon now...pat riley should be banned from the league if he does that. Who could HE possibly attract their?? I think the main draw would be wade ,yes he is aging, but we saw how unselfish he was when he let bron come in and take over....players like that.

We still haven't seen consistent play from whiteside....one minute he looks like the second coming of shaq and the next minute he looks like a prime Dwight howard....might not seem like a big drop off but it is when you trying to build a contender and ACTUALLY WIN RINGS

I don't disagree with most of what you said, but it's common practice for a GM to stroke a player's ego in an effort to sign him. I'm purely talking as a negotiation tactic. Whiteside will be getting lured as a franchise centerpiece. For the Heat to retain him, especially on favorable terms, Whiteside will have to believe that he is the foundation for the future. That wouldn't be entirely untrue, although in reality we all know that Wade is still the main free agent draw.

[Mr. Jabbar]

He'd be crazy not to stay in Miami. Good weather, decent squad, good pay.

good weather? miami is humid as fvck, gimme california weather any time of the year

[Optimus Prime]

Miami or Lakers.

[Smoke117]

Miami.

With Durant.

this

[WolfGang]

Dude should go to the Lakers. I don't think they are paying anyone shit at the moment. He would also end up the leader of the team.

Russell
Clarkson
Simmons
J. Randle
Hassan

[fragokota]

Godfather will take care of business as usual. Whiteside ain't going anywhere.

[Goldrush25]

Dude should go to the Lakers. I don't think they are paying anyone shit at the moment. He would also end up the leader of the team.

Russell
Clarkson
Simmons
J. Randle
Hassan


He ain't a leader though. Can't make him something he's not.

[G-train]

Miami can't sign Whiteside and Durant, unless Wade takes basically zero and Whiteside takes a HUGE cut.

The most likely scenario is Whiteside signing a deal starting at $16m (equivelent to $18m at Lakers due to taxes), and Wade then signing at $15m. That would leave about $10m to resign the likes of Deng or whoever else.

If they both sign big contracts they will lose Deng and Johnson, and not be able to replace them. If they need to pay Wade and Whiteside, they will need to patch up the likes of Deng/JJ with much lesser players, which they have done in the past too.

[HylianNightmare]

Lakers offer max

[aj1987]

Miami can't sign Whiteside and Durant, unless Wade takes basically zero and Whiteside takes a HUGE cut.

The most likely scenario is Whiteside signing a deal starting at $16m (equivelent to $18m at Lakers due to taxes), and Wade then signing at $15m. That would leave about $10m to resign the likes of Deng or whoever else.

If they both sign big contracts they will lose Deng and Johnson, and not be able to replace them. If they need to pay Wade and Whiteside, they will need to patch up the likes of Deng/JJ with much lesser players, which they have done in the past too.
Miami's cap situation is ****ed with Bosh and Dragic making nearly $40M. Wade will hopefully agree to something like 3 years $30M. Even if he signs for $10M a year, that's $50M in capspace for 3 players. Going by the assumptions, the cap is going to be set at $92M. That leaves $42M for Whiteside (who'll want max), a backup C, a SF, and a SG.

If we assume that Whiteside signs for ~$15M/yr and we get an elite SF for another ~$15M/yr, Miami will have $15M for Winslow, Richardson, TJ, a backup C, Green. TJ is a FA and will probably not sign for anything less than $6M/yr. Winslow and Richardson will make a combined $4M and Green will sign for the min. ~$12M gone right there and Miami will have $3M for Amar'e, McBob and Haslem. If we decide to bring them back.

Again, this is assuming that the cap is set at $92M. If it's not, Miami is beyond ****ed. Another 1st/2nd round season at best.