I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

So this would seem to say Lebron will take less than a max deal if Riley is able to build up the rest of the roster

:lol: my gosh is Bosh a weird looking dude

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Lizard.

LeBron James does not want to take the pressure off Pat Riley and Miami Heat management — not this summer, not when it’s over. However, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade are making the sacrifices to both give LeBron his cash and give Heat president Pat Riley room to maneuver.

We knew LeBron, Bosh and Wade presented their plans to Riley, providing a financial framework of what he would have to spend.

Now we have an idea what that is that is, thanks to John Canzano of the Oregonian.

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LeBron James wants short term (1-2 year deal) at max money contract w Heat, source close to negotiation tells me.

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Chris Bosh’s 5-year deal with Miami expected to start at $11 million in year 1. Dwyane Wade will sign four years, $12 million in year 1


That’s some big per-year sacrifices from Wade and Bosh, both of whom could have made $10 million more a year for the next two years (but do get more guaranteed money in the long run). Zach Lowe of Grantland said he heard flopped numbers — Wade $12 million to start, Bosh $10 million to start — but it seems in the same ballpark.

If this report is accurate what does that mean for Riley? What can he spend?

He has $12,918,609 in cap room below the projected cap of $63.2 million to spend, according to PBT’s own Dan Feldman who ran the numbers.

That accounts for LeBron at his max ($20.7 million, although he may take a little less), Wade at $12 million, Bosh at $11 million, Norris Cole who is on the books already, the rookie contract for Shabazz Napier and seven minimum-salary cap holds.

Riley could use all or almost all of that to go after one big player — Kyle Lowry or Luol Deng, although neither is willing to take a discout to come to South Beach — or he could divide it up into two or three players at and try and fill a few needs with quality players. After using up that cap space Miami would still have a $2,732,000 exception, which could be useful for Udonis Haslem (it can only be a two-year deal but Haslem isn’t playing longer than that anyway). After that it is all minimum contracts.

The ball is in Pat Riley’s court — he got a healthy chunk of cap space thanks to player sacrifices. Now he has to do something with it.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Lowry resigns with Raptors. Plan dead.

For all the "Lebron had no help in Miami", Bosh just got a max contract offer.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11187137/chris-bosh-seriously-considering-houston-rockets-max-four-year-96-million-contract-offer

He sucks though?

Granger to Heat. $4.2M/2.

For all the "Lebron had no help in Miami", Bosh just got a max contract offer.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11187137/chris-bosh-seriously-considering-houston-rockets-max-four-year-96-million-contract-offer

He sucks though?

He's a useful player but that's an atrocious offer and is not indicative of Bosh being a franchise guy.

He's a useful player but that's an atrocious offer and is not indicative of Bosh being a franchise guy.

He's a very good player and likely a hall of fame player who just got offered a max deal.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Bosh is not a hall of famer.

All numbers point to him making it as long as he doesn't retire or turn into a useless player.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

He's Carlos Boozer that can shoot threes.

How does Bosh not take that offer? Miami can't come close to that (nor should they) right? He's turning into a 7ft 3 point shooter anyway. Take that obscene amount for your skill set and run.

He's a very good player and likely a hall of fame player who just got offered a max deal.

Very good to me means top 5-6 at your position. There's nothing really to support the notion that Bosh is a very good player.

Well, Houston and Miami both seem to want him very much. Houston just offered him a max contract.

So you basically have no idea/opinion if he's any good?

I'm not going to break down if he is better or worse than David West. I know where I am deficient in sports knowledge and pretty much any non-Bulls/Knicks/Heat is where I am.

My point was that I don't think Bosh sucks, and neither does Houston, and neither does Miami. It's about the idea that Lebron had no help and was a one man team even though he was playing with 3-4 future hall of famers.