But why are talking about this its not even 2009.

@dapro…I never heard that.

Anyway, I think that Boozer in Miami with Beasley and Wade would be a nice tandem. By then they may have Marbury and Curry instead of Marion.

@Ashlov…I think the Heat really want to play Beasley at SF. I don’t think he’s big enough to play PF all the time.

Otherwise, I’d rather the Heat wait til 2010 and blow their wad on one of the bigger names, particularly Lebron or STAT.

Seriously, I’m getting kind of sick of reading the same shit over and over. “What if (random big name player) was in NY?” What big-time free agents have the Knicks signed? I can’t think of anyone good they signed except Allan Houston. Post number 2 is just as on point as these stupid posts. Why not speculate about All-Stars going to every random city based on no evidence whatsoever.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy some of the article on Dime (why else would I come here). It’s getting harder and harder to sift through this garbage though…

For instance, Brandon Roy in Portland. In 2010, until Portland re-signs him, Roy will count for less than $12,000 against the salary cap. If he gets a max deal, he’ll probably get around $16,000. They can throw that $4,000 at other free agents (plus whatever other space they have under the cap), then sign Roy to a max contract, going over the cap by $4,000. It gives them a little more spending flexibility.

Even better for them is a player like Greg Oden (assuming he doesn’t get hurt again). He’s only set to make under $7,000 in 2010/2011. If he turns into the player everyone expected him to, he’ll sign a max deal in 2011, but that doesn’t matter for 2010, so they may have a marquee centre and still have tons of cap room.

Regrettably, Portland is a relatively small market that not many guys want to play in, so while I used Portland as an example of a team in a good position in terms of their roster, I don’t necessarily think they’ll clean up in 2010.

But if a team signs an established star like Boozer in 2009, all it does is take up some of the cap space that they hoped to use for someone else.

You need players who are at least temporarily underpaid. You can go over the cap to overpay them later using their bird rights, but if you’re signing stars as free agents, or if your stars are already highly paid, then you’re going to be really constrained financially.