Miami Heat Will Have A Blank Canvas In 2010
When I was looking at all the team’s payrolls last week before posting about the NBA’s Top 15 Expiring Contracts, I came across the books of the Miami Heat and realized something crazy: they could potentially have ZERO players under contract going into free agency.
I know what you’re thinking: How could that be? But the facts don’t lie. Whether or not he re-signs with Miami, Dwyane Wade has made it clear that he’s not going to exercise his $17,149,243 player option next year leaving four players with team options and the other eight as unrestricted free agents.
It’s safe to say that of those four players with team options, the Heat will pickup the contracts of Michael Beasley ($4,962,240), Daequan Cook ($2,169,856) and Mario Chalmers ($847,000), but could easily let James Jones (and the almost $15 he’s owed through 2013) walk after he only played 40 games for the Heat last season.
So with only $8 million invested in three promising young talents (Beasley, Chalmers and Cook), that leaves a ton of money to entice Wade and any other of the top 2010 free agents to setup a squad in South Beach for a team that won the title just three years ago.
What do you think Miami should do with all that money?
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August 18th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
AB_40 says:
pay me?
nah get 3 vets 4 young but questinable players 1 superstar next to D wade and three scrubs with the players under contract that’s 15 case closed
August 18th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
nastynas says:
get bron and wade and fill it up with d- league talent
August 18th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Chaos says:
go find a center, a bruising Pf, a shooter off the bench, some defensive guys and a sixth man scorer off the bench and scrub center thats good 4 6 fouls
August 18th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
got'em says:
singer song-writer amerie stoudamire
August 18th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
BRUCE says:
Surely you can’t pass up the bitches in South Beach, I meant the beaches.
August 18th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Dagomar says:
resign Jermaine O’Neal to another 20 million dollar contract.
August 18th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Blue says:
I wonder if Riley really planned it this way the whole time, or if he kinda lucked into the fact that most of his contracts are expiring after this season.
August 18th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
jzsmoove says:
Not a lot of teams work it out so that players come off the books at the same time. Lucky for the Heat they have an opportunity to start clean with minimal salary to key players remaining. Riley is gonna work some magic and excited as a basketball fan to see what happens.
August 18th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Blue says:
Joe Johnson, Chris Bosh, Travis Outlaw, Brad Miller, Raja Bell, Re-sign Haslem, if has a good year Jermaine O’Neal…if we go into luxury tax…F— IT!
August 18th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Wonny says:
WOW $15 for James Jones, that’s chump change.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Kobeef says:
1. Re-sign wade
2. Give Beasley a ton of PT and FGA’s this year to see what he can do. If he doesn’t show much improvement move him.
3. If Amare has another solid year, sign him to a max deal.
4. Tank and win the lottery. Draft John Wall.
5. Trade Jermaine for Eddy Curry. Lock Curry in a gym for the next year and have him spend 10 hours per day training with Tim Grover.
PG – Wall/Chalmers/?
SG – Wade/Cook/?
SF – B’Easy/Jones/?
PF – Amar’e/Haslem
C – Curry/Joel Anthony
August 18th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Ashlov says:
The Heat are going to be INSANE next season. Riley is going to paint his masterpiece, and I can’t wait to see it.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Oscarisalakerfan says:
bron and wade with a bunch of scrubs will do the trick
August 18th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Arrogant says:
I want wade to come home to chicago… but most likely wade and bosh will be in miami, bron will be in NY, Amare will possibly be in chicago and pieces put around em…
August 18th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
utahJZZ says:
ERIC SPOELESTRA HAS GOTTA LET MICHAEL BEASLEY PLAY!
August 18th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Jay-Are says:
sign bosh and a true center
August 19th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Fertsy says:
You don’t luck into this kind of flexibility… It’s been Riley’s plan since Shaq sabotaged the team and forced the trade / 15 win season… Be smart with the draft and only take short term contracts, so that when Wade’s (& many other superstars) contracts ends in 2K10 he can build around Wade or at least have options if Wade leaves.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:41 am
jwhit says:
go get AI in 2009 first
August 19th, 2009 at 12:55 am
pakman says:
at # u got that from sand beaches-youtube
but yea get bosh and boozer and let Wade come to Chicity
August 19th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Citizen B says:
Riley’s had a boner for Bron for years now. Wade/Bron and a bunch of old vets (Riley style) who haven’t succeeded in getting a ring on their own.