WiggyRuss
Well-Known Member
I dunno about everyone else but this scenario seems much more plausible to me than Durant going to the Heat is.If Bosh retires, if Riley fails to give in to Whiteside's demands, and if Durant spurns Miami and indeed stays with the Thunder -
Then what the hell is the incentive for Wade to stay in Miami if he's going to continue to not be the highest-paid player on the roster?
It all really depends on Bosh is what it comes down to. If Bosh can come back, they likely bring back as much of this team as they can- Wade/Whiteside will probably take up all their cap room so I would THINK Deng and JJ will walk- especially since each figures to be around a 10M player in the current market (probably more really).
I read they have like 40 million in cap room...Whiteside will be about 20...and I dont expect Wade to be much less, if at all less, than 20...after that you have the mid-level- which Arison has not always used- and some smaller exceptions....itll be really interesting to see what Riley tries to do.
getting rid of McBob's 6 million would be a helluva place to start....ya never know either...6 million is very very little under the new cap...maybe they wont have to tie an asset around him like they likely would have had to do in past days.