A Miami Heat Blog
Boston had two major contract concerns heading into the 2009-10 season. They moved quickly to take care of Rajon Rondo, locking him into a 5-year, $55 million contract extension. The soon-to-be-35 year old Ray Allen, on the other hand, appeared to be...
Dwyane Wade employed a brilliant strategy the last time he was a free agent, back in July of 2006 — with a six-year extension offered by the Heat, he instead took just three. It was brilliant because it kept his options open....
Here’s an interesting idea: re-sign James Jones to a minimum contract after he is waived prior to June 30. It could make a lot of sense for both parties. It feels terrible when I think about the Heat surrendering $1.856 million to...
Read this (as per this article): “At the same time the Miami Heat staff was busy throwing free agent Udonis Haslem a surprise birthday party to try and convince him to stay in Miami, it appears as if Dwyane Wade was busy...
It has always been assumed that Yao Ming wouldn’t dare opt out of his current contract with the Rockets, which has one year remaining at $17.7 million, after taking the year off to rehab his seemingly always injured left foot. But when...
Christopher Reina, executive editor of RealGM, published this article yesterday – suggesting that free agency will cost each member of Wade/James/Bosh trio millions of dollars. Huh? If it didn’t shock the heck out of you, it should have. Because it’s wrong! The...
The quality of the 2010 free agent class is well known, and has dominated discussion in South Florida for nearly three years. The “Summer of LeBron,” which kicks off in just over three weeks, is sure to change the landscape of professional...
Patrick Beverley has had one lifelong goal – to play in the NBA. After a trying, vindicating, tumultuous, and encouraging 21 years of life, his dream might just be drawing near. The Early Years Patrick was born to Lisa Beverley, a 17-year-old...
It was July 2007. Just fifteen months prior, the Heat had secured its first championship in franchise history, backed by the scintillating playoff performance of superstar Dwyane Wade. The Heat was flying high. Alonzo Mourning and Gary Payton both quickly agreed to...
We’ve all been operating under the assumption of a $56.1 million projected salary cap, which was provided by Commissioner Stern prior to the playoffs. How did he come by that figure? During July Moratorium, the league will project both basketball-related revenues (“Projected...
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