Realistic Big: Samuel Dalembert

[Smitty77]

Does anyone know if we have the full mid-level exception to use this summer??  Does Miami have that available??

If we do, we can offer it to Dalembart and I think the Heat can only offer him the minimum, which is what, about 1.2Million??

Help me out here Roy, please:-))

Smitty77

[StartOrien]

Does anyone know if we have the full mid-level exception to use this summer??  Does Miami have that available??

If we do, we can offer it to Dalembart and I think the Heat can only offer him the minimum, which is what, about 1.2Million??

Help me out here Roy, please:-))

Smitty77

Unless somethings changed and I wasn't aware of it - you have the full MLE every year you're over the cap figure. Whether we are or aren't depends on KG and Pierce's future.

[Fafnir]

Does anyone know if we have the full mid-level exception to use this summer??  Does Miami have that available??

If we do, we can offer it to Dalembart and I think the Heat can only offer him the minimum, which is what, about 1.2Million??

Help me out here Roy, please:-))

Smitty77

Unless somethings changed and I wasn't aware of it - you have the full MLE every year you're over the cap figure. Whether we are or aren't depends on KG and Pierce's future.

If you are over the tax but under the luxury tax (up to the much talked about apron) you get the full MLE.

If you're over the luxury tax line you only have the mini-MLE which is much smaller, its what Ray Allen signed for with the Heat.

[Smitty77]

So, where are we??

[Fafnir]

So, where are we??

We're right up against the apron now, I think next year we'll be around the same level again unless we can lose salary. So if we use the full MLE we'd be over and thus ineligible to use the full MLE.

So mini-MLE unless we lose salary via some other mean I believe.

[bobbyv]

Imagine a big rotation of KMart, Birdman, and Blatche. KG would have gotten a LOT of rest.

  Anyone else get a little queasy reading this?

Just amused.  People don't seem to have learned anything from having guys like Nate Robinson, Delonte West, Tony Allen, Stephon Marbury, Glen Davis, Jermaine O'Neal etc. on the bench.

Talented and crazy is still crazy.  You can only have so much of that and still expect to have a cohesive team.

Because we're definitely cohesive now 

[KGs Knee]

I have zero interest in Dalembert as a realistic option for next season.

Even if KG and Pierce return for one more shot at a title, signing Dalembert would likely require a multi-year deal at the full MLE.  The C's need to focus on one year deals only for next season, if they do decide to give it one more shot.

[slamtheking]

as a back up big for 2 mill per year or less, he's not a bad option.  he's not a starter at this point which is the quality type of big man we need

[PhoSita]

Imagine a big rotation of KMart, Birdman, and Blatche. KG would have gotten a LOT of rest.

  Anyone else get a little queasy reading this?

Just amused.  People don't seem to have learned anything from having guys like Nate Robinson, Delonte West, Tony Allen, Stephon Marbury, Glen Davis, Jermaine O'Neal etc. on the bench.

Talented and crazy is still crazy.  You can only have so much of that and still expect to have a cohesive team.

Because we're definitely cohesive now 

I actually think the team is pretty cohesive considering how many new guys were added mid-season.

From what I've read, the problem this season hasn't been chemistry off the court.  It's been finding ways to fit the pieces together on the court.  The problem is a lack of talent and fit, not malcontents like Jermaine O'Neal, attention-seekers like Glen Davis and Nate, or trouble makers like Tony Allen was when he was here.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Would love to have him.