What about Haslem?

[birdwatcher]

Will the Heat resign Haslem--or do they even have the cash for that anymore? Is that someone we shoot for with Sheed's money? I'm really okay with our wings for one more year. It's not like we lost a wing player from last season. We need size, rebounding and shooting from the 4-5 spots.

[Who]

I'm not willing to give Haslem a 4-5 year MLE contract and I don't think he'd sign for anything less.

[Mike-Dub]

I'm not willing to give Haslem a 4-5 year MLE contract and I don't think he'd sign for anything less.

We don't have the MLE anymore and I bet you Haslem is going back to the Heat now.

[fairweatherfan06]

Unlikely.  The Heat want him back and he made it clear its where he wants to be, well before they assembled the superteam.

[Brendan]

Good player... bad fit. Would be ideal in ORL if they hadn't chased Duhon.

[Brendan]

Unlikely.  The Heat want him back and he made it clear its where he wants to be, well before they assembled the superteam.

Why? They can only pay the minimum. There are a lot of teams that can pay more and offer just as good a role. He's a forward - the heat have forwards named Bosh and Lebron - not like that's an optimal minutes opportunity. Unless he signs for the min. then Miami makes sense.

[Mike-Dub]

Unlikely.  The Heat want him back and he made it clear its where he wants to be, well before they assembled the superteam.

Why? They can only pay the minimum. There are a lot of teams that can pay more and offer just as good a role. He's a forward - the heat have forwards named Bosh and Lebron - not like that's an optimal minutes opportunity. Unless he signs for the min. then Miami makes sense.

I wouldn't be surprised if Haslem took the minimum.

[Jon]

Unlikely.  The Heat want him back and he made it clear its where he wants to be, well before they assembled the superteam.

Why? They can only pay the minimum. There are a lot of teams that can pay more and offer just as good a role. He's a forward - the heat have forwards named Bosh and Lebron - not like that's an optimal minutes opportunity. Unless he signs for the min. then Miami makes sense.

I wouldn't be surprised if Haslem took the minimum.

I agree.  But he'd be a nice touch. 

[redsoc]

They renounced their rights to him, correct?  So no non-bird exception?

[Jon]

Unlikely.  The Heat want him back and he made it clear its where he wants to be, well before they assembled the superteam.

Why? They can only pay the minimum. There are a lot of teams that can pay more and offer just as good a role. He's a forward - the heat have forwards named Bosh and Lebron - not like that's an optimal minutes opportunity. Unless he signs for the min. then Miami makes sense.

I'm not entirely sure of Miami's situation, but at the worst, they have the non-bird exception.  They can resign him for 120% of last year's salary (7.1m), which would mean up to 8.5m.  He'll sign...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nba_salary_cap#Non-Bird_exception

But if they renounced his rights (which they would've had to, or his number would still have been against the cap), don't they forfeit all ownership of him and it's like he was on another team? 

[redsoc]

Unlikely.  The Heat want him back and he made it clear its where he wants to be, well before they assembled the superteam.

Why? They can only pay the minimum. There are a lot of teams that can pay more and offer just as good a role. He's a forward - the heat have forwards named Bosh and Lebron - not like that's an optimal minutes opportunity. Unless he signs for the min. then Miami makes sense.

I'm not entirely sure of Miami's situation, but at the worst, they have the non-bird exception.  They can resign him for 120% of last year's salary (7.1m), which would mean up to 8.5m.  He'll sign...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nba_salary_cap#Non-Bird_exception

But if they renounced his rights (which they would've had to, or his number would still have been against the cap), don't they forfeit all ownership of him and it's like he was on another team? 

Realized it after I posted.