The word "Coach" means something entirely different when you have a huge ego like Lebron on the team.
Come to think of it.... LeBron proves over and over.... he is never on a "TEAM". He is just out for himself. But strangly he does cry for help on the roster and disappears when big shot time rolls around?
Come to think of it.... LeBron proves over and over.... he is never on a "TEAM". He is just out for himself. But strangly he does cry for help on the roster and disappears when big shot time rolls around?
Miami will give Wade a bunch of money. Mainly due to loyalty and because they have tons of extra money to spare. Situation is just like it was with Kobe last year. Aging team gets blown up, the give a short gigantic contract to face of the team while the plan to rebuild/reload a couple years down the road.
There will be nobody bidding against Miami, just like nobody was bidding 30 mil a year for Kobe, but they will pay Wade anyway.
There will be nobody bidding against Miami, just like nobody was bidding 30 mil a year for Kobe, but they will pay Wade anyway.
Lebron going to Cleveland is the best thing that could have happened, lots of winners throughout the league.
-Cleveland - huge winner , awesome young team, will probably win multiple championships in the next 5 years
-Houston- if they get Bosh, to play with the now healthy Dwight Howard and Harden, should be title contenders THIS SEASON
-Miami- hard to call them a loser , they had a team going nowhere with Wade 5 years, ago, they ended up going to the finals 4 straight years and winning two, having a ton of fun along the way. Now their team was aging and on the decline despite Lebrons greatness. Good time to end it, Wade will get paid big and play for a young crappy team as his career is almost over anyway
-Cleveland - huge winner , awesome young team, will probably win multiple championships in the next 5 years
-Houston- if they get Bosh, to play with the now healthy Dwight Howard and Harden, should be title contenders THIS SEASON
-Miami- hard to call them a loser , they had a team going nowhere with Wade 5 years, ago, they ended up going to the finals 4 straight years and winning two, having a ton of fun along the way. Now their team was aging and on the decline despite Lebrons greatness. Good time to end it, Wade will get paid big and play for a young crappy team as his career is almost over anyway
But you need to spend the cap money anyway even while you are rebuilding. Why get a bunch of C level free agents to make your team mediocre and never properly rebuild. They can't just save the money, The NBA requires you to spend a certain % of the cap.
Perfect example now is the Sixers, they are in full rebuild. They still need to spend cap money but they don't want to be good this season, management would probably be a little dissapointed if they made the playoffs. They are about to get Jeremy Lin and draft picks for virtually nothing, possibly Stoudamire from the Knicks too. They have no interest in those guys to make the team a winner, they are just taking on expiring contracts and getting paid in draft picks. The Sixers are required to spend the cap money anyway, so they are taking on overpriced players other teams want to get rid of.
If Miami is going to rebuild then paying Wade 20 million a year doesn't hurt them, the money needs to be spent, don't spend it on older stars like Gasol, etc who are just going to make you a mediocre team
Looks like Love wants to join Cleveland...
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11203427/kevin-love-intrigued-commit-cleveland-cavaliers
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11203427/kevin-love-intrigued-commit-cleveland-cavaliers
