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      Dwyane Wade likely to stay put

      June 16, 2010 /

      Unlike LeBron James, who has been essentially silent about his intentions come July 1, Dwyane Wade has made it clear over the last few weeks that he would very much like to stay in Miami, provided the Heat can find him a suitable running mate.

      “It’s going to be fit with me first,” Wade said. “I’ve made that very clear. Do I want to leave? Nope. Mmm-hmm. I want to be in Miami. That’s where it starts.”

      “I don’t do recruiting. Not now, anyway.”

      “I don’t look at it as recruiting. I’ll gauge and see if guys want to be [in Miami], who wants to be with me.

      “It’s about who can come to Miami, it’s about who do you trust, who can fit the organization, who best fits you as a player, things of that nature.

      Chris Bosh would be ideal, and while LeBron would be an odd fit, I think a Lebron/Wade dynamic could work. After that, it’s not clear what free agents — Nowitzki, Amare, Boozer, Joe Johnson — would be the best fit. Wade could use a big man to run the pick and roll/pop and to be a force in the post to take some pressure off of him offensively. He had that in Shaq when he won the title in 2006.

      After LeBron, it appears that Bosh will be the next domino to fall in free agency. He is more coveted than Dirk (age), Amare and Boozer (dependability), so there are a number of teams with and without cap space that would love to have him.

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      2010 NBA Free Agency: What are they worth? (#1-#5)

      June 9, 2010 /

      Even though we have a pretty good Finals matchup, this postseason has been somewhat overshadowed by this summer’s free agency period, when no fewer than seven of the top 17 players (in terms of John Hollinger’s Player Efficiency Rating) are going to be free to sign with any team they choose.

      One big question teams are faced with when using their available cap space is just how much each player is worth. This depends on a number of factors: age, production, value, injury history and fit, just to name a few. Over the next week or two, I’m going to examine this year’s free agent crop and try to guesstimate the value of each player. I’ve done this before, with some success.

      For each free agent, I’ll list their age (on July 1), their PER, and the salaries of comparable players.

      Let’s jump right in and start with the big names…

      1. LeBron James, SF
      Age: 25
      PER: 31.19
      Comparables: Dwyane Wade ($17.1 M), Carmelo Anthony ($17.1 M), Kobe Bryant ($24.8 M)
      LeBron’s value is off the charts and is only limited by the rules of the collective bargaining agreement. He will likely sign a max deal wherever he goes. He’s going to start at around $16.8 M per season since that’s 30% of the salary cap ($56.1 M), which is a bit more than 105% of his previous year’s salary. (The max first-year salary is whichever is greater.)
      Value: $18.0-$18.5 M per year (for three years)

      2. Dwyane Wade, SG
      Age: 28
      PER: 28.10
      Comparables: LeBron James ($17.1 M), Carmelo Anthony ($17.1 M), Kobe Bryant ($24.8 M), Brandon Roy ($13.5 M)
      Wade is three years older and more injury prone, but he has already won a title and is a top 5 player in the league, so he’ll get a max contract just like LeBron. Since he’s a bit older, I wouldn’t be surprised if he elected to sign a five- or six-year deal instead of going with the shorter deal that has more flexibility.
      Value: $19.5 M – $20.5 M (over six years, if he re-signs)

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      Parker-for-Lee…why not?

      June 7, 2010 /

      Tony Parker is rumored to be available for trade, but that has more to do with the presence of George Hill than anything the Spurs have done since their season ended. The Knicks are in dire need of a good point guard, so of course there have been some Parker-to-New York rumors as well.

      Chad Ford writes that the Spurs are looking for a big.

      The Spurs and Thunder also are in the hunt for a big and have targeted a number of teams in the lottery to move up a few spots. The Thunder have multiple picks to offer. The Spurs have Tony Parker or George Hill. While the Spurs aren’t necessarily shopping either player, they’re not untouchable, either. If the Spurs can get another big man to help prolong Tim Duncan’s career, they’ll do it.

      But looking ahead — if the Knicks strike out on their plan to get one of their LeBron/Bosh, Wade/Bosh or LeBron/Wade dream combos, maybe a Lee-for-Parker deal would make some sense.

      Let’s say the Knicks strike out on LeBron, Wade and Bosh, but manage to sign a couple of second-tier free agents (Joe Johnson, Carlos Boozer, etc.) starting at $14 million per season, that would leave them about $9.5-$10 million to re-sign Lee and then move him for another asset like Parker. That would give the Knicks a core of Parker, Johnson and Boozer moving forward, and give the Spurs a quality power forward to play alongside Duncan. (Remember, Antonio McDyess is still under contract for another season and the Spurs have DeJuan Blair as well.)


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      David Stern: “There is no free agent summit.”

      June 4, 2010 /

      David Stern answered a few questions yesterday about a number of topics, including the proposed free agent summit that was first mentioned by Dwyane Wade.

      Q. Can you talk a little bit about your thoughts on the free agent summit and how the League and the Board of Governors might feel about that strategizing?

      COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN: There is no free agent summit.

      Q. Some of these players conferred when they signed their most recent contract.

      COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN: Our players talk to each other all the time. They talk to each other on Team USA. They talk to each other. I think they have a meeting every year around our draft. I’ve been assured at the highest level that there is no summit. But I would expect our players to talk to one another, and we don’t have any problem with that. If some kind of tampering is implicated, I will have a later and different view, but we’re not expecting that.

      Q. There is no free agency summit, you told them there isn’t or they told you?

      COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN: No, they told me.

      Q. Would you have told them there isn’t?

      COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN: No. They can have it. I was wondering whether they would get together, eight players and they’ll all look at D Wade’s ring? They’d be better off watching these Finals to see how you construct a team and how you play and the like. There’s not going to be a summit.

      I put that bit in bold because it seems important. Is Stern saying that a couple of players can’t get together and decide where they want to play? Ultimately, it’s up to the team to agree to sign each player, so that’s why there are such strict rules about tampering with regard to owners and franchises.

      So if Wade calls up LeBron and they agree to play for the Heat, is that considered tampering? If not, where is the line drawn? Three? Five? What if there are eight players in a room discussing their options?

      What constitutes tampering?


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      Is Michael Beasley’s stock at an all-time low?

      June 2, 2010 /

      It would appear so, assuming this Nets Daily report is true.

      Jason Smith of ESPN Radio’s “NBA Today” podcast reports that an NBA general manager told him the Heat offered Michael Beasley to the Nets for Keyon Dooling and “Rod Thorn turned them down”. Smith described Thorn’s decision as yet another indication of how badly the Heat want to get rid of Beasley.

      While the deal certainly would have reduced the Nets’ cap space (by about $4.5 million). The Nets are on the hook for about $20 million heading into free agency, so they theoretically have about $36 million that they could spend. If they struck this deal, that number would have dropped to about $31.5 million, which would make it a little bit tougher to squeeze two “max” free agents under the cap.

      The Nets may wait to see how free agency goes before acquiring Beasley, but another team might step in and take him off the Heat’s hands. Miami wants to move him so they can create enough cap space to sign two max free agents plus re-sign Dwyane Wade.

      As for Beasley, he averaged 15-6 in about 30 minutes a game. His PER (16.16) was above average, even if it dropped from his rookie season (17.28). I’m surprised to see that his stock is so low that the Heat can’t even seem to give him away.


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