Comments on: Four Players LeBron Could Be Paired With in a Few Years if He Wants to Catch Michael Jordan’s Six Rings

By: RobJules

RobJules — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:01:27 +0000

until the Lakers heisted Pau Gasol from Memphis that Kobe was able to get two more rings and vault himself into the discussion as the greatest Laker ever

In hindsight it wasn’t the heist many thought, The Griz did get Marc Gasol.

By: Scalia

Scalia — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:05:01 +0000

Scalia – you should check out this link.
http://hoopshype.com/salaries/miami.htm

Hoopshype isn’t as reliable as ShamSports….maybe you should check out this link:
http://www.shamsports.com/content/pages/data/salaries/heat.jsp

But, even on your link, it’s pretty clear to anyone that those last two years are colored blue, which means a player option (Hoopshype is actually incorrect as 2014 is an ETO…but an option nonetheless).

By: scripty

scripty — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:07:42 +0000

Jason, you realize those #’s are in BLUE which mean they are player options.

So your basis is:
Lebron and Bosh stay, THEN
Wade doesn’t exercise his player option

Also – the Big 3 all have no trade clauses up and down the line.

HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN, PLEASE LET US KNOW

By: Jason McIntyre

Jason McIntyre — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:00:50 +0000

Scalia – you should check out this link.

http://hoopshype.com/salaries/miami.htm

By: Scalia

Scalia — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:43:27 +0000

LeBron and the Heat have Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade on the books for two more years.

False…4 more years. ETO in 2014 and player option in 2015.

If he leaves the Cavs, it won’t happen anytime soon given his rookie contract, but LeBron hasn’t played with a star point guard in his career, and in a few years, Irving could be the league’s best point guard.

It’s crazy that this probably isn’t even in the top 5 of worst written sentences in the site’s history.

By: scripty

scripty — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:45:24 +0000

This article has no basis in reality in terms of how the Big 3 contracts were written. They are player options.

By: oskie

oskie — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:21:27 +0000

Nevermind the fact that Wade is the first and so far only homegrown superstar in Heat history.

Hello? Grant Long.

By: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah!

Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:15:03 +0000

When Magic won his first title with the Lakers in 1980, Kareem was 32 years old. Kareem was 37 when he carried Magic in the Finals against the Celtics and won Finals MVP in 85. He lost the ECF as coach of the Heat to a team led by 33 year old Michael Jordan. Saying that to say Riley has experienced enough in his basketball career to not be stupid enough to break up dynamic he put together simply because Dwyane Wade is 30 years old and RELATIVELY struggled through an injury filled year. Nevermind the fact that Wade is the first and so far only homegrown superstar in Heat history.

By: jekyll

jekyll — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:32:06 +0000

Kobe Bryant won three titles as a wingman to Shaq from 2000-2003.

As long as we’re including years they didn’t win the title, Kobe also won 3 titles as a wingman to Shaq from 1776-2012.

By: garmy

garmy — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:02:14 +0000

LeBron should take all of his money and start paying scientists to clone himself. In 20 years, a team of LeBron clones would be ready to get not 5, not 6, not 7…

By: Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks

Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:46:48 +0000

SO you expect Bosh and Wade to opt out of contracts guaranteeing them $40+ million, then you expect Bosh to re-sign for less money with the Heat?

As far as awful premises for a free agency post that lets you put Michael Jordan and Lebron James in the same headline go, this wasn’t too awful.

By: karma

karma — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:44:19 +0000

until the Lakers heisted Pau Gasol from Memphis that Kobe was able to get two more rings and vault himself into the discussion as the greatest Laker ever

Well, he wasn’t going to win a ring with Smush, Kwame, Chris Mihm, and Luke Walton, that’s for sure.