Bron just nuked the Heat
 

http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miam...maximum-salary

So much for that "opted out on purpose" storyline.

Greedy fuck.

If u didn't see this coming.. shame on u.

good for him he has earned it

I think I saw yesterday a stat that said he's never been the highest paid player on any team hes played for.

Right. This is the best thing for him. This should force wade to take the pay cut he needs to take or get out of town.

He should make it known he doesn't want wade on the team for anything more than the vet minimum.

This should allow them to go after melo or a guy like parsons and maybe love next year


I don't see bosh coming back now either.

U guys try and try again

He will be a heat

Wade, bosh and UD all opted out to make it happen

Wow u guys are silly

lol bron opted out so he can kill their salary cap woes even more?

ok

Heat will have a record breaking cap availability come tonight

I am lol'ing at y'all trying but failing

unless Wade and Bosh take significant pay cuts, that's it for the Heat.

please explain how this is happening and they are still fielding a full team

Wow bro u are hardheaded as fuck

I'M WAITING NIK

LBJ deserves a max contract or at least the most on that team.

Lebron wants to prove he can win a championship without faded 'super'stars holding him back. Gonna go to a young team where he can be the centerpiece around an athletic team. Knows he can't beat the Spurs any other way.

I'll just prove it July 10th, cool?

Really? Oh wow so the year before just didn't happen

Stick to ur men poems

A year is a long time. He needs a new team. The Heat were fun when him, Bosh and Wade all decided to create a super team, but now they aren't super anymore, because Wade is old and Bosh sucks. Lebron knows. You're behind the curve, Nik. Holding on to things, like Wade. Can't admit it's over.

Will you root for Miami next year, or the team Lebron ultimately ends up on?

Its a wrap if he go to the lakers.

Wow ok guys lololol

you had a good run, Nik. you'll still have the memories

Trolling aside, you are aware that every informed report suggests the Heat are far-and-away front-runners, right?

frontrunners to sign lebron, not to win a championship. they're only getting older, and it looks like they won't have room to revamp the bench in any significant way. Pacers could very well win the east if they get their shit together.

as i said, he nuked the heat with this.

I got him dtill being in Miami.. but there will be no super team.

Wade gonna be coming off the bench elsewhere(a contender) when it's all said & done.

Bosh will take a paycut tho.

Lol at Wade opting out of 40 mill to not stay

More retardation

I don't see this hurting Miami at all. He won't be making much more than he would have made had he not opted out.

Wade and bosh had to opt out. That was their only chance of keeping Lebron around.

Wade should take a cut to about 7-8 million bosh to 11-12. That added to Lebron leaves them with 13-15 million to fill out the roster and they also have the MLE


That's if wade and bosh do the right thing. If not let them walk. Even better for the heat.

Enrolled his kids in Old Trail Elementary in Bath Ohio in June...

Wife fanning the fire with 'home sweet home, the countdown is real' instagrams...

Signed his pal as the most expensive assistant coach in history...

All that said, I am just as ready for LBJ to go to the Bulls or some'ish lol...


This is his main opportunity to get that supermax salary, as he's seen with his boy wade, shit goes down fast after 30 lol.

If he indeed is looking to secure max money, is Miami really the best option?

if hes looking for max money Miami is absolutely the best option..

They have 55 million in cap space...lol


he gets to essentially pick the players he wants to fill out the roster, as opposed to settling for what team he best fits into to




and he will not be going to the bulls you can book that... they want no part of him, and as a bulls fan i want no part of lebron.


i would love to see him back in cleveland, that would be awesome. the city of cleveland deserves a championship or an attempt to get one

LeBron's people have refuted that report.

word, I should have qualified, if he wants max money + best team...

LBJ is at the point where he can make any team a contender... shit he did it with the Cavs in 07 when he was far less polished.


If Wade and Bosh take maaaasssive paycuts, then word...

I would be surprised if he left the Heat -- but what the media is pushing "got to the championship 4 times in 4 years" -- that is silly.

Yes, it is true, LBJ better than most 5-man rotations in the East. lol

the next best option to me would be cleveland... they have almost 17 million in space.


they could look to move Verajao, or dion waiters and give lebron the max

The best team with max money to offer is Phoenix. He's not going there.

bingo.

phoenix was on a media blitz last week talking about keeping their core + adding bron and melo + adding love in '15.

silly phoenix.

I doubt he would in the west.

Too much team comp.

The east is practically a cake walk to the conference finals.

also this.

agreed

and also agree with your comment about the west (which is why i was tryna hone in on east options witcha anyway)


and in the end, if Lebron wanted to bring a championship to cleveland, the best thing for him to do was leave; pray for 4-5 years of ridiculous lotto-luck; and rejoin the team after they've drafted a few all-stars so he could come back and play with the type of talent he couldn't recruit FAs to at the time.

heat in 4.

bron stays

wade and bosh pay cutz.

love is so impressed he signs for peanuts.

we win again.

rinse...repeat

He's staying in Miami y'all.

Love will be a Wizard, btw.

Kevin Love is not a free agent.