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That billboard is horrible.
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what now^

and that stars thing is BS. we aun't doing that. i actually think boussard is the source that even started that rumor because i heard it from him first. nobody from the knicks would leak that a day before we go to meetings.

i don't even think they got the unlikely bonus stuff right. i've heard of it but i heard it does go against the cap. who knows at this point.

players won't take big pay cuts. don't get your hopes up with this crap.
 
[h2]Source: No Knicks-Amare chat slated[/h2]The Knicks will not be meeting with Amare Stoudemire between their scheduled Thursday sitdowns with Joe Johnson in Los Angeles and LeBron James in Ohio, according to a source close to the situation.
Armed with third-party intelligence that James considers Johnson a desirable potential sidekick, the Knicks are booked to meet the Atlanta free agent in Los Angeles when the clock strikes midnight in the East, before traveling to play the biggest day game in franchise history on LeBron's home court.

It's unclear whether the Knicks will eventually schedule a meeting with Stoudemire, but the team has information suggesting James would prefer to play with Johnson. The Knicks have enough salary cap room to offer maximum contracts to two free agents.
 
[h2]Bulls plan to get LeBron - get Bosh first[/h2]
Wed Jun 30,2010 9:50 AM ETBy Kurt Helin
When the midnight bell strikes tonight and phone lines light up across the NBA, the Chicago Bulls are not going to call LeBron James.

Oh, they want him. Big time. They will be in Cleveland to make their pitch to him. But the Bulls think the way to James' heart is not through fancy dinners but rather through building a winner.

And Chris Bosh is the cornerstone to that -- frankly just Bosh with Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah could be very good -- which is why he is getting the first call, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

The strategy is brilliant, because while LeBron is the big prize Bosh is the lynchpin to it all. Plus getting Bosh would thwart the plans in Miami, New York, Toronto, Houston and other cities. And isn't screwing over other teams part of the fun?

The problem with locking up Bosh fast is that he has options. And he'll want to listen to them.

He'd also like max money -- not free agency max money, but sign-and-trade max money. That presents all sorts of problems. Starting with: What talent would the Bulls be willing to give up, and the Raptors accept, in a Bosh trade? Luol Deng clearly would be a part of any deal, but what if Toronto demands Taj Gibson, too? At what point is the price too steep.

Then, if Bosh is brought in on a sign-and-trade, would LeBron come in as a free agent making a little bit less?

The current crop of free agents have all talked about sacrificing to win, but the size of contracts is an ego thing that is in play in every NBA locker room. Contracts help determine pecking order, determine who the big dog is. If Bosh were making more than LeBron -- when LeBron was the better player and would be asked to carry more of the load -- how would that sit with LeBron.

It could be an issue. But it is one Chicago is willing to risk, because just having Bosh would be a win. So he gets the first call.
 
Chicago Bulls
Maximum cap room: 1.76 MCs

What needs to happen to get to this amount? The Bulls did most of the hard work in February and June. All that's left is to renounce their own free agents, such as Brad Miller.

What can they do to get more? Contrary to recent reports, the Bulls do not have enough cap room to sign two maximum free agents. To get to the elusive two-MC threshold the Bulls would have to clear another $3.5 million from their books. Their best -- albeit unlikely -- bet would be to try to find a taker for Luol Deng's enormous contract, hoping to slide LeBron James into his vacated spot.

Dumping James Johnson, Taj Gibson, Chris Richard and Rob Kurz would not generate the needed cap room -- the cap holds associated with the four vacated roster spots would consume much of the cap room that would be freed by their departure.



http://espn.go.com/nba/da...-100629/cap-room-summary
 
Well, Dan LeBetard is saying bosh to Miami in a S&T.

Then you have NBA 'Insider' Alex Kennedy saying some in Miami don't want LeBron and his crew and a trio of something like Bosh/Wade/Ray Allen is most likely.


If the 'dream team' happens in Miami, oh well. They made a winning a priority and I can't even be upset at it.

but if Bosh to Miami is true and the 'deam team' doesn't come to fruition. The move to meet JJ first could pay off. Chicago/NJ vs NY, and we're sitting with JJ in the fold and they're left trying to pursue Amare/Boozer. I'd roll the dice with that.
 
I'm posting this is all of the FA threads, just to help people who are confused or choose to ignore the cap info.
http://espn.go.com/nba/da...-100629/cap-room-summary
We're in the midst of an arms race. Teams have spent as much as two years preparing for this week -- for example, Knicks president of basketball operations Donnie Walsh's first order of business upon taking the reins in 2008 was to circle Thursday, July 1, 2010 on his calendar. Every move he's made since then has been with an eye on this week.

With this year's banner crop of free agents about to hit the open market, teams are racing to get as lean as possible -- trying to shed any extra salary in order to wave a maximum offer at LeBron James, Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh. Perhaps two of them. Dare they hope for all three?

The race picked up at the February trade deadline. The Knicks sacrificed Jordan Hill and future draft considerations for the chance to remove Jared Jeffries' expensive contract from their books. With a deal that extended through the 2010-11 season, Jeffries was a liability. The Clippers moved Al Thornton for Drew Gooden's ending contract. The Bulls did the same with John Salmons, acquiring the ending contracts of Hakim Warrick and Joe Alexander.

This month's draft saw a final flurry of activity before the free-agent gates open. The Heat gave away the 18th pick -- point guard Eric Bledsoe -- and Daequan Cook to the Thunder. The Bulls dumped Kirk Hinrich and first-round pick Kevin Seraphin for a future second-round pick from the Wizards.

These teams are now lean and mean, and ready to go shopping.

No fewer than eight teams are within striking distance of having the ability to offer a maximum free-agent contract. Four of them are imagining life with two new superstars in their fold. But some of these teams still have work to do if they want to see their plans come to fruition.

We'll adopt a new unit of measure for this review -- the MC. Just as "grand" is common parlance for $1,000, an MC refers to a specific dollar amount. In fact, a very specific amount -- $16,568,908. This is the maximum salary to which LeBron James, Chris Bosh or Dwyane Wade can be signed. One MC equals $16,568,908; two MCs equal $33,137,816. When we refer to a team having two MCs, it means it has enough cap room to sign two of the premier free agents to maximum salary contracts.

But this science is inexact -- for one, players have different maximum salaries. A player can sign for up to 105 percent of his previous salary, even if it's above the league-wide maximum. This is how the $16,568,908 value of the MC was derived -- James, Bosh and Wade each made $15,779,912 in 2009-10. But some players like Amare Stoudemire had higher salaries in 2009-10, so their 2010-11 maximum salary is also higher. Stoudemire's maximum salary is $18,770,405, so a franchise hoping to land the former Sun might need to clear extra cap room. Dirk Nowitzki and Paul Pierce have a maximum of $20,785,500; Yao Ming's is $17,197,241.

Teams in the hunt for two maximum free agents are helped a little bit by the cap holds associated with empty roster spots. If a team has fewer than 12 roster spots accounted for by a player, an unsigned first-round draft pick or free-agent Bird rights, then it incurs a cap hold equivalent to the rookie minimum salary -- $473,604 -- for each spot fewer than 12. If a team has two MCs -- $33,137,816 -- then it actually has slightly more than enough to sign two maximum free agents. One cap hold is released when the team signs its first free agent, freeing $473,604 from its cap and giving it a little extra spending power.

With all that said, here are the players in this summer's free-agent hunt.

New York Knicks
Maximum cap room: 2.06 MCs

What needs to happen to get to this amount? Renounce all free agents. The Knicks also have the ability to hang on to David Lee's Bird rights, which would leave them with about 1.5 MCs -- they can't sign two maximum free agents and keep Lee.

What can they do to get more? As expected, Eddy Curry invoked his contract option and his $11.3 million salary remains on the Knicks' books. There isn't much hope of getting to three MCs.

New Jersey Nets
Maximum cap room: 2.00 MCs

What needs to happen to get to this amount? Kris Humphries must decline his contract option and become a free agent. The Nets also need to renounce all free agents.

What can they do to get more? The Nets were about $3.33 million short of two MCs, and needed to find a taker for Yi Jianlian. They did exactly that on Tuesday, sending Yi to the Wizards for Quinton Ross. Mikhail Prokhorov's team now has the wherewithal to land two maximum free agents -- potentially upstaging the neighboring Knicks.

Chicago Bulls
Maximum cap room: 1.76 MCs

What needs to happen to get to this amount? The Bulls did most of the hard work in February and June. All that's left is to renounce their own free agents, such as Brad Miller.

What can they do to get more? Contrary to recent reports, the Bulls do not have enough cap room to sign two maximum free agents. To get to the elusive two-MC threshold the Bulls would have to clear another $3.5 million from their books. Their best -- albeit unlikely -- bet would be to try to find a taker for Luol Deng's enormous contract, hoping to slide LeBron James into his vacated spot.

Dumping James Johnson, Taj Gibson, Chris Richard and Rob Kurz would not generate the needed cap room -- the cap holds associated with the four vacated roster spots would consume much of the cap room that would be freed by their departure.

Miami Heat
Maximum cap room: 1.67 MCs (with Wade re-signed); 2.64 MCs (if Wade leaves)

What needs to happen to get to this amount?: This may be counterintuitive, but the Heat gain more cap room if Wade becomes a free agent than if he invokes the option in his contract to stay with the team through 2010-11. Wade needs to become a free agent. The Heat already have declined the team option on Kenny Hasbrouck. They also released James Jones, whose $4.65 million salary was guaranteed for just $1.86 million -- clearing an additional $2.79 million from the team's books.

What can they do to get more? There's not much left to trim from their roster. To keep Wade and go after both James and Bosh, they'd need to convince at least one of the free agents to take less. Even moving Michael Beasley and Mario Chalmers for nothing wouldn't create enough cap room to sign all three star free agents at the full maximum.

Los Angeles Clippers
Maximum cap room: 1.02 MCs

What needs to happen to get to this amount? The Clippers did most of their work at the February trade deadline, and have just enough cap room to sign one maximum free agent (but not a player with a higher maximum such as Amare Stoudemire). But will players come?

What can they do to get more? It's no secret that the Clippers aren't enamored with Baron Davis' contributions over the last two seasons, and would welcome a reasonable deal to unload his expensive contract. But even dumping Davis for nothing wouldn't be enough to get the Clippers to two MCs.

Sacramento Kings
Maximum cap room: 0.93 MCs

What needs to happen to get to this amount? Renounce all free agents.

What can they do to get more? The Kings lost their ability to sign a maximum free agent when they traded for Samuel Dalembert earlier this month. Another $1.21 million needs to come off the books to clear enough cap room. This could be accomplished by removing Omri Casspi's $1.25 million salary.

Milwaukee Bucks
Maximum cap room: 0.92 MCs

What needs to happen to get to this amount? Renounce all free agents.

What can they do to get more? To get to one MC the Bucks need to trim another $1.37 million from the payroll. Waiving Carlos Delfino -- signed for $3.5 million but guaranteed for just $500,000 -- would get the job done.

Washington Wizards
Maximum cap room: 0.45 MCs

What needs to happen to get to this amount? Decline Josh Howard's team option, renounce all free agents.

What can they do to get more? By acquiring Kirk Hinrich and the rights to first-round pick Kevin Seraphin from the Bulls, the Wizards took themselves off the market for a maximum free agent. Trading Quinton Ross for Yi Jianlian further cemented their role as a team that will not be swinging for the fences this summer.
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you think joe johnson would be enough for lebron to come? he did take his team to the 3 spot while bosh couldn't even make the playoffs.

alot of people have been calling him horrible but i think JJ would be a great robin. his ego would allow him to do it.
 
Originally Posted by DubA169

you think joe johnson would be enough for lebron to come? he did take his team to the 3 spot while bosh couldn't even make the playoffs.

alot of people have been calling him horrible but i think JJ would be a great robin. his ego would allow him to do it.
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without a doubt, and I think JJ would rather be the #2 in NY rather than having all that pressure on him
 
Originally Posted by DubA169

alot of people have been calling him horrible but i think JJ would be a great robin. his ego would allow him to do it.
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I agree with this.  If anyone goes into the Bulls Thread from the season before last, after the playoffs when we were discussing FA's for this upcoming offseason I was calling for him and CB4 to come join us.  This is back when I thought we were nowhere near the table for LeBron, but still I think he would be a great complimentary star.  He just cant be THE MAN.
 
We'd be working with a leg up on Chicago/New Jersey if we got him to sign on before meeting with LeBron. People would say he's not worth the max, but the Bulls and Nets would be forced to locking into the same type of deals with Boozer or Amare if Bosh is off the board to Miami.

JJ was terrible this postseason but he's still a darn good player. He's an efficient 20, 5 and 5 on a team that doesn't have a great offensive system or flow. (consider he shot 48% from 3 his last year with D'Antoni, granted he had Nash, but still..). He was the best player on the Hawks team that did win quite a few games.

He's not worth the max, partially due to not being a #1 and partially because of his age. But he's not some bum all of the sudden. His true value to me, is probably around 12 mill a year.


If Miami pulls this thing off, #*%* it. Pat Riley just owned the entire NBA. Kudos. If not, and it's just Bosh/Wade in South Beach.....JJ could be the key.
 
I don't like these articles.. Who do the gets have in a sign and trade for bosh? Beasley? They couldn't trade him for picks..
 
I don't like these articles.. Who do the gets have in a sign and trade for bosh? Beasley? It was tough just trading him for picks..
 
Yeah, chill with that... I almost pissed myself thinking they traded Deng for a 2nd rounder or something
 
thank you Chris Bosh for saying what these media clowns have been forgetting

wade & bron wouldn't work, then throwing this emo into the mix would ruin a squad
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Bron-JJ-Lee

If there is God, this shall come to pass. Amen.
 
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