OT:Heat Working On Plan To Sign Carmelo To Create Big 4

[Draco]

If LeBron wants to win. Sign with Portland for Vet min. Way better team then NY, LA, or Miami going to have. lol

I could seriously see him taking a vet minimum deal. He'll make 400% of a max money contract on endorsements. But if he took that deal it would be with the Cavs, Heat or more of a feel good team in a nice city like the Clippers.

 

[Draco]

Does not matter how much he is making off the court. All of these guys make more money than one should be able to spend. Unless the entire team decides to do this, I do not see Lebron taking half of what another player makes just to win a championship. Winning a championship would not be guaranteed either since depth and the health of Wade are serious concerns. Miami is not Brooklyn either when it comes to paying the luxury tax. They certainly could have used Mike Miller, Joel Anthony, and an MLE player they chose not to sign last offseason.

I don't see Bosh, Wade or Melo taking less than a couple of million to play together. People are saying Melo would have to give up 70 million! There is zero chance of that happening. But LeBron is in a very different situation from the rest of them.

 

[Shooter]

So the Big Three isn't enough for Miami???? What a joke. I love the fact that a bunch of role players and Euros kicked their butts in the finals this year.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

So the Big Three isn't enough for Miami???? What a joke. I love the fact that a bunch of role players and Euros kicked their butts this year.

Well to be fair it is the big LeBron, an old ass and an ostrich

 

[BBert]

Against OKC, OKC had the two best players on the court. The Spurs beat them. Against the Meat, the Meat had the best player in the NBA on the court. The Spurs humiliated them. What I love the best is that this Spurs team won with team basketball and good defense, and stood the conventional wisdom that a team must have the best player/players to win the trophy on its head.

 

[Draco]

Well to be fair it is the big LeBron, an old ass and an ostrich

The "Big 3" nickname is getting silly. Miami has the big 1. People still talk about the Spurs "big 3" leaving out the finals MVP...

A big 3 is when you have three guys who could all be the #1 option on a respectable team. Garnett, Pierce and Allen met that criteria when they came together in 2007. Miami met that criteria on paper in summer of 2010. The Spurs had that level of a trio in 2005 and 2007. None of these groups are at that level any more.

 

[BBert]

The "Big 3" nickname is getting silly. Miami has the big 1. People still talk about the Spurs "big 3" leaving out the finals MVP...

A big 3 is when you have three guys who could all be the #1 option on a respectable team. Garnett, Pierce and Allen met that criteria when they came together in 2007. Miami met that criteria on paper in summer of 2010. The Spurs had that level of a trio in 2005 and 2007. None of these groups are at that level any more.

My thoughts too. Time to put the Miami "big three", "superfriends", ad naseum, mantra out to pasture.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

The "Big 3" nickname is getting silly. Miami has the big 1. People still talk about the Spurs "big 3" leaving out the finals MVP...

A big 3 is when you have three guys who could all be the #1 option on a respectable team. Garnett, Pierce and Allen met that criteria when they came together in 2007. Miami met that criteria on paper in summer of 2010. The Spurs had that level of a trio in 2005 and 2007. None of these groups are at that level any more.

Exactly. If this were true about Miami they would've 3peat'd.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Melo to the Clippers would give them a legit Big 3. Melo would fill the Crawford role, giving them even more firepower. Man I'd hate that.