NBA 2014-2015 Thread: Draft, Free Agency, Etc.

[iron yuppie]

I would think he would at least want to have things smoothed over with Gilbert in person.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I would think he would at least want to have things smoothed over with Gilbert in person.

Considering he still lives in Ohio, that wouldn't be overly difficult to do if the time came to it... and without many people noticing. Cause, ya know, Ohio.

 

[PhilsFan]

Bosh will strongly consider following LeBron if he ends up in Miami or Cleveland.

 

[BoMac]

Dan Gilbert's plane is in Miami and apparently Zydrunas Ilgauskas was on it. Landed not too long ago, it appears.

 

[mikal]

Dan Gilbert's plane is in Miami and apparently Zydrunas Ilgauskas was on it. Landed not too long ago, it appears.

This is almost as good as the Favre watch!

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[Headache in a Suitcase]

It landed this afternoon. Gilbert denies on Twitter that he's in Florida, but the plane is there... it's registered to a company that shares an address with Gilbert's company, and has very recently made trips to New Jersey on the day Kyrie signed his extension, and to Indiana the day the Cavs talked to Indiana native Gordon Hayward.

 

[PhilsFan]

This flight tracking stuff used to only happen with college football coaching searches.

 

[mikal]

I don't know about you guys, but I'm thinking Cleveland is the favorite now.

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[Headache in a Suitcase]

Perhaps the Cavs are interested in signing Jor El Anthony.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

The plane seems to have only gone to Jersey, Indiananapolis, Miami, Detroit (where Gilbert is from), and Cleveland over the past month.

Vegas still has the Cavs at 30-1 to win the title. My boy who lives out there is currently en route to the Strip. No flight tracking is available.

 

[PhilsFan]

He has not decided yet but probably will tomorrow and announce Tuesday.

 

[mikal]

Check out @Chris_Broussard's Tweet: https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/485973472502218754

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[mikal]

Does Bosh follow him to Cleveland? Not sure if that's possible financially.

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[iron yuppie]

Dan Gilbert's plane is in Miami and apparently Zydrunas Ilgauskas was on it. Landed not too long ago, it appears.

I really hope Z ends up being the one to convince LeBron to return to Cleveland, if only for the sheer left-field nature of it.

 

[iron yuppie]

Does Bosh follow him to Cleveland? Not sure if that's possible financially.

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I'd think Bosh would go to Houston. Cavs already have a glut at PF - not all good ones, but a glut nonetheless.

 

[mikal]

Sounds like a face to face meeting with Pat Riley is happening this week now.

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[Headache in a Suitcase]

Houston makes the most sense for Bosh regardless if what LeBron decides...but he'll likely go back to Miami if James does as well.

The Cavs apparently also have a deal in place with the Nets to clear the additional cap space they need to give James a max. They're just waiting to pull the trigger until.. ya know.

I think at this point lebron is either returning to Cleveland, or has just been playing a very high stakes game of chicken with Pat Riley in hopes that Miami can improve the roster.

So based on that, he and Carmelo will probably sign with the Lakers.

I kid I kid. Sorta. At least with lebron. LaLa loves LA.

 

[PhilsFan]

Sounds like a face to face meeting with Pat Riley is happening this week now.

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It may have happened last night.

 

[mikal]

It may have happened last night.

Interesting. I think the big question then is if this is a last attempt by Riley to save him from leaving or if it's finalizing his return.

This is fun!

 

[Hewson]

He'll be back in Miami.
Sadly won't leave enough cash to satisfy Lance Stephenson's lofty demands.

 

[iron yuppie]

He'll be back in Miami.

That's my feeling as well. He flirted with a few other teams to make Riley sweat, and now will re-sign on his own terms.

 

[U2ME3]

 

[mikal]

Should be interesting to see if Bosh accepts the Rockets' offer.

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[iron yuppie]

Jesus this big three stuff is all getting too elaborate to be a smokescreen at this point.

I really wasn't high on Bosh when he initially went to Miami, but I've come to like him. Plays with intensity and seems to have a good attitude in general. I'd like to see him step out from under LeBron and Wade's collective shadow.

 

[gump]

Bosh is a perfect fit for the Rockets. Interesting to see if it happens.

I didn't think it would be possible for the East to be even weaker next season.

 

[PhilsFan]

Miami signs McRoberts and Granger, so Riley is ... doing something, I guess.

 

[mikal]

Miami signs McRoberts and Granger, so Riley is ... doing something, I guess.

The more I look at this, IF Miami's ability to sign free agents is the key decider for Lebron, I feel like they were set up to fail from the beginning.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Am I reading this right... Norris Cole is the *only* member of the Miami Heat under contract at the moment?

Sheesh. Talk about work to do...

 

[PhilsFan]

The more I look at this, IF Miami's ability to sign free agents is the key decider for Lebron, I feel like they were set up to fail from the beginning.

It's pretty much been about the rosters since Riley had that presser where he called LeBron out. That irked him.

If it's roster vs. roster, Cleveland's is more built for the future. But he also loves playing with Bosh and Wade, so that factors in.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

I don't know about your guys' connections to LeBron, but I'm pretty much in the dark about what irks him, what he likes, etc.