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and then Schröder proves why we need to resign Mack. How do you save the ball right there.

His rep was far from fantastic in Brooklyn. http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/01/nets-wont-bring-back-free-agent-andray-blatche-next-season/

I definitely want Mack back next season. We need consistency at the backup PG spot and Mack provides that, Schröder looks like he has put on a decent bit of muscle mass since last year's summer league. He swished two elbow extended jumpers but he badly airballed the only 3 that I saw him attempt.

It sounds like you are confusing patterson with payne.

We wil be a very solid team if we can make half of those happen and we stay healthy

DO WHAT?

I love it when people go out of their way to lie in an effort to make Ferry look bad. Joe and Smith will make 37 million next year. That equals Deng, millsap, Korver and Teague.

Edy hasn't looked as good as Bebe to me.

Korver fits best with the starting unit. It would be a big mistake to have him come off the bench.

and you outright lying about something as serious as child porn is completely out of line.

Please explain more. What exactly is the NTMLE and what does this suggest.

You clearly have no no clue about the situation and are talking out of your ass. You should look up the recent interview with Birdman where he talks about the whole situation.

Its a little too early to be speaking in absolutes dont you think

I think you are severely underestimating Bosh's importance to the Heat. If they replace Bosh, it will most likely be with Melo.

We won 38 while being devastated by injuries last season. 45 is the floor of our win total if we stay healthy this season. I predict 48-50. Side note:brooklyn will most likely be losing blatche as well.

Kidd was not at HOF level when Dirk carried them to the title. Who is the 2nd HOF'r on the 09 and 10 Lakers teams?

I dont think cleveland should be guaranteed to be a top 2 seed if they land lebron unless they trade Wiggins for love. Wiggins is still very raw and its going to take him a couple of years before he can be the second or third bestplayer on a championship team. Kyrie is mostly flash and less substance. He also has a history of missing games each year due to injuries. Kyrie is his best when he has the ball in his hand and he will be relegated to playing off ball with James in cleveland. I think the hawks will be able to play with any team in the East and wouldn't be surprised to see us in the ECF if we land Deng and lebron goes to cleveland with irving, wiggins.

I disagree with the free agent part. I think we will start getting looks from big time free agents once we show what our potential is. This is where Horford's injury really hurt us last year. We could have easily made it to the ECF last year if we matched up with Indy in the 2nd round if we weren't crushed by injuries. Players will take notice real quick like once we start making major noise in the playoffs and we should this season if we can stay healthy.

I think our next move is a big one and it's going to come by July 10th if it happens.

Contracts aren't even able to be signed until July 10th. This could easily just be a verbal agreement and they will wait to make this official after we make a bigger move. What kind of exceptions do we have available? Can we use our full cap and then use an exception on Thabo to go over the cap?

It is unrealistic to think that Bosh, Lebron and Melo all take that big of a paycut. Especially Bosh, I would say there is close to a 0% chance of him taking 11 million. I actually believe that chance is 0%.

Call it an excuse all you want but it's a legit reason. Here are our 13 losses with Horford. You tell me which ones stick out like a sore thumb. @ Dal by 9, @ LAL by 2, @ Den by 2, during the 8 game in 12 day stretch @ MIA by 16 (no Milsap),vs Bos by 7, vs Orl by 16, @ Hou by 29, @ Wash by 7 @ SAS by 2, vs OKC by 9, @ NYK by 5, @ MIA by 2

I would be ok with it as long as Deng's deal is short. I would rather improve this year while saving our cap for next year's loaded class than give a max player to a guy like Monroe and have our cap screwed for 4 years. I think we could be as good as any one in the East next season if Deng stayed healthy and his shot improved similar to how Carroll's did.

We could have easily been 19-10. We were robbed by the refs in that Heat OT loss. We had an insane 8 game in 12 day schedule at the end of November where our guys were just dead by the end of it. We probably beat Orlando and Boston at the end of that run if we aren't playing on dead legs. Just look at hot low our point production was at the end of that stretch to see proof. We played 4 games in 5 nights. had 2 days off. played another 4 games in 5 nights. I'm willing to be no other team had to endure that last season.

Can we at least get one link to these rumors?