Red Mosquito

verb_to_trust wrote:My girlfriend's brother gets free wolves tickets through his job. We'll probably be visiting in November. I'm going to make us all go to a game.

veddar10 wrote: Anyway, preseason it just a few weeks away. How bout we pick our 5 players you're looking forward to seeing this year?

Durant
Curry
Thompson
Draymond
ZAZA!

Am I doing this right?

I feel bad for Bosh

Is Riley and Co. going senile?

veddar10 wrote:
Anyway, preseason it just a few weeks away. How bout we pick our 5 players you're looking forward to seeing this year?

Karl-Anthony Towns
Zach LaVine
Kris Dunn
Andrew Wiggins
Gorgui Dieng

PHATJ wrote:

veddar10 wrote:
Anyway, preseason it just a few weeks away. How bout we pick our 5 players you're looking forward to seeing this year?

Karl-Anthony Towns
Zach LaVine
Kris Dunn
Andrew Wiggins
Gorgui Dieng

Dunn coming off the bench to get a ton of reps against second units will be nice for his development.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

veddar10 wrote:
Anyway, preseason it just a few weeks away. How bout we pick our 5 players you're looking forward to seeing this year?

Karl-Anthony Towns
Zach LaVine
Kris Dunn
Andrew Wiggins
Gorgui Dieng

Dunn coming off the bench and get a ton of reps against second units will be nice for his development.

Agreed. I just hope everyone stays healthy because it should be a really fun season.

PHATJ wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

veddar10 wrote:
Anyway, preseason it just a few weeks away. How bout we pick our 5 players you're looking forward to seeing this year?

Karl-Anthony Towns
Zach LaVine
Kris Dunn
Andrew Wiggins
Gorgui Dieng

Dunn coming off the bench and get a ton of reps against second units will be nice for his development.

Agreed. I just hope everyone stays healthy because it should be a really fun season.

With Thibs as a coach I wouldn't count on it. I bet he will change his ways a bit though.

Sigh.

Poor Bosh.

4/5 wrote:Sigh.

Poor Bosh.

So, is he just stuck in limbo until his contract runs out or can he "retire" and then come back to another team?

Monkey_Driven wrote:

4/5 wrote:Sigh.

Poor Bosh.

So, is he just stuck in limbo until his contract runs out or can he "retire" and then come back to another team?

If he plays less than 10 games (not sure on that number) before February, the team can release him without being responsible for rest of contract. He could play somewhere else, but would still have to pass a physical. That's the issue, isn't it? Or is Miami being stricter on his physical so they don't have to keep him?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

4/5 wrote:Sigh.

Poor Bosh.

So, is he just stuck in limbo until his contract runs out or can he "retire" and then come back to another team?

If he plays less than 10 games (not sure on that number) before February, the team can release him without being responsible for rest of contract. He could play somewhere else, but would still have to pass a physical. That's the issue, isn't it? Or is Miami being stricter on his physical so they don't have to keep him?

I just found this article to explain the different scenarios:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/front-offi ... 41874.html

Man, there's going to be one hell of a Hall of Fame class in a few years.

Let Bosh live his life. What a bunch of garbage that he can't play. He's just as likely to have an issue walking down the street as on the court. How about we just humanely euthanize him?

verb_to_trust wrote:Let Bosh live his life. What a bunch of garbage that he can't play. He's just as likely to have an issue walking down the street as on the court. How about we just humanely euthanize him?

Can't euthanize him, he's the last of his species (velociraptor).

It's more dangerous for him to drive a car. Is Pat Riley going to revoke his DL? This is a mistake by the Heat. You can't treat your stars this way.

veddar10 wrote: Anyway, preseason it just a few weeks away. How bout we pick our 5 players you're looking forward to seeing this year?

Manu Ginobli
Tayshaun Prince
Dwyane Wade
Vince Carter
Ron Artest

verb_to_trust wrote:It's more dangerous for him to drive a car. Is Pat Riley going to revoke his DL? This is a mistake by the Heat. You can't treat your stars this way.

I see both sides of this. First, I 100% believe that if Bosh wants to play, he has the right to take those risks and play. At the same time I understand why a franchise would be so terrified of something awful happening on the court during a game that they wouldn't allow him to play.

I think it will be very interesting to see if other teams are willing to allow him to play or if maybe the Heat are using this as an excuse to get out from under his salary. (In Miami's defense, that theory doesn't necessarily pan out especially with next year's FA class not looking as strong as we thought it would have a few months ago, and the fact that Riley is always in WIN NOW mode and losing Bosh is a major blow for this season.)

No one wants him dying on the court in their uniform. He's done.

poor guy

Bosh, 32, is due $76 million over the next three seasons of his five-year, $118 million contract. And while he is expected to be paid all of that even if he doesn’t play again,