Miami Heat Free Agents

[Poe]

Players under contract for next season:

 

SG - Daequan Cook ($2.17M)

PF - Michael Beasley ($4.96M)

 

 

Free Agents:

 

PG - Carlos Arroyo

PG - Mario Chalmers ($0.85M Team Option)

PG - Kenny Hasbrouck (Restricted Free Agent)

 

SG - Dwyane Wade ($17.15M Player Option)

 

SF - Quentin Richardson

SF - Dorell Wright

SF - James Jones ($4.64M Team Option)

SF - Yakhouba Diawara

 

PF - Udonis Haslem

PF - Shavlik Randolph

 

C - Jermaine O'Neal

C - Joel Anthony (Restricted Free Agent)

C - Jamaal Magloire

 

 

 

Who stays and who leaves?

Edited April 24, 2010 by Poe

[Flash]

Stay:

UD

Joel

Dorell

Q

[Clutch]

JO off the bench if we get a legit center wont be bad, if he accepts vet min cuz his [expletive] dont deserve no MLE

ud stays

dorell

q-rich

HOPEFULLY joel anthony as a backup center too

[Flash]

For the record. I'm completely against re-signing Chalmers. He doesn't have the handle to play the point and is too inconsistent offensively to be a 2 guard.

[Poe]

Let's not forget about Wade, lol.

 

 

The Heat should accept Chalmers' team option, it's too cheap not to take unless Riley is planning on some sort of sign-and-trade or something, and needs Chalmers to have a larger contract to make it work.

 

 

I'd say the guys the Heat should not keep is James Jones and Jermaine O'Neal. Jones' team option is too expensive and O'Neal doesn't seem like the type to accept a bench role, plus he's probably too much money as well. Diawara and Hasbrouck can stay as fillers. Joel Anthony is almost certain to come back because his FA is restricted.

 

As for Haslem, Q, and Dorell, definitely should look to keep all three. The only problem is that Haslem and Dorell could look for more money elsewhere.

Edited April 24, 2010 by Poe