LeBron James: I'm coming back to Cleveland (OFFICIAL)

[donkey33]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

Cavs can't go over the cap to sign him. They would not have his bird rights after one year. Unless Miami sign and trade him to the Cavs. I think bird rights stay intact during a sign and trade. I think. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm not that up to date with the current CBA compared to the previous one but doesn't a 2 year deal mean they have no choice but to use cap space now as birds are 3 years and up? Unless the cap increases significantly, the Cavs will need to make sure the cap is there.

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[Vni]

Pretty insane highlights. You can tell he's lost some explosiveness.

5'26 : Insane

[ScoobySnax]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingkilla56

If Im Wade, should I be uspet that I opted out? Will he get a contract worth near what he had at 42/2yrs?

I think Riles will take care of him.

[MattUM]

We have bird rights so Wade will get a nice contract.

[Melbournelad]

Quote: Originally Posted by donkey33

I'm not that up to date with the current CBA compared to the previous one but doesn't a 2 year deal mean they have no choice but to use cap space now as birds are 3 years and up? Unless the cap increases significantly, the Cavs will need to make sure the cap is there. Sent from my Galaxy Note 2

Exactly. And next summer is when Kyrie's extension will kick in, so even if they did have Lebron's bird rights they still wouldn't have a great amount of cap space. Also you can't even use bird rights to go over the cap and resign a player if you sign new players in free agency first. They would have to renounce his rights to sign new free agents under the cap.

[lilteapot]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vni

Pretty insane highlights. You can tell he's lost some explosiveness. 5'26 : Insane

It's crazy to say that he used to be even MORE explosive than he is now, but jeeze he was something else back then.

[The 24th Letter]

Quote: Originally Posted by lilteapot

It's crazy to say that he used to be even MORE explosive than he is now, but jeeze he was something else back then.

I was going to say the same thing...crazy

[turty11]

im not really sure he lost it. i just dont think he had anywhere near the same kill/domination mentaility in miami like cleveland. he had other options in wade/bosh where as in cleveland, he was dominating games or they got the loss