Jamison trade idea

At least thats my understanding, which would mean the Heat would be on the hook of how ever much against their cap. That amount in conjunction Cook’s deal will limit them somewhat in Free agency.

Miami has $12 million in committed salaries next summer. They’re already an obscene amount under the cap. Some of that money is going to Wade, but that leaves them enough on another max free agent and other pieces. Cook and whatever Jones’ buyout is (I’m pretty sure it’s fully unguaranteed) barely makes a dent. Besides, if it does, they can move Cook to Memphis for nothing, like they might do with Dorrell Wright.

Also remember that Chalmers will need to be resigned, so he will cost additional money against the cap for the Heat.

Miami has a team option on Chalmers for next year at his rookie 2nd-round minimum salary. Besides, Chalmers stinks. They could easily cut him loose.

Remember teams all the time give up good pieces to clear cap room and make moves, we are about to package Caron and Haywood together just so we can get rid of Stevenson. A move that won’t make us any better this year or next, just gives us plenty of money to overspend

This trade is about getting out of the luxury tax this year and lowering the sale value of the team. The situations aren’t even remotely comparable.

And why is Amare a more desirable target for the Heat then Antwan? Amare isn’t a true center and Antwan has all the same strengths and isn’t as much of a financial commitment.

Amare is way better than Jamison. Neither plays defense. Both shoot jumpers well, and Amare is obscenely better finishing inside. Amare also has a shorter contract, whether he opts in or not (which he’s not doing – it was just a way to scare off teams that would trade for his contract, not him the player). Seriously, there’s no comparison.

If Amare doesn’t opt out, he will severely hinder the Heat’s ability to sign free agents.

Besides LeBron and Bosh, there’s nobody that’s better than Amare on the open market. And that’s assuming he opts in, which, again, is simply a tactic to scare off undesirable teams. Read this for more on that.

And even if they do get their "dream scenario" of resigning him, they will be committing for more years and money then they could have Jamison, which could be dangerous for them given the possibility of a new CBA.

At least Amare will be productive.

Another benefit of Antwan over Amare is the benefit to Miami this year. Any deal with Amare would include Beasley, Chalmers the 1st round pick and hopefully Jones and Cook (though the Suns might not be willing to take on all that money for next year), in addition the Heat would have to add 1 or 2 of Wright, Richardson and Haslem to the deal to make it financially feasible (and likely for the Suns to clear some money off the books). Losing two of those players would really limit the Heat’s ability to compete the rest of this season.

I went through this already, but another thing to note – the difference between Amare and Jamison is about $5 million, which is the value of Jones’ contract. Making the money work isn’t too much more difficult with Amare than Jamison.

No I don’t think with those guys and Jamison the Heat will be instant contenders this season. But I think they could make a nice little run.

There’s no point for them then, not when they would sacrifice the best 2010 cap situation out there.

Sure maybe 3 years from now Beasley is more valuable, but we’ve seen time and time again teams give up a good young talented player for a veteran (Harris for Kidd, Jefferson+ for Garnett, Marc Gasol+ picks for Pau Gasol). Sure not all trades are created equal, but unlike those other deals a Jamison trade allows the Heat to be active in FA to get a true star player.

Antawn Jamison is not Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett or Pau Gasol. He’s nowhere close.