i mean as players get older they should just be more like Duncan or nowitzski and take less money. aging stars making more than the max does no good for your team. 7-10 million is a good range for those type of players

Yeah bosh might even be a hall of famer, even then you don't give him that contract. Lebron is the only player in the league who deserves a contract like that, that's a Kobe/MJ contract right there.

I think Miami just did that to sht on lebron's face for leaving

kyrie & lebron stay in cleveland for sure, i think kevin love is gone. even if he shot the hell out of the playoffs i don't think they were going to keep him, it was a 1 shot thing with this big 3, you come together 1 season you win the championship and it's over. With miami they actually planned to do it multiple times.

I don't think lebron is leaving cleveland again though, he's retiring there. it's love who's out, i agree on TT getting 10m next season. I think both JR and Iman stick around aswell

bosh is an all star and a great player but there is no way he is worth that amount

man the one thing i don't think i'll ever ever ever get over is Chris Bosh being guaranteed 118 million dollars over 5 seasons

i don't think there is enough money for the cavs to keep the big 3 together. i think it would be wiser to spend that on younger and more athletic players instead of klove

kyrie's only getting paid 7m this season, next season it's bumping up to 14m, lebron is getting 21m next season. That's already more than half the salary cap, idk what's gonna happen with klove but they're really tight on money if they want to retain jr and iman

i was thinking about somewhere between 10 million for Thompson but im not sure whats gonna happen with love in the future. they can't afford to pay 2 bigs over 8 figures

mark jackson and crew, he won't get max they were reaching, but he's gonna get a substantially better cheque next season

i forgot who was the espn cast today but van gundy and his co-worker talked about Thompson getting the max after this season. seems like a lot of money to me especially when there are 3 other players that also will be getting the max. don't know how that's gonna work, but their cap will be tight in the future.

I think tony brothers and company did an amazing job today. he may be one of the best officials in this league.

tristan thompson has had an amazing series so far, all those offensive boards are really keeping them in games.

TT COME BACK TO TORONTO WE NEEEEEEEEEEEEEED YOU

u can continue to read forums of people who hate lebron and as a result hate any team he goes on and believe them when they say the refs blew the game, for whatever reason the refs would risk their careers blowing a game for..

what it boils down to is this, if you omit the few calls that went in favour of lebron james, the superstar then you'll realize that this game was probably one of the best officiated games in a long time, it amazes me to this day how people go and say " basketball is so weak now, fouls are called so easy it's like you can blow on someone and get called for afoul" then when the refs allow playoff basketball, where u have to earn your points in the paint and your rebounds you go and cry saying the refs suck. it literally amazes me lol

good job to thibs by changing the lineup a bit. Gibson deserved more playing time and so did mirotic. both of them played well despite some bad defensive plays and not boxing out. I just wonder what would have happened if gasol played down the stretch instead of Gibson or mirotic.

I was worried a little about some of the calls from a fan's perspective but in the end the better team bounces back from those type of calls and usually wins the game.

yes, that's what im saying, and im actually pretty baffled that you think otherwise. im still reading new posts coming in of people saying that shot was justice, refs tried to give cavs the win, etc etc. im going to stop posting in this thread for the night, i can't take you. you're hilarious.

what were the refs unfair about? are you telling me that they were not consistent on both ends omitting a few LEBRON calls/no calls? are you telling me that they officiated that game in favour of cleveland the whole time? is that what ur saying? Justrec?

i might have to send you a link to a forum where fans of every single team BUT the cavs were "crying" about the refs being one sided. you just never make any sense is the problem here.

the same people who cry when calls don't go in their favour are the same ones who will turn around and say how soft the sport is compared to how it used to be and all that crap lol you're a hypocrite

Lebron got away with about 4 calls, but what can u do. I mean fairly reffed in the sense that they let them be physical on both ends, a lot better than i've seen i nthe past. It was physical for both teams you cannot deny that. I do agree that LEbron had a charge that wasn't called, a foul that he commited on butler that wasn't called, and a few calls in his favour that were not really fouls. But, refs are humans and they're gonna miss calls that's just a given i just liked that they let them play physical ball consistently crying over a few calls that didn't go in ur favour is just extra

Devante says

why would i make an excuse? it was a good game, went down to the wire, derrick rose hit an amazing shot.

the refs refered the game fair i believe, they allowed a good tought playoff game, you're acting like toronto's in the series and i care who wins or loses

are you freaking stupid? NO ONE believes that was a fairly reffed game. jesus, i might stop coming to this thread just to avoid you. that game was CLEARLY reffed in the favor of the cavs. damn, dude.

why would i make an excuse? it was a good game, went down to the wire, derrick rose hit an amazing shot.

the refs refered the game fair i believe, they allowed a good tought playoff game, you're acting like toronto's in the series and i care who wins or loses

i mean, i wanna see what devante has to say now. probably an excuse. excuses until the bulls win the series

great game by both teams. what a finish!