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Originally Posted by dirk digler
He is still alot more valuable and a trillion times better player than Delladova who got $40 million. The market is what it is and the Heat should have paid him out of loyalty. This will hurt the team for a long time especially if Riley sticks around.
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Paying "out of loyalty" rather than making smart business decisions is no way to run a franchise.
If the Heat were loyal to Wade and gave him $25 million/year for the next two years and he ended up missing 30 games a year (a high probability given his age and injury history), the Heat would be stuck in the middle as an average/mediocre team with minimal financial flexibility.
Now they can take their lumps this season, and have significant financial flexibility next summer to sign a top-tier free agent.
Pat Riley/Micky Arison + financial flexibility generally have a good track record of getting results.