Dion Waiters

[Col. Bleep]

Miami:

Dion Waiters cashing in, finalizing four-year deal with Miami (report)

 

[CusefanATL]

4 yr. / $52M

PAID

Thats with all incentives. Not sure the guaranteed amount

 

[Finwad32]

Thats with all incentives. Not sure the guaranteed amount

He's just barely going to edge me out over the next half decade

 

[CusefanATL]

Not researching to find exact Lebron numbers but its def in the ball park. Which is amazing.

 

[CusefanATL]

He's just barely going to edge me out over the next half decade

If I had your money, I would burn mine.

 

[longislandcuse]

...... on these haters, ball hard D Waiters

Congrats to the most confident person on the planet - Pretty cool to see how happy Miami fans are to have him back. Dion is definitely a fan favorite in South Beach.

 

[kjb120]

Really happy for Dion, he put in the work last offseason and it paid off. Also glad he's staying in Miami, like others have said this is probably best for his career.

 

[4evaOrange]

Looks like a lot of hate on the sportc enter post about his deal...?

 

[tee1222]

... on these haters, ball hard D Waiters

Congrats to the most confident person on the planet - Pretty cool to see how happy Miami fans are to have him back. Dion is definitely a fan favorite in South Beach.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I really feel bad for the owners who have to pay all these dollars to the players. Poor poor owners. First they are forced to buy professional franchises, and then, to make matters worse, have to actually pay their players market value...all the while their team's values only reach the billion plus dollar mark.

 

[AZOrange]

Great news 3! Now for the love of God find a money man you can trust and put this away forever

 

[QUSE]

Slightly underpaid in today's environment

 

[jgeorge322]

Looks like a lot of hate on the sportc enter post about his deal...?

Second biggest cesspool after syracuse.com

 

[longislandcuse]

Slightly underpaid in today's environment

He said all along he would give Miami a hometown discount. Seems he was true to his word so they can try to resign James Johnson and go after a Rudy Gay type.

 

[Newhouser]

Too lazy to look but who was Miami bidding against? The Knicks was smoke right?

 

[JrodCuse]

As a heat fan after losing out on Hayward im totally cool bringing back Dwait and James johnson and going after a 30ish yr old former "star" like a Rudy gay. Dions only 25 and his best basketball is ahead of him. The heat hold their players highly accountable as they make them take progress pics and body fat tests weekly. There's a reason these players come to miami and end up in the best shape of their lives. Now we get to find out if the heat are really a 60ish win team as the 2nd half of last year showed. It might be feasible with how week the East is after the cavs, celts and raptors.

 

[Ward]

With many of the eastern conference stars moving out west how realistic are Dion's chances of making the all star team in the next few years?

 

[Fireball Jr.]

As a heat fan after losing out on Hayward im totally cool bringing back Dwait and James johnson and going after a 30ish yr old former "star" like a Rudy gay. Dions only 25 and his best basketball is ahead of him. The heat hold their players highly accountable as they make them take progress pics and body fat tests weekly. There's a reason these players come to miami and end up in the best shape of their lives. Now we get to find out if the heat are really a 60ish win team as the 2nd half of last year showed. It might be feasible with how week the East is after the cavs, celts and raptors.

60ish win team? You must be smokin' better sheet than me.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

With many of the eastern conference stars moving out west how realistic are Dion's chances of making the all star team in the next few years?

slim

 

[SteveC]

Dion has been unbelievably clutch with Miami. hitting shots against Cleveland and Golden State and Brooklyn and Charlotte. He was on fire basically the entire second half of the season and it's been incredibly fun to watch him come into his own.

 

[tee1222]

So who's up for some nostalgia? Fab, CJ, Triche, MCW - so many greats in this one.

 

[tee1222]

My goodness the interview piece and the start of this clip's dunks.

 

[jncuse]

slim

There are 6 really good guards on what seem to be the top 4 teams right now. But if a few of them were injured, there is not much depth after that. Of course Dion would really need to step it up.

 

[JrodCuse]

60ish win team? You must be smokin' better sheet than me.

Really? They were 30-11 once the team gelled. From January to March they had the best record in the NBA (28-5). This was without Justice Winslow. East is now weakened. Are they going to win 60 games? Probably not, but they were trending that way during the 2nd half of the season.

 

[CusefanATL]

Dion is now at 4,990. He will become only the 9th Syracuse player to ever score 5,000 career NBA points.

1. Melo 25,551
2. Bing 18,327
3. DC 12,884
4. Rony 9,991
5. Danny Schayes 8,780
6. Sherm 8,425
7. Billy Owens 7,026
8. Orr 5,545

If we can get Hakim back in the league for 10-15 games he could do it with some PT 4,947
-wes 4,218
- mcw 3,361
Jerami should be able to do it - 2,998