The Heat offered Caleb Martin a multi-year contract extension before he opted out of a contract that would have paid him $7.1 million this season. In retrospect, Martin’s decision seems regrettable, because he apparently hasn’t found similar money on the open market (@flasportsbuzz).
by BatmanSwift99
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If we can find a way to cut salary by moving 1 of our guards to a team with cap space, then maybe we can get him back and create room for some sort of DeRozan S&T.
The market on both Haywood and Caleb seems kinda lukewarm, we just need to get some breathing room so we can offer them competitive deals
Love him, but anytime he injures his ankle (which is pretty frequent) he literally forgets how to play basketball for about 2 months.
tough shit caleb
I bet he returns to Miami on a 1 year deal. Hoping to get a better deal next offseason.
Best we can do is 3.5
I just Bobby Marks comment on this and it seems Caleb thought shit was sweet out in the market. He wasn’t interested in helping the Heat out this year and potentially getting rewarded next year.
Loyalty huh? That why you gotta package these dudes when the iron is hot. What’s the point of developing these cats and not being able to get sum back fo the team
Honestly the first contract we offered was insane. It was 5 years for a guy with a chronic knee condition. Thank god he didn’t accept.
We can still give him close to that. Bringing him back at the price is far superior to moving heaven and earth to get Demar in here.
May be other teams see Caleb and HH as niche players that only excel in a very specific environment and as such afraid of long term commitment
U fucked Caleb but we forgive you, take the vet minimum and all is good.
If his contract ended after the 2023 playoffs he’d be getting a ton of offers.
He’s a solid role player, just too streaky and injury prone.
He’s pretty mid. Thank him for the 2023 ECF but that’s an outlier performance.
Just like Max and Gabe, everyone only seems to remember the good games and not all the bad ones. Also just like Max and Gabe, regardless of the more bad games than good ones, it’ll hurt to lose Caleb simply because we don’t really have a replacement. JJJ won’t be able to guard the way Caleb can, yet at least, and kind of can’t shoot yet.
I’ll take him back 100% with how this offseason is playing out we could use Haywood Caleb back badly to have some defensive bodies
Lmfao at everyone switching up on him in the comments