<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> The Heat, in excess of the league's $67.9 million luxury tax, traded $12.6 million in 2006-07 salary in the deal and took back $13.5 million owed to Davis and Blount this season. Davis has one season left on his contract for $6.8 million. Blount has three seasons and $21.9 million left on his contract.</p> The Heat could have as much as $21 million in expiring contracts next summer, making it a potential bidder for a 2008 free agents crop that could include Gilbert Arenas, Ron Artest, Corey Maggette, Elton Brand, Baron Davis and Jermaine O'Neal.</p> Riley has made major deals in two of the past three offseasons, but wasn't having much success this time -- until Wednesday. Several Heat trade proposals were rejected this summer, and it was outbid in free agency for Milwaukee guards Mo Williams and Charlie Bell.</p> ''We've been able to win almost every year in that department,'' Riley recently said of the Heat's offseason moves. ``Some years, you just can't do it. But we'll keep going after it if there's a way to improve this team.''</div></p> Source: Miami Herald</p> Brilliant move by Riley dumping Walker and clearing room for a talent rich 2008 free agent market. The Heat can add a star 3rd talent to pair with Shaq and Wade now and have something to look forward to after Shaq retires.</p>
*the dream thinks of how dangerous a backcourt of Arenas and Wade could be*</p> </p> </p> how many more years does Shaq have on his contract???....as soon as he's gone that's even more money freed up....</p>
They do have expiring contracts they could trade away for players under contract, but short of trading away a couple of the guys I mentioned, they won't have any appreciable cap space.</p>
