Of course they were gonna opt-out; it only makes them FAs. The hard part is agreeing to a contract. The only question mark was Wade. Now that he's opted out, he's gonna take less to stay in Miami.
I wish people would stop saying "guaranteed money". It's the NBA; all of the contracts are guaranteed. It seems like they have been wording the contracts differently since last CBA, but in the past they rarely ever counted the "PO/TO" year. Another thing is that ish like this really pisses off the PA and the vets. You are eliminating all of the vets bargaining power, and making it harder for the non-5 superstars to really get put in good contractual situations. The PA are not happy about this, guaranteed. Neither will the other small market teams.
Now lets look at this realistically...Haslem signs for 3M, that leaves 52 for the other 3 which is 17 per. If they go for an average of 14M, you really think their help wants 10M? And what about the rest of the roster?