Lebron to Miami

[WellsstreetWanderer]

Strong rumours about  Lebron and Chris Bosh going to Miami. If this happens the East could be locked up next year

[cheebs09]

Does this include Dwade resigning with the Heat?

[NersEllenson]

Locked up next year??  How about the next 5-8 years?!!  I'd be surprised if this happened though...think it is LBJ and Bosh to Chicago...

[GOMU1104]

I will be beyond shocked if Lebron and Bosh end up anywhere other than Chicago.

[HoopsMalone]

I think Rose, Deng, Noah, and Gibson are a stronger supporting cast than Wade and Beasley if I was James and Bosh.  The rest of those teams will have to be filled with minimum players, and both teams will hope to strike Wes Matthews gold.  Who knows how many Matthews are out there, so the Bulls provide the better supporting cast, especially with the ceiling unkown on Rose and Noah right now. 

There was just as much certainty that they were signing with Chicago a few days ago based off of word from World Wide Wes.  Who knows what will happen.  This could all be posturing to try to see if the Bulls or Heat will do something to improve themselves or get sign and trades done so James and Bosh can both get the extra $30 million.

In my biased opinion towards the Bulls, Bosh would be much better off playing next to Noah.  Bosh is not a big presence on defense and Noah would hide that.  You have to slow down Howard and/or Gasol to win the championship, and that Miami team might struggle with that.  Miami would be basically at the cap after signing Bosh, James, Wade, and keeping Beasley so they would struggle to find a competitive center.  Shaq at the veterans minimum is not gonna do it.  Bosh will be a nice pick-setter in a pick and roll with either Wade or Rose though. 

James, I think, will do fine playing with either Wade or Rose.  They would be great on the break and on defense together, and would just find ways to compliment each other in the half court like Pippen and Jordan did with similar skill sets.  It's gonna be a fun few weeks.

[The Lens]

I will be beyond shocked if Lebron and Bosh end up anywhere other than Chicago.

In the last 25 years, the biggest pick ups for the Bulls have been Ben Wallace & Dennis Rodman.  I'm just not that "Bullish" on Chicago making this happen.  It's not in their DNA.

[WellsstreetWanderer]

Lebron would be the spot up shooter and Dwade the slasher and both could work together. I'm thinking Bosh would keep his ego in check and be third fiddle. Chicago is not in their future the way I see it.

[JPapi2525]

Too much star power for this to work. As of right now, this is wades team whether lebron is on it or not... How will lebron take not having ''his'' team? Who will take the last shot? This idea looks pretty now, but i'm curious to see how it would work in the long run. I agree, lebron in chi would be a much better fit.

[Dawson Rental]

I will be beyond shocked if Lebron and Bosh end up anywhere other than Chicago.

Joe Johnson is supposedly very interested in Chicago, as well.  Chi-town can't take three...unless they can find someone willing to pick up Deng's contract.

[muballer10]

Why would you randomly start a thread all by itself based on a rumor with no backing whatsover? I mean, you don't even try to support it.

Now, if you would have said "LeBron and Bosh are both -300 on sportsbook.com for going to Chicago" then that is at least worth someones time. Not "I heard rumors..." For all we know the rumors were started by your mom.

[JPapi2525]

Stephen A. Smith reported it this morning on the Dan Patrick Radio Show, after confirming with two other reliable sources that both lebron and bosh are interested in going to miami. Then again one GM said its a done deal that lebron is going to chicago.... We'll wait and see,

[WellsstreetWanderer]

This is more than just  a rumour. I heard Jalen Rose saying the same thing tonight and I had heard from some very realiable sources that this is a real possibility. Players want rings.
And why not start a discussion? I thought that was what this was for. boy are you cranky tonight

[Markusquette]

No one knows anything...it's all still speculation.  Taking what Stephen A. Smith says is only like 5% possibility of being true.

[HoopsMalone]

Stephen A. also had Lebron to NY last week.  Who knows.  I am sure they are all looking closely at Chicago and Miami.

[NersEllenson]

Miami has the benefit of South Beach and the ladies..tough for Chicago to sell against that.  Yet somehow I really don't see Wade, Bosh and James on the same team.  I think James and Bosh to Chicago paired with Rose, Noah, Deng..now that is a pretty formidable team.  I'm pretty sure it would still be LeBron's Bulls, whereas if he goes to Miami - he'd not be the clear cut MAN..DWade has too much love down there.

[warrioreagle]

Here's what Chris Brousard and Marc Stein of espn. com  have to say about the rumor:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5338472

[willie warrior]

The final factor will be cash!

Mami could pull it off with Riley pulling the trigger. Wade would have to give up a bit from his max deal to get LeBron. That would be interesting--Wade making more bucks than LeBron on the same team.

It could easily happen---but my guess is that LeBron's prima donna ego will get in the way!

[RawdogDX]

In my biased opinion towards the Bulls, Bosh would be much better off playing next to Noah.  Bosh is not a big presence on defense and Noah would hide that.  You have to slow down Howard and/or Gasol to win the championship, and that Miami team might struggle with that.  Miami would be basically at the cap after signing Bosh, James, Wade, and keeping Beasley so they would struggle to find a competitive center.  Shaq at the veterans minimum is not gonna do it.  Bosh will be a nice pick-setter in a pick and roll with either Wade or Rose though. 

Everything I've seen says that Miami HAS to drop beasley to make this work.
This team would not win a championship next year without hitting gold with 2nd round draft picks and unsigned free agents.

I'm starting to think, LBJ and Joe Johnson to chicago. Bosh to the Heat.

[GGGG]

Lebron would be the spot up shooter and Dwade the slasher and both could work together.

Lebron's weakest part of his game is spot up shooting.  Chicago makes more sense for James and Bosh because they have a point guard that can distribute.  Miami doesn't have that.

This was all put in place when the Bulls hired WWW's Thibideau.

Joe Johnson is supposedly very interested in Chicago, as well.  Chi-town can't take three...unless they can find someone willing to pick up Deng's contract.

Anyone who signs Johnson to a max contract will regret it pretty quickly.

[Brewtown Andy]

Anyone who signs Johnson to a max contract will regret it pretty quickly.

Anyone who signs anyone but Wade & LeBron to a max contract will regret it pretty quickly.

[GGGG]

Anyone who signs anyone but Wade & LeBron to a max contract will regret it pretty quickly.

Yeah....you are right.  If Bosh was *that* good, why can't he get the Raptors into the playoffs singlehandedly like James or Wade do?

I'd even be a little concerned about Wade too.

[WellsstreetWanderer]

Wade is injury prone and that is a concern. Here's another peice of the puzzle-how many teams win a champoinship in the NBA without a Hall of Fame coach? Whos is Chicago going to get? If LBJ and Bosh end up in Miami Riley might take the team

[reinko]

Wade is injury prone and that is a concern. Here's another peice of the puzzle-how many teams win a champoinship in the NBA without a Hall of Fame coach? Whos is Chicago going to get? If LBJ and Bosh end up in Miami Riley might take the team

Think Wade gets a bad rap that he is injury prone.  Wade has played in 471 out of a possible 574 regular season games in his career, that's a clip of 82%.

Comparables:

LeBron: 95%
Melo: 89%
Bosh: 88%
Joe Johnson: 85%
Amar'e: 76%

[MUBurrow]

Joe Johnson is supposedly very interested in Chicago, as well.  Chi-town can't take three...unless they can find someone willing to pick up Deng's contract.

Can Chicago still get two without finding a taker for Deng's contract?  I mean, and still field a team of enough guys (I don't know what the rest of their roster looks like/how many are under contract.)

This was all put in place when the Bulls hired WWW's Thibideau.

This would certainly make sense as to why the Nets were so hot and heavy after Thibideau before he signed on in Chicago.  It also makes you wonder how much the Nets getting Thibideau might have influenced the potential Chris Paul - LBJ union in NJ.

Think Wade gets a bad rap that he is injury prone.  Wade has played in 471 out of a possible 574 regular season games in his career, that's a clip of 82%.

That's pretty bad for a star combo guard, isn't it?  I think you forecast for around 85% when you sign someone that is 6' 10", but you need more than four out of every five from your floor general.

[GGGG]

Wade is injury prone and that is a concern. Here's another peice of the puzzle-how many teams win a champoinship in the NBA without a Hall of Fame coach? Whos is Chicago going to get? If LBJ and Bosh end up in Miami Riley might take the team

Phil Jackson wasn't a hall of fame coach when he signed on with the Bulls.  Pat Riley wasn't a hall of fame coach when he signed on with the Lakers.