Bosh and Wade @ Agents Office With Bulls

[umfan83]

hell even BoozBrose would be cool.

Are you drunk?

[umfan83]

I think Wade (specifically) and Bosh are trying to play us.

First, Bosh posts that tweetpic with him and Wade saying,"someone's missing."

Secondly, remember last week Broussard reported that Bosh and Wade met w/ Bron trying to convince him into playing for the Heat but Bron was noncommittal? Broussard said Bron kept bringing up the Bulls situation in the meeting.

Today Wade is interviewed while leaving the Bulls meeting saying that him and Bron aren't on the same page.

I think he's using us.

You and everyone else believe that.

I actually don't believe that myself, but I'm just a gullible midwesterner.

[Godzilla039]

I think Wade (specifically) and Bosh are trying to play us.

First, Bosh posts that tweetpic with him and Wade saying,"someone's missing."

Secondly, remember last week Broussard reported that Bosh and Wade met w/ Bron trying to convince him into playing for the Heat but Bron was noncommittal? Broussard said Bron kept bringing up the Bulls situation in the meeting.

Today Wade is interviewed while leaving the Bulls meeting saying that him and Bron aren't on the same page.

I think he's using us.

You and everyone else believe that.

I actually don't believe that myself, but I'm just a gullible midwesterner.

I honestly don't know what to believe. I'll probably change my mind6 or 7 times between tonight and tomorrow.

Today was one major clusterf**ck

[ChiSportsGuy]

I think Wade (specifically) and Bosh are trying to play us.

First, Bosh posts that tweetpic with him and Wade saying,"someone's missing."

Secondly, remember last week Broussard reported that Bosh and Wade met w/ Bron trying to convince him into playing for the Heat but Bron was noncommittal? Broussard said Bron kept bringing up the Bulls situation in the meeting.

Today Wade is interviewed while leaving the Bulls meeting saying that him and Bron aren't on the same page.

I think he's using us.

What exactly is he using us for? There is no leverage to be gained. Miami is offering him the max and has cleared cap room to pursue a 2nd star.

Could be trying to waste our time, but we are not going to wait for Wade forever. Maybe you could give us some insight to how he can be using us.

[stillalive]

So what happened to all this "they all played on the Olympics together so that must mean that they want to join the same team" talk. Wade did say that their on two different pages and doing different things. I think it's Wade who is against it.

[Bulls23Nation]

hell even BoozBrose would be cool.

Are you drunk?

no.

However, Last st. Patty's day i was hella **** faced and really horny and i saw this really reallllly cute girl standing across the room. Well we did anal and it ended up being my brother.... can you say OOPS?!

haha good thing this is annoymous! wait. it's not?

[Cuernos1]

hell even BoozBrose would be cool.

Are you drunk?

no.

However, Last st. Patty's day i was hella **** faced and really horny and i saw this really reallllly cute girl standing across the room. Well we did anal and it ended up being my brother.... can you say OOPS?!

haha good thing this is annoymous! wait. it's not?

TMI.

[Jordan45822]

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=391810&src=150

Maybe Bulls obtaining Wade isn't such a pipedream
By Mike McGraw | Daily Herald Staff

Keeping track of the wild world of NBA free agency has been difficult the past two days. But one thing is abundantly clear - whatever is going on, the Bulls are right in the middle of it.

Friday was expected to be a relatively quiet day for Bulls management, featuring meetings with Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer and David Lee. All that was merely a prelude to Saturday's main event in Cleveland, a sit-down with two-time MVP LeBron James.

But things took an unexpected twist when Miami's Dwyane Wade met with the Bulls for a second consecutive day.

"It continues to get very interesting," Wade told reporters on his way to a waiting car.

When the two sides met for two hours Thursday at the United Center, no one could be sure if it was even a serious pursuit. For months, Wade has promised his preference was to stay in Miami, so he had a vested interest in preventing the Bulls from trying to land James and Bosh.

Returning for a second visit changed the story, but it wasn't clear how. With the principles locked up in meetings or hopping a private jet to Cleveland, it was tough to know for sure.

Did the Bulls request a second meeting, hoping to sell Wade on the idea of playing with James in Chicago? The idea seemed almost too far-fetched to be real, having James, Wade and Derrick Rose in the same starting lineup.

Or maybe Wade pushed for the meeting after realizing the reality of his situation? Miami currently has just two players under contract, Michael Beasley and Mario Chalmers.

Wade could try to convince Bosh to play in Miami with a lineup that is mostly hypothetical. Or they could join the Bulls together and play with Rose, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah.

Either way, interest from Wade isn't a bad situation for the Bulls. If James sees a chance Wade will take the Bulls' roster slot that's being offered, the reigning MVP might want to step up first. James' chances of winning an NBA title in Cleveland won't improve if the Bulls sign Wade and Bosh.

Wade, who grew up in southwest suburban Robbins, addressed the potential pairing with James.

"We're both going to make our own decisions," he said. "Of course, we're real good friends. We're on two different pages right now. He's in Cleveland, I'm in Chicago. We're doing two different things.

"It's going to take the weekend for everyone to think about what they're going to do. This is not an easy decision to make. Everyone thinks it is."

There were reports that Bosh joined Wade for part of the Bulls meeting, which was held in the Chicago office of Henry Thomas, the agent for both players. Bosh also met with the Bulls solo, before Gar Forman, John Paxson, coach Tom Thibodeau and Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf flew to Cleveland late Friday night.

All along, the Bulls' goal was to get a commitment from someone willing to move to Chicago and join James, whether it's Wade, Bosh, Boozer or another player.

Heat president Pat Riley has been trying to convince James and Bosh to join forces with Wade in Miami, but Wade and James both signing with the Bulls didn't appear to be an option until Friday.

In addition to meeting with players, the Bulls were working the phones trying to explore every possible avenue. If Bosh wants to arrive in Chicago through a sign-and-trade that would net more money, the Bulls are willing to send Taj Gibson, James Johnson and future draft picks to Toronto.

Yahoo.com suggested the Bulls were trying to find a landing place for Deng in the event they did succeed in signing both James and Wade. One rumor was to Portland for center Joel Przybilla and guard Jerryd Bayless. Another was Deng to Utah for center Mehmet Okur.

When it comes to the front-line NBA free agents, no one is likely to move until James makes a decision. He met with Miami and the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday. The Bulls succeeded in scheduling the last of James' six meetings. Their presentation is set to begin around 1:30 p.m. Central time, after James sits down with the Cavaliers.

Both Wade and Bosh also met with New York on Friday. It wasn't clear whether the Bulls found time to get together with Lee, although they did talk to Boozer at some point.

In other news, power forward Hakim Warrick, who finished last season with the Bulls, agreed to a four-year deal with Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire appears likely to join the Knicks.

[Future Coach]

Why does everyone think Wade is using us? If we weren't talking to Wade they would just be kicking rocks in the downtime leading up to the LeBron meeting. They are at least doing something high profile. I mean, the last time I saw ESPN in cameras in NY covering basketball they were showing the Nets billboard across the street from MSG. If folks aren't talking about LeBron, they are talking about what the Bulls are doing in the time leading up to their meeting with LeBron. Granted Wade is getting publicity from this, but so are the Bulls. Other free agents are seeing this battle go down and are just waiting to see how the dust clears really. This is the best the Bulls front office has been in years.

[ThirtyThree]

I don't know I can trust Jalen Rose no in fact I don't as I say since when Jalen become an "insider" and have "sources."?

Rose is very close to World Wide Wes and mentions this every time he's on Mike and Mike. I trust that whatever info he presents is being fed to him by WWW. Whether or not you trust Wes is another story.

[Godzilla039]

Why does everyone think Wade is using us? If we weren't talking to Wade they would just be kicking rocks in the downtime leading up to the LeBron meeting. They are at least doing something high profile. I mean, the last time I saw ESPN in cameras in NY covering basketball they were showing the Nets billboard across the street from MSG. If folks aren't talking about LeBron, they are talking about what the Bulls are doing in the time leading up to their meeting with LeBron. Granted Wade is getting publicity from this, but so are the Bulls. Other free agents are seeing this battle go down and are just waiting to see how the dust clears really. This is the best the Bulls front office has been in years.

It's been a long day, man. In 5 minutes I'll probably have 5 more scenarios. :shrugs:

*Steps away from the computer*

[ipoopinmypants]

Why does everyone think Wade is using us? If we weren't talking to Wade they would just be kicking rocks in the downtime leading up to the LeBron meeting. They are at least doing something high profile. I mean, the last time I saw ESPN in cameras in NY covering basketball they were showing the Nets billboard across the street from MSG. If folks aren't talking about LeBron, they are talking about what the Bulls are doing in the time leading up to their meeting with LeBron. Granted Wade is getting publicity from this, but so are the Bulls. Other free agents are seeing this battle go down and are just waiting to see how the dust clears really. This is the best the Bulls front office has been in years.

Wow someone sees the light. I can't imagine what else people would expect GarPax to do while waiting for Lebron....geeezz

[stillalive]

Either way, interest from Wade isn't a bad situation for the Bulls. If James sees a chance Wade will take the Bulls' roster slot that's being offered, the reigning MVP might want to step up first. James' chances of winning an NBA title in Cleveland won't improve if the Bulls sign Wade and Bosh.

I'm hoping for this to happen. Force LeBron's hand.

[tcduke]

Chicago fans: "everything is going our way...it must be a trap! we're doomed!"
Knicks fans: "nothing is going our way and no one likes us...that must mean that we've got this FA thing in the bag!"
Seriously the mentality of these two fanbases couldn't be any more opposite.

[DRose4MVP]

hell even BoozBrose would be cool.

Are you drunk?

no.

However, Last st. Patty's day i was hella **** faced and really horny and i saw this really reallllly cute girl standing across the room. Well we did anal and it ended up being my brother.... can you say OOPS?!

haha good thing this is annoymous! wait. it's not?

Wow...

[sandman2000]

Ok, question for all bulls fans. i'm a huge suns fan but am really intrigued in seeing a superteam somewhere, miami or chicago (especially since my suns are not going to contend for a while).

If you get wade and lebron (and could still get bosh as bill simmons pointed out in his latest tweet, bosh for deng/gibson/johnson, but ignore that for now) is derrick rose the right point for them?

There are a ton of questions about how wade and lebron can work together, to me you need a point who is primarily a creator/distributor. Then it could work brilliantly. Rose just seems to complicate things more as his game thrives when he is in attack mode. Will he be happy with 13-14 shots a game and setting lebron/wade up?

Since the bulls are building a 2k team, lets get even crazier. would you be willing to do a three team deal:

no send paul/okefor (they want someone to eat his contract) to chicago
dallas sends dampier's non-guarnteed contract to no
chi sends rose/johnson to no and deng to dallas

no would do that deal in a heartbeat, save a ton of money get rose back, and dallas would to.

If you do it before signing anybody, i have you at 30 million, lebron wade would have to take 13 million each. So it might be dead there, there might be other permutations to get it done where wade/lebron get more but i'm just thinking of this right now.

Bottom line, would bulls fans do it, essentially rose for paul, in order to have a better fit with lebron and wade?

paul
wade
lebron
noah
okefor

And i guess as an added plus the lakers won't dominate the glass like they do with every other team in the league.

[Zeroday]

Why does everyone think Wade is using us? If we weren't talking to Wade they would just be kicking rocks in the downtime leading up to the LeBron meeting. They are at least doing something high profile. I mean, the last time I saw ESPN in cameras in NY covering basketball they were showing the Nets billboard across the street from MSG. If folks aren't talking about LeBron, they are talking about what the Bulls are doing in the time leading up to their meeting with LeBron. Granted Wade is getting publicity from this, but so are the Bulls. Other free agents are seeing this battle go down and are just waiting to see how the dust clears really. This is the best the Bulls front office has been in years.

Because the guy has done everything in his power to act like he has 0 interest in the bulls the past month.

I wouldnt put it past him to usee the bulls as a bluff to lebron to get him to sign in miami. Tell bron that if he doesnt come w/ him to miami hes gonna go to chicago w/ bosh and finish 1st in the central for the foreseeable future.

[HoopsPro]

I think he's using us.

Without being a fly on the wall of Lebron's house, there is no way anyone really knows all the facts between Lebron and Wade. My best guess is this...

Lebron wants to play with Wade and Bosh, but isn't thrilled about playing in Miami. From all reports, Lebron likes the midwest, is a family man, and would prefer to stay in the midwest if he leaves Cleveland. Whereas Bosh and Wade like to hit the clubs, and Wade doesn't want to leave south beach. But both Wade and Lebron realize Chicago has the best core of any of the teams involved, yet the biggest determining factor is money. (What else ?) The role of the agents in all of this doesn't get much discussion, but there's no doubt the agents are trying to get the max money for their clients, and are advising their clients with that as the first priority. Whether or not Wade is using the Bulls to get leverage for the Heat, I don't know. What I do know is that at some point someone will blink first, either Wade or Lebron. Once that happens, the dominos will fall real fast.

[Godzilla039]

Chicago fans: "everything is going our way...it must be a trap! we're doomed!"
Knicks fans: "nothing is going our way and no one likes us...that must mean that we've got this FA thing in the bag!"
Seriously the mentality of these two fanbases couldn't be any more opposite.

Lol
<----------* Cubs fan*

[Zeroday]

Ok, question for all bulls fans. i'm a huge suns fan but am really intrigued in seeing a superteam somewhere, miami or chicago (especially since my suns are not going to contend for a while).

If you get wade and lebron (and could still get bosh as bill simmons pointed out in his latest tweet, bosh for deng/gibson/johnson, but ignore that for now) is derrick rose the right point for them?

There are a ton of questions about how wade and lebron can work together, to me you need a point who is primarily a creator/distributor. Then it could work brilliantly. Rose just seems to complicate things more as his game thrives when he is in attack mode. Will he be happy with 13-14 shots a game and setting lebron/wade up?

Since the bulls are building a 2k team, lets get even crazier. would you be willing to do a three team deal:

no send paul/okefor (they want someone to eat his contract) to chicago
dallas sends dampier's non-guarnteed contract to no
chi sends rose/johnson to no and deng to dallas

no would do that deal in a heartbeat, save a ton of money get rose back, and dallas would to.

If you do it before signing anybody, i have you at 30 million, lebron wade would have to take 13 million each. So it might be dead there, there might be other permutations to get it done where wade/lebron get more but i'm just thinking of this right now.

Bottom line, would bulls fans do it, essentially rose for paul, in order to have a better fit with lebron and wade?

paul
wade
lebron
noah
okefor

And i guess as an added plus the lakers won't dominate the glass like they do with every other team in the league.

rose is happy to dish the ball out. He was trying to distribute the ball a lot more at the start of the season than near the end because he was the bulls only option. I think rose just cares about winning. He only scored 2 points in his HS championship game and was happy.