AP have been updating their story based on his comments on ESPN
In regards to whether BC built around Bosh, and the thought that his unwillingness to do so is puching Bosh away, whether or not Cb wanted BC to get a guy to be the focus donw the stretch for Chris, and whether there should be any expectation of Chris to make his teamamtes better: I give you Chris Bosh:
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Am I waiting on LeBron? Pretty much," Bosh said. "I think everyone has to. I have to as well."
And while he offered no hints about his own future, Bosh believes what James does could affect everything else that goes on this summer.
"He's a great player and I would be crazy to think that all the teams that are considering him, they would talk to somebody else first," Bosh said. "I think everybody is going to be going at him first.
"They'll probably call him at 12:01," Bosh added. "Hopefully they'll call me at 12:02."
Bosh, James and Miami's Dwyane Wade are the headliners of the class that's expected to opt out of their current deals and become free agents on July 1.
"This is something we've kind of been talking about for four years now," Bosh said. "And the day is finally here. It's kind of scary but it's exciting."
The No. 4 pick in the 2003 draft, Bosh averaged 24.0 points and 10.8 rebounds for the Raptors last season. Toronto hopes to keep Bosh, but is also preparing for the possibility of him joining another club.
Bosh insisted he could return to Toronto.
"Toronto is a great place. ... They have a lot of good things going," Bosh said. "And they're definitely a team that I'm going to be looking at very hard because they can do things that other teams can't."
The Raptors can offer a six-year deal worth approximately $127 million. No other team could offer Bosh more than a five-year pact that would likely be worth around $97 million.
Bosh stressed he would also be happy alongside another elite player.
"I would like to contribute big to somebody," Bosh said. "Toronto made me their focal point and they've built around me for the last few years and just to have that feeling there, it was good because going down into the stretch of the games I knew the ball was going to be in my handsand I knew that I was the guy who had to make my teammates better."
I think BC was smart, given his comments about playing with LeBron, or those caliber players, what could BC have done? When Chris was here he wanted to be the man, he wanted the ball down the stretch. People killed BC for not bringing that guy in for Chris, who would do what Chris wanted to do. So, now that he's got a chance to play with LeBron, Wade or Kobe, Chris is happy to be a big contributor.
Maybe if it didn't take leBron, to get CB to be open to not always being the guy, we could have done more with JO, Turk. Kind of damned if you do damned if you don't. BC should be applauded for not selling the farm, for CB and then watch him walk to join LeBron anyway. You think when BC negotiated CB's deal, he wasn't suspicious of what may happen in 2010 with those guys?
I think BC gave putting a team around Bosh and honest shot, and maybe it's time to go our separate ways. At least we came out of this marriage with assets. The only big bummer is those assets would look a whole lot better if the Turk situation hadn't all gone to crap.
