ATLTimekeeper wrote:Scott Carefoot wrote:BasherMan wrote:Does anyone here really think that Wade or James are MORE likely to switch teams than Bosh?
I certainly don't.
I have yet to see somebody provide a credible theory why Bosh would be the most likely of the three to switch teams. The prevailing assumption among many speculators seems to be that Bosh doesn't want to play in Canada, and there is absolutely nothing to back that claim up.
Bosh wants to play with one of them? Seems like the best, most plausible theory to me. We can say that he likes it here all we want, but the media glaze alone from that pairing would vault him into the Hall of Fame.
They're all going to want max money - and no one is taking a pay cut. The only superstar to take a paycut was Garnett re-signing because he wanted to use that money to bring in another superstar- how did that work out? If it worked, yeah maybe Bosh and Lebron take a paycut...but that failed miserably.
So assuming they don't take a paycut, you have 40 million+ out of 50-53 million in 2 players that have to be signed BEFORE any other additions (excluding current existing contracts which would probably be at least another 5 million). Sure they'd be a great pair, but you'd still need to find a couple cheap diamond in the rough type players to fill out your roster and those players aren't exactly a dime a dozen. Even if I grant you Bosh and Lebron(or Wade) is equal to MJ and Pippen which it isn't, where you gonna find money to get Rodman and Kerr and a host of other role players once you gut your team a-la Miami or NY? Teams like Atlanta would run you over by just iso-ing whoever has a minimum player on them...and defensively, it's not as if Lebron and Bosh are UNSTOPPABLE, you can let em score 40 a game each and they'll still lose because they have Chris Quinn and Roko Ukic as their PG rotation...Now if you have THREE stars joining each other, maybe we can talk dynasty like say JJ, Lebron and Bosh.
All this talk about two superstars joining each other is (Please Use More Appropriate Word) (I hate this word's usage but it's true here). The only POSSIBLE way that this situation occurs is if you can get them to both commit and also get some pre-retirement/overthehill former stars to also commit at the same time (and even this isn't a guarantee, look at Sheed and Boston, RJ and Spurs etc..)