Stephen A. Smith: LeBron to join Bosh in Miami

[KingoftheCastle]

I think people forget that Cleveland already has a made roster that won 60+ games last two season.

That roster minus Lebron is garbage.

[NADALbULLS]

Cleveland have no all-stars. Mo was a 'fill-in' once but no all-star. Shaq is going downhill (and probably not staying in Cleveland anyway). Compare that to LeBron playing with 2 or 3 all-stars.

[davhern]

ESPN sure knows how to make the money.

Each day one of their reports comes out yelling "Bosh will be going here."; "Lebron going there."

And we eat up every second of it. ESPN is turning into the National Inquirer.

ESPN has nothing to do with Screamin' A.

[lu9]

SAS has nothing to lose by reporting a sketchy or false rumor. Everyone is picking Chicago as his destination. If for some reason LeBron does go to Miami, he will look like a genius and everyone will praise him as the most legit reporter out there. If he's wrong, people will forget in all the hooplah and it won't damage his career in the least. The people that do remember will likely think that SAS was just reporting more rumors just like everyone else in the media is.

There was honestly nothing to lose and everything to gain by making this 'report'. I'm not saying it's for sure false or true. I happen to not put any stock into this at all. How can they even afford Bosh, Wade and LBJ? Can they possibly do that? Personally I don't know what to believe. Deep down I still think he goes back to Cleveland, but I'm as pessimistic as they come.

But don't beat yourself up over the next 3 days believing every rumor out there no matter how sure the reporter seems or how legit the source is. It really seems like SAS realized that despite everyone saying CHI and MIA were the favorites, everyone was leaning Chicago and no one was definitively going with Miami as the favorites and decided there was an opportunity to capitalize by being "the Miami guy". Smart man.

Except that last week he tried to be "the New York guy".

[bullsaficianado]

I don't buy into most of these reports, everyday it seems all these storys go one way and next day the other. If that was the case Miami would be a title contender but I don't think that lineup would be a dynasty, they'd have to get deeper. Boston, Orlando, Lakers could still beat them in a 7 game series. Chicago though would have LeBron/Rose/Bosh/Noah, and I think there would be more chemistry with that lineup like the championship Bulls had. Besides would LeBron really want to play in Wades shadow and win his first NBA title playing behind Dwayne Wade. In Chicago, NY or Cleveland he'd be playing for his first NBA title, in Miami he would be helping Wade win his 2nd NBA title. I guess perhaps if these reports are true LeBron realizes he can't lead a team himself to an NBA title like Michael Jordan who made his teammates better. I think he can I just hope he realizes Chicago is a better fit from a basketball standpoint, there is only 1 ball to go around and if that Miami team loses with that lineup they would be the laughing stock of the NBA for years to come.

[DJhitek]

ESPN sure knows how to make the money.

Each day one of their reports comes out yelling "Bosh will be going here."; "Lebron going there."

And we eat up every second of it. ESPN is turning into the National Inquirer.

SAS doesn't work for ESPN anymore, his radio show is broadcasted thru Fox Sports

[SlimD235]

I believe Lebron reported a while back during the whole "Summit" talk, that conspiring to form a Mega Team would be bad for the NBA. He seemed strongly opposed to it, which leads me to believe Wade and Lebron will NEVER team up.

From the Larry King transcript:

KING: What if you go there and I go here and we go here? Is that possible?

JAMES: I don't know to that extent, but it will be fun. It will be fun to get all the free agents together and, you know, figure out a way how we can make the league better.

KING: (INAUDIBLE)...

JAMES: Figure out a way how we can make ourselves...

KING: (INAUDIBLE) do that.

JAMES: No, if -- if we could, you know, we would -- you know, if it was like baseball, we would all go to the same team.

KING: You can't do that?

JAMES: No, we can't do that.

KING: (INAUDIBLE)

JAMES: Unfortunately.

KING: (INAUDIBLE) cap?

JAMES: Exactly.

KING: But you can get together and discuss for the better of the league...

JAMES: No, we can...

KING: -- if I went here and you played there, right, you...

JAMES: Oh, I mean, and in certain situations where you may be able to pair with a -- with a goop (ph) one or two guys and -- and better that franchise and guys better these franchises. But I think this is the most -- this is the most sought out summer in -- in basketball history, because of all the free agents.

[cpk215]

Steve A Smith is full of crap. A couple of weeks ago he said James was going to New York!

[NADALbULLS]

I don't buy into most of these reports, everyday it seems all these storys go one way and next day the other. If that was the case Miami would be a title contender but I don't think that lineup would be a dynasty, they'd have to get deeper. Boston, Orlando, Lakers could still beat them in a 7 game series. Chicago though would have LeBron/Rose/Bosh/Noah, and I think there would be more chemistry with that lineup like the championship Bulls had. Besides would LeBron really want to play in Wades shadow and win his first NBA title playing behind Dwayne Wade. In Chicago, NY or Cleveland he'd be playing for his first NBA title, in Miami he would be helping Wade win his 2nd NBA title. I guess perhaps if these reports are true LeBron realizes he can't lead a team himself to an NBA title like Michael Jordan who made his teammates better. I think he can I just hope he realizes Chicago is a better fit from a basketball standpoint, there is only 1 ball to go around and if that Miami team loses with that lineup they would be the laughing stock of the NBA for years to come.

Well, LeBron should at least realise that nobody can lead a team to a Championship without an all-star, and that was Cleveland's problem they had guys that were either past it or too inexperienced to step-up in the playoffs. All LeBron needs is ONE all-star teammate, a guy who can step-up in the playoffs, like Pippen did for Jordan.

[6_Rings]

listen to me! everythang i say is impohtant!

[davhern]

The people saying a LBJ/Bosh/Wade team wouldn't be great because of depth are insane.

Depth does not matter that much in basketball. Not when you have those 3 players on the court.

That doesn't mean I think this will happen, but to act like this team wouldn't destroy the league is either hating or misguided.

Just remember that the Bulls won 72 games with Luc Longley starting... and a bench that was made up of Steve Kerr, Jud Buechler, Bill Wennington... etc.

Steve Kerr played the 4th most minutes on that team.

That bench won't matter much since they'll be protecting 20 point leads when they're in.

[northbrookrich]

It's weird how the same posters who don't buy any reports about him coming to the Bulls are just ready to buy into this story from Stephen feraking A Smith... the same guy who said the Knicks were frontrunners not much more than a week ago.

Take this all with a grain of salt. Logic says the Bulls are his best option (realistically speaking). A lot of the reports of him going to Chicago have also come from within his circle... Just go into this knowing that the Bulls have a great shot and leave it at that.

I think people forget that Cleveland already has a made roster that won 60+ games last two season. They keep Lebron with a better option at coach and one trade (bad contract or FA) they still be a contender.

Yeah, but that Cleveland roster sucks. The won 60 games the last two years because of Lebron James. Nobody is knocking on Cavs door for the likes of Williams, Gibson, Hickson, Moon, etc, etc. Hell, Washington practically gave Jamison to Cleveland. That roster minus Lebron prolly looks like the Knicks teams of the past few seasons, ie 25-35 wins.

This is what is so interesting. Some people talk about how bad the Cavs roster was ex-LeBron and yet they think that LeBron/Wade/Bosh with a bunch of filler couldn't win a title. You have to think that Wade and Bosh alone is enough for a 41 win team. Adding Lebron makes them, what a 70 win team?

I'm not speaking about you specifically Wolverine, but we have to be consistent here in our arguments.

I personally think that the Cavs supporting cast is better than you claim (though aging). They are built very well for LeBron and could vie for a title with just one more piece. If they could arrange a sign and trade for Bosh or Amare, that could be all that is necessary to put them over the top. In my opinion, Cleveland would have been a finals team last year if not for LeBron's injury and LeBron's head not being in the game. LeBron seemed distracted either because of his injury, his free agency, his mom's alleged relationship with Delonte west, or some combination of the three (if the rumors are true that the whole team and management knew about the relationship with Delonte and kept it from LeBron - that would raise some serious trust issues).

Bottom line, if LeBron is really that good that he is single-handedly bringing a 25 win team to 66 and 61 wins that last two years, his team would be ridiculous with Wade and Bosh and 12 minimum salary guys.

[NADALbULLS]

The people saying a LBJ/Bosh/Wade team wouldn't be great because of depth are insane.

Depth does not matter that much in basketball. Not when you have those 3 players on the court.

That doesn't mean I think this will happen, but to act like this team wouldn't destroy the league is either hating or misguided.

Just remember that the Bulls won 72 games with Luc Longley starting... and a bench that was made up of Steve Kerr, Jud Buechler, Bill Wennington... etc.

Steve Kerr played the 4th most minutes on that team.

That bench won't matter much since they'll be protecting 20 point leads when they're in.

Exactly, same with the Lakers over the years, especially when Shaq was killing everyone in those 1st couple of rings.

[BR0D1E86]

joel
bosh
lebron
wade
chalmers

bench: ring chasing vets

Why dont you go to the Miami board and discuss that with the other 3 Heat fans...We dont care about your potential lineup...

Miamiballer's ok, at least as far as I can tell.

As for this rumor, who knows? I agree with the people that find it amusing that every pro-Chicago rumor is treated as if it's suspect around here while every anti-Chicago rumor is fact.

[davhern]

I believe Lebron reported a while back during the whole "Summit" talk, that conspiring to form a Mega Team would be bad for the NBA. He seemed strongly opposed to it, which leads me to believe Wade and Lebron will NEVER team up.

I wouldn't say he sounded strongly opposed to it so much as he sounded like he thought it couldn't happen due to the cap.

[KingoftheCastle]

The reason Cleveland didn't make finals had nothign to do with the Lebron. I'd say it was pretty much Antwan Jamison playing like a hot pile of chit, along with the rest of that roster.

[Jordan45822]

The reason Cleveland didn't make finals had nothign to do with the Lebron. I'd say it was pretty much Antwan Jamison playing like a hot pile of chit, along with the rest of that roster.

Game 5 choke job by the loser disagrees with you.

[miamiballer]

honeslty though i just got excited

i talked to my friend who laughed this off....hes saying sas is just making bold statements

well see man, everyone is writing this off

[KingoftheCastle]

The reason Cleveland didn't make finals had nothign to do with the Lebron. I'd say it was pretty much Antwan Jamison playing like a hot pile of chit, along with the rest of that roster.

Game 5 choke job by the loser disagrees with you.

So never mind the 5 other games in the series that he didn't choke? Basic logic disagrees with you.

[Flight 23]

And I just got done making my new Lebron sig. What a load of crap.

Off to make a silhouette of David Lee I guess...