Bosh Traded to Miami (RUMOR)

[Ji]

Looks like for Beasley,Chamers and someone else.

[Zonkerbl]

Huh.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/4135 ... h-to-miami

[VictorPage44]

After the trade, what's Miami's salary cap situation? What would Bosh's cap number for the first year be w/ a Bird Rights max?

[nate33]

The will have only Bosh, Wade and James Jones' ghost salary on the roster. That leaves them something like $20M in cap room - enough room for a max salary plus enough minimum salary vets to fill up the roster.

[Hoopalotta]

Hmmmmm, Bleacher report with the breaking news? I see one tweet from the Raptors beat guy on the Hoopsworld feed, nothing else yet.

That well might suggest a dreamy-ish team if it's true. They get rid of Beazer, so they're in three max deal type territory.

And Bron ain't goin' to York if this goes down either.

[fishercob]

If Lebron joins Wade and Bosh in Miami, LOL at people who opposed the Hinrich because of it was "handing Chicago a dynasty."

[Hoopalotta]

There's a denial report on the Raps board. I am again mouseless, so no quotes, but here's a link to the Miami paper's story on developments...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl- ... 1207.story

[Rafael122]

If I were Toronto, I'd ask for picks for the next 3-5 years. Miami has no one on their roster. Michael Beasley and Mario Chalmers? WOW. They spent 7 years grooming the guy, developing him only for him to get traded for a backup guard and an underachieving forward.

[nate33]

I wonder if Lebron is thinking short term or long term. I don't think a team of Lebron, Wade, Bosh and vet minimum free agents can win a title in their first year. They need to add some good defensive role players and that's going to take a year or two of MLE and LLE acquisitions. They'll certainly be favorites in a year or two, but not right off the bat.

Lebron could still choose Chicago, with Chicago also adding somebody like Boozer or trading for Rip Hamilton. That team could win right away.

Either way, I'm liking how this situation is setting up to screw over New York.

[sfam]

I kinda like how this is going. Miami will become the center of the universe for the next 3 years or so, and all these other teams that freed up cap space will be overpaying for second-tier FAs. And I wouldn't at all be surprised to see an overpayment for Gil at the trade deadline, assuming one of the losing suitors like a NY or NJ still has cap space to burn. We might be getting a first out of the deal, assuming we still want to dump Gil.

Given that the Wizards won't be close to competing for a title for 3 years or so, the timing's right. This, I think, is lots better than if all these FAs were scattered to the four winds.

[sfam]

I wonder if Lebron is thinking short term or long term. I don't think a team of Lebron, Wade, Bosh and vet minimum free agents can win a title in their first year. They need to add some good defensive role players and that's going to take a year or two of MLE and LLE acquisitions. They'll certainly be favorites in a year or two, but not right off the bat.

Lebron could still choose Chicago, with Chicago also adding somebody like Boozer or trading for Rip Hamilton. That team could win right away.

Either way, I'm liking how this situation is setting up to screw over New York.

After they win a title, do you really see this group staying together much longer than that? I give it 3 years at the outside.

But I wouldn't at all be surprised if they found a way to contend this year, similar to how Boston did.

[miller31time]

The NBA will be so boring with LeBron, Wade and Bosh on the same team. Where's the parity? Where's the excitement?

[Ji]

If Lebron wins a title with Miami...who cares? IF he wins one with Cleveland...that would be a big deal. Be a man and win your own title Lebron

[nate33]

I think they'll contend, but I think a well-rounded, complete team with some major size up front could beat them. Orlando for instance, might have some matchup advantages. I think the Lakers would beat them.

[sfam]

The NBA will be so boring with LeBron, Wade and Bosh on the same team. Where's the parity? Where's the excitement?

But just imagine the insane mocking and humiliation when those three lose together by a more complete team, playing team basketball. I'll use my George Mason analogy here when they played UConn, who had three players go in the first round to the NBA, lost to GMU, who had nobody of note, but played great team ball. Just because those three are on the same team does not necessarily mean their advantages multiply.

[LyricalRico]

The NBA will be so boring with LeBron, Wade and Bosh on the same team. Where's the parity? Where's the excitement?

There would be lots of short term excitement as other teams try to stockpile assets to compete with them. And longterm, the new CBA will be the wild card. It could be that teams that stock up on start will be completely capped out and hamstrung by the new CBA so the teams that sold off assets might have less competition for top free agents going forward.

[TheKingOfVa360]

I think they'll contend, but I think a well-rounded, complete team with some major size up front could beat them. Orlando for instance, might have some matchup advantages. I think the Lakers would beat them.

I agree, the Lakers would still beat that team. And probably the Magic too. The Heat would be a paper thin team lacking defense and outside shooting.

[Spence]

Either way, I'm liking how this situation is setting up to screw over New York.

Amen. Fans that humiliate their own team by chanting "MVP" for a visiting player deserve to have their hearts broken into tiny pieces for the next ten thousand years.

[Dat2U]

I think they'll contend, but I think a well-rounded, complete team with some major size up front could beat them. Orlando for instance, might have some matchup advantages. I think the Lakers would beat them.

I agree, the Lakers would still beat that team. And probably the Magic too. The Heat would be a paper thin team lacking defense and outside shooting.

I disagree. The only thing Miami would need for certain is a low post defender. If they can find a couple of cheap 3pt shooters, then great but they wouldn't need much at all.

I think some are overrating "team play". The league has always been about stars. Miami could win IMO with 3 stars of that caliber and little else. Also role players are a dime-a-dozen and Miami would have no shortage of marginal role players & over-the-hill vets clamoring to play with "the big three" for a chance at a ring.

The only thing that could get in the way of Miami winning a title is the player's egos.

[Ji]

I think they'll contend, but I think a well-rounded, complete team with some major size up front could beat them. Orlando for instance, might have some matchup advantages. I think the Lakers would beat them.

I agree, the Lakers would still beat that team. And probably the Magic too. The Heat would be a paper thin team lacking defense and outside shooting.

I disagree. The only thing Miami would need for certain is a low post defender. If they can find a couple of cheap 3pt shooters, then great but they wouldn't need much at all.

I think some are overrating "team play". The league has always been about stars. Miami could win IMO with 3 stars of that caliber and little else. Also role players are a dime-a-dozen and Miami would have no shortage of marginal role players & over-the-hill vets clamoring to play with "the big three" for a chance at a ring.

The only thing that could get in the way of Miami winning a title is the player's egos.

totally agree...its about stars. This team would win 65-70 games and probably ease their way to a championship. Kobe/Gasol/Bynum vs Lebron/Wade/Bosh....lol...4-0 sweep baby