Report: Chris Bosh to join Dwyane Wade in Miami
It's disarming seeing Bosh without hair.
According to an ESPN report, Chris Bosh will join Dwyane Wade on the Miami Heat next season.
Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are teaming up together on the Miami Heat, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Whether LeBron James, the kingpin of this summer’s celebrated free agent class, will join them remains to be seen. James will announce his decision Thursday night at 9 ET during a one-hour special on ESPN.
Wade and Bosh are expected to announce their decision on Wednesday, according to the source.
It was not immediately clear whether Bosh will sign with Miami outright or join the Heat through a sign-and-trade deal. Bosh could earn $125 million over six years via sign-and-trade, but only $96 million over five without it.
“Either way, he’s definitely going to Miami,” the source said.
Wait, you mean Bosh isn’t staying in Toronto?
On a more serious note: this makes Miami scary, because now they’ll have Wade, Bosh and a whole bunch of cap room. If Lebron joins them, yikes. If not, they’ll be able to sign another star with the remaining money (or at least a Carlos Boozer type) and then every veteran in the world will want to play in Miami to win a ring.
From a Celtics standpoint, this beats Wade and Bosh teaming up in Chicago. Let’s just hope Lebron doesn’t decide to join them, and that all three lose Ray Allen’s number.
Update: Bosh and Wade think there’s a good chance Lebron joins them in South Beach. Uh-oh. Let’s just hope they’re wrong.
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Scary, scary thought.
The storyline would be great though if my some miracle the Celtics still managed to beat them. It’ll be fun to watch them lose though.
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I am really hoping Lebron called his own one-hour special in order to announce his intent to stay in Cleveland.
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I still wonder about that team defensively. They don’t have the ability to stop any size, there’s no dominating shot blocker.
Bosh is long and athletic, but not bulky, he can’t body guys in the post. Defensively there are still problems…
Of course, that might not matter when you have 3 guys who can score 30 on any night, and could easily average about 118 ppg on the season.
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Defensively, the only problems would be in the middle. Wade and Lebron are both lockdown on the perimeter. If they could sign a defensive-minded big man, that team would be absurd.
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Ya, I could see Shaq signing a vet min deal to clog up the paint and grab a ring.
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Yup, especially w/ Lebron and Wade. I’m pretty sure he still has good relationships with both guys.
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No, I think adding LeBron would make them pretty much the Champs save for injury. LeBron can match against all the East’s big men except for Dwight, but I don’t see the Magic being able to beat a team that plays that kind of perimeter D.
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You mean you don’t think Vince Carter will outlast Lebron and Dwyane Wade???
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Riley has already thought of that and is trying to get Haywood to be their inside force.
Shaq would probably go too if they all meet up there and J O’Neal might stay to win a ring. That’d be 3 bigs who could play D and cover the paint.
They could trade Beasely for another player or 2, and TMAC would almost certainly go to MIA at vet’s min (if he was serious about taking it) to be a 6th man off the bench.
Backups like Anthony Carter, Shaun Livingston, Mike Miller, Ryan Gomes, Brewer, theyd be lined up to take vet’s min or a couple mil for a year or 2 or 3 or 5 to get a title every year.
There would be ton’s of other marginal guys to fill the roster with, and if they get Ray and TMAC and Haywood, and a couple other guy…dude it’s over.
It won’t matter if they don’t have the best chemistry because even if they only turn it on for half the game and send in the bench, the score would still be 145-83.
If Lebron goes there too…no one will be able to beat them, aside from injuries maybe.
I know it sounds crazy but, unless someone got hurt, I can’t see them losing a game!
Imagine:
PG – Wade
SG – Ray Allen
SF – Lebron
PF – Bosh
C – Haywood
6th – TMAC
PG – Livingston/Jason Williams
SG – Anthony Carter/Foye
SF – Mike Miller/TMAC
PF – whoever they want
C – Shaq/Ben Wallace/Whoever they want
Pretty much the whole league would line up for vet’s min without state tax, and living in South Beach.
My guess is 5 titles in 5 years or 6 if they can sign and trade or if they work extensions.
I wouldn’t be suprised if they win pretty much every game every year.
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You lost me at Haywood and Ray Allen. If Lebron goes there, the Heat will only have the veteran’s minimum to sign free agents with. I’d be shocked if those guys signed for the veteran’s minimum. I agree, though, that players would be lining up to join the team and they would be ridiculous.
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At this point I just don’t want the Lakers to win any more ships. If this Miami team can dominate the Lakers while the Celtics rebuild over the next 4-5 years I will be a very very happy man.
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