Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Bosh & Wade To The HEAT...who's next?


Earlier today, Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade agree to sign with the Miami Heat. This is great if you're a heat fan because you got your guy plus one and maybe two if Lebron decides to come on down to South Beach. 




But if you're a Chicago fan you must worried because you guys thought you were frontrunners and may end up with nothing but a lot of cap space. But Miami is in an advantageous position to get Lebron and they're still good if they don't get him. I personally think they will be better off without Lebron, I know it sounds crazy, but they would be in a better situation to put better role players around the core of Bosh and Wade because they'll be left with a projected amount of about 11 M in cap space. With Lebron in the mix, and this is assuming they all want max contracts[16.6 M per yr over 6yrs], they will have about 12 K in projected cap space. And they would have 4 players under contract[the 3 and Mario Chalmers] and you need 12 to complete your roster. And how many people do they expect to sign at mid level exception, not 8 I guarantee you. And if they do get the roster filled, I mean lets be serious can they really beat the Lakers in a 7 game series? I mean the Big 3 will have to rest so who's gonna come off the bench to keep the lead when the big 3 are tired? How are they gonna deal with the Lakers' length with two 7 footers in the paint and one coming off the bench? How are they all gonna get enough touches when they all come from teams when the ball is usually in their hands? They not known for their off-ball movement. Who's gonna get the ball in the clutch, Wade or Lebron? I personally prefer Wade because aside from that miracle bomb against Orlando LBJ hasn't really hit any big shots unlike D.Wade. But I agree with Mikhail Prokhorov that Lebron brand will be diminished if he goes to Miami with Wade and Bosh because he had to join two top 10 players on another team to get it done and Wade is actually top 3 to me. Mainly because he's the biggest star in the league and he's leaving his solar system to orbit around Wade in Miami. I know the counter arguments are that everyone had superstars around them when hey one and also Boston, but usually the bigger lures the superstars he doesn't chase them and in Boston they were all in the back half of their careers  and they knew it was no other way they were gonna get a crack at a championship unless they teamed up. Not saying he has to stay in Cleveland, because we all know he's not winning a ring there, but go to Chicago or New York more of a challenge and it would probably increase his brand. But Keep it Taylor'd and Go Lakers 3peat baby. And when asked about this new "Big 3" Kobe answered with " I can't really hear ya I got 5 rings in my ear right now".

UPDATE: Carlos Boozer agrees to 5 yr deal with the Chicago Bulls, better than nothing I guess. Kevin Durant signs an extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder for 5yr/ 85 M. And Ray Allen signs back with the Boston Celtics for 2yr/10 M

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