Arnold is a fucking joke. The guy doesn't know shit about the NBA. There have been multiple times where fans have corrected his articles.
I guess you can all dream. Why not deam about James too. Your odds are about the same. I repeat, Bosh is a free agent. He can go to teams like Miami and New York without worrying about a trade, or depleteing the rest of the team to get him. KP can throw in anything he wants to entice toronto and Toronto can ask for anything they want in return. It is all meaningless. Bosh is going to go where he wants to go except maybe the Lakers. Then your trade scenarios would be valid. Bosh to me is a bit of a prima donna. I can see him in NY, Chicago , Miami, or Dallas. Not Portland.
An extra year (which he will make up at the end ) and what 5% after taxes? vs going to a team that does not have to trade important parts to get him. We better hope that is not the case or we will see him in LA.
It's all about escalation. 5 yrs @ 8% increases vs. 6 years and 10.5%. That's a huge difference, roughly 33.2%.
A team with max space does not have to give up parts to get him, but is likely to be severely depleted already. If you had a choice to team up with e.g. Joe Johnson and not much else in NY, or with Roy, Oden, Miller and Batum, which one would you do?
Bosh isn't a huge upgrade over Aldridge in our offense. Aldridge can stand around and watch Brandon go 1 on 5 just as easily as Bosh can.
Sure, if he can team up with LBJ or Wade, that's his best bet, no question (assuming he wants to play second fiddle). This off-season can go so many different ways. What if LBJ stays in Cleveland and Wade bolts to Chicago though? I believe then Portland/Dallas/Houston would present a better option with a sign and trade than say signing in Miami or NY along with a lower-tier wing player like JJ.
Exactly. And the Blazers are one of the few teams that could make it well worth it to the Raptors to work a sign and trade if they're convinced that Bosh won't resign with them. I'm thinking that the Blazers may well have a move for Bosh in mind for this summer after watching Aldridge fail to develop any more interior game this year. Yesterday I pointed out that LA will be a base year compensation player next season, meaning that the Blazers only get to count 1/2 of his salary in any trade they make involving him. I said that Toronto would be below the cap, but I don't think that's correct since Bosh wouldn't have formally opted out yet. That means both sides would have to make a deal that would match within 25% plus $100K. A package of LA, Joel, and Rudy would work for both parties, assuming that Bosh would sign a contract that starts at somewhere around the $17 mil he'd be giving up in his option year. To me, that seems the weakest part of this scenario. Would the Blazers really want to sign a guy to a longterm deal that would start at $17 mil given the prospects of a new tighter CBA? Assuming they would, all parties involved would benefit from the proposed deal. The Raptors get a PF who has near Bosh's skills and who's cheaper, plus they get Rudy and either a decent center in Joel or an expiring contract if he's not able to recover. Bosh gets way more money than he can get on the open market. The Blazers get an All Staf PF to team with Roy and Oden as their championship window core. They give up Joel, who may or may not ever regain what he was before the injury, but they have the ability to replace him with Camby. They lose Rudy, but he's likely to leave at the end of his contract anyway. Who knows if this has any legs, but trade rumors are part of message board fun.
Not at all. The problem with Aldridge is that he isn't aggressive on offense, he either needs to be set up or he takes jumpers/fade-aways. He's a force if those shots are falling and invisible/worse than invisible on offense if they're not. Bosh is excellent at facing up and getting to the hoop himself. Even if your complaint is that McMillan is too ISO heavy, then what you're saying is that Bosh fits in much better. Aldridge is much more dependent on a motion offense. Bosh is great at scoring off ISOs. You can put the ball in his hands and let him create for himself.
