Bosh will not be back in Toronto. He'll shop a sign and trade.

Ferry isn't an idiot.

 

C'mon Denny, this is stupid. Life can't be that easy for us Bulls fans.

 

Well considering out of LA and Bosh, Bosh is the only one with balls I don't think that is a concern.

 

Basing your off-season scenario on a rumour that's clearly not going to happen, since it makes zero sense for Cleveland, isn't exactly sound.

Just like Cleveland would be better off letting James walk or dealing him to another team (with cap space) for nothing but draft picks, rather than chaining themselves to the Deng contract, Atlanta would be doubly better off letting Johnson walk (or trading him to a team with cap space for a TPE/draft picks) rather than taking on Hinrich. As disappointing as Hinrich was the couple of seasons before this one, he got even worse this year.

I understand the desire to deal only your "garbage" (relatively speaking; I think Deng is decent, but compared to LeBron James...) for quality, but it never works that way.

 

Because he wants it all. He wants as much money as he can get, he wants a good team, and he wants to be the #1 guy. He wants it all. I have read many interviews with Bosh where he says he doesn't want to be the #2 guy on where he goes to. If he sticks to that, it pretty much shoots holes in most of the rumors out there as to who he is going to play with for what reason.

 

Ya mago is right, It's 30 mil more. Personally, I've come to terms since we missed the playoffs that Bosh is gone. He spent 7 years here and nothing really happened, so it's time to move on. The Warriors idea would be best for me.

 

Bynum is better than LMA? Hmmm

 

The only part of that relevant to your "off-season plan" was this:

Which is a fine job of doing the salary math but misses one slightly important point: Cleveland has zero motivation to do this. They'd be better off trading him to another team he's okay with, that has cap space, for just draft picks. Deng is a decent player, Hinrich has devolved into crap...the money paid to them makes them net negatives to a Cleveland team that would have to completely rebuild once they lost James.

 

He has complete control over where he goes if he wants it, but he doesn't hold all the cards. If he wants the maximum he can earn, he has to work with Cleveland to some extent. If he walks and signs somewhere on his own, he costs himself millions. I already allowed for the fact that Cleveland would have to trade him somewhere he's willing to go...but as of now, there are various places that he'd probably be amenable to.

No one immediately. The point is, the worst situation for a rebuilding team is to be loaded up with contracts for players who make you mediocre. You're not bad enough to get high draft picks, you're not good enough to contend and you have no financial flexibility. Adding two very overpaid players isn't a good thing for a team that's going to entering a rebuilding phase. I already said Deng is "no slouch"...he's just very overpaid as it appears the potential he showed in 2006-07 is not going to flourish into stardom. An 18 PER player at age 21 is exciting. A 16 PER player at 25 is slightly better than Rudy Fernandez.

 

Of the teams that have been thrown around offering trades for Bosh, I really like Houston's chances. They have Jordan Hill that is still on a rookie contract, Luis Scola available via S&T, picks from NY, and the ending contracts of JJ and Battier. He is from Texas, would have a nice supporting cast, and could share the spotlight with Ming.

 

Another thing is that he would make more in Texas because there is no state tax. He could really push for a trade somewhere like that.

 

For the same reason LMA doesn't, that one makes no sense, in my opinion. Bargs is more of a PF. So they trade their PF, to be able to move Bargs to PF for...2 PFs in Scola and Hill? I don't get it. I think the rumor of us and Houston looking at 3 or 4 is because they told us they want Cousins to play C alongside Bargs.

 

I was just speaking in terms of tradable assets. It would be easier for the Rockets to find a third team to give Toronto what they want and the reasons I think Bosh would like Houston.

Think the #3 or 4 is too high of a price to pay for a S&T Bosh though. There are other options available in Boozer and Amare along with true franchise players Lebron and Wade.