NBA Offseason Thread.

[Socnorb11]

The most likely scenario is and has always been LeBron and Wade staying put and Bosh going to whichever of those player's franchise can put together a sign and trade.

From a Bulls perspective, Paxson did his job by putting his team in position to be players in the sweepstakes, but the Bird Rule always stacked the deck against us.

I've made peace with Boozer and Carmelo rumors. NBA hell as a 4 seed is still more fun than NBA hell as a 6-8 seed.

I can still see Wade & Bosh in Chicago.

[stlouie_lipp]

I think James staying put and Bosh going to say...Houston in a sign and trade may help the Bulls with Wade. He then will have to decide between Miami with only two players under contract, or the Bulls with two young rising stars. My fear would be that this would bring the Knicks back in play.

[Michael]

Raptors OK with Bosh to Cavs

Everything is set for Chris Bosh to join LeBron James in Cleveland. Everything, that is, except Bosh's approval.

The Toronto Raptors have told the Cleveland Cavaliers they will do a sign-and-trade with them for Bosh, according to several league sources.

The exact details of the potential trade have not been solidified, but Toronto likely would get Anderson Varejao and/or J.J. Hickson, Delonte West and perhaps Anthony Parker. A draft pick could be involved as well.

Both James and Bosh are aware that such a trade is possible, and James has tried to recruit Bosh to the Cavaliers several times in the past few weeks, according to sources.

But right now, Bosh remains cold to the idea of playing in Cleveland.

[Faceman]

So, LBJ needs a one hour special to announce? Drama queen much?

Making Brett Favre blush.

[Socnorb11]

Apparently Lebron will announce his decision at 9:00 p.m. (ET) on Thursday night, in an hour-long ESPN special.

Nah....... he's not an egomaniac.

[stlouie_lipp]

bump the 'why espn sucks' thread?

This makes me want to puke. It's like the 'reputable' sports are becoming more, and more, like the WWF.

I wonder why I am getting more indifferent towards sports.....

[vinsanity]

Apparently Lebron will announce his decision at 9:00 p.m. (ET) on Thursday night, in an hour-long ESPN special.

Nah....... he's not an egomaniac.

Ok well that's different.

[phins]

Amare is the Knicks flagship signing for this offseason.

Amare's apparently claiming he can entice Parker and Mello to come to NY too.

They won't suck as much now eh?

'Melo would be insane to not sign an extension with the Nuggets.

1) They're closer to having a winning team than the Knicks
2) They can pay him a boatload more money than the Knicks


I'll be stunned if Carmelo doesn't sign an extension with the Nuggets before long.

Just to put it out there, teams can't really pay them a boatload more money than other teams, they can offer him another guaranteed year than any other team. So, a player confident he can get that year on an extension in a few years, they don't honestly lose any money.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

Apparently Lebron will announce his decision at 9:00 p.m. (ET) on Thursday night, in an hour-long ESPN special.

Nah....... he's not an egomaniac.

I'm guessing ESPN is paying him a [expletive] ton of money to do it.

[Maclowery]

I think it's pretty [expletive] retarded. What a primadonna. Can you imagine the backlash if Albert did this?

Just announce it at a sports conference like every other single damn major signing / trade / announcement in sports, you prick.

I have pretty much decided that the Bulls are gonna have to take Boozer and settle for an improved, but not dominant, team. So I'm bummed. But there's a tiny chance that Wade and Bosh sign with them, and LeBron's big idiotic special event extravaganza just to say he's signing a max offer from Cleveland will look pretty stupid.

I will agree with one of my coworkers though - he said that this special blah blah blah hoopla BS makes it slightly more likely that James has something bigger than "hey I'm comin back to try with basically the same team." planned - ie, NYC or Chicago. At this point I'm just hoping that the rumor about Bosh wanting only Chicago/Miami/NY(either team) is true, and that the Cavs don't get him.