If you haven't heard - Wade and Bosh are to sign together in Miami.
Here are some updates on the current situation and what is going on around the rumor mill, facts and lies, and whats best:
1) The ESPN Rumor Mill is wild now for ratings:
ESPN now has a reason to report every rumor and flip flop on where LeBron will sign - they want the most viewers for today and tomorrow possible (even if all proceeds from tomorrow nights special go to charity). I don't trust a word they're saying.
2) Where is Miami getting this money from to potentially have LeBron join them?:
If its a sign & trade for Bosh, then, maybe they can work something out? ESPN at one point this morning was saying both Wade and Bosh were getting max deals, it looks like Bosh went out on his own (meaning no S&T from Toronto) and LeBron might be joining them. Everyone has to know that they don't have the room for 3 max - lets remember their situation:
Miami
Amount under the cap: $24.6 Million w/Wade re-signed; $26.9M if they also waive James Jones*.
Players: Dwayne Wade (player option of $17.1), Beasley ($4.9), James Jones ($4.6), Chalmers ($847K).
* If Jones waived, then $1.856M still counts on Heat's cap.
So this notion that all three will sign there is just far fetched. Wade and Bosh signed leaves them with $10M and change for LeBron- won't happen.
3) LeBron: "Shape the League," "Make the league better"
LeBron said that when they meet one of the main points he made was how they [the FA's] could potentially shape the league and make the league better.
What would be better than LeBron and Amar'e in NY VERSUS Wade and Bosh in Miami for the next 5-10 years.
4) The #3 Team in the East:
If he goes back to Cleveland, and I am not saying he won't, he would now have the third best team in the East behind Boston and now Miami (who still has about $10M to spend on role players once Wade and Bosh are signed) and this is just the East- I'm not even talking about LA or any other teams out West.
If I am LeBron, I have to look at NY and say- I have a bona-fide All-Star sidekick and room to grow my team for years to come in NY. If he signs with Chicago or Cleveland, what he has is the current team they have for the next few years. The Knicks? No Curry next year means back under the cap- means potential of Melo or Tony Parker coming, means potential of any number of FA's.
The best decision for LeBron? It has to be NYC.
