Chris Bosh to the Cavs? OK!
Chris Bosh in Cleveland? If we are to believe Chris Broussard at ESPN, the Raptors are open to a sign-and-trade with Cleveland for Bosh’s services.
If this is actually true – and ESPN’s J.A. Adande is saying right now on ESPN News that Bosh isn’t going to Cleveland because “no one (meaning the mainstream media) has been talking about Cleveland for the past year” so of course it’s not possible – it’s a good day to be a Cavs fan.
Bosh would be a solid second option to LeBron, and a front court rotation of James, Bosh, Antwan Jamison, Leon Powe and Anderson Varejao/JJ Hickson – one of them would be going to Toronto in any potential deal – would be solid. Throw in the possibility of Z coming back as a solid big man off the bench and things are definitely looking up.
The holdup is that Bosh supposedly only wants to play with LeBron in Chicago, Miami or New Jersey. But LeBron is working his magic on Bosh – a job that very well may have started during the Olympics in China – selling him on how great it would be play in an actual NBA city where the fans care about you, you get to win 60+ games a year and go deep in the playoffs on an annual basis.
There are three other major reasons Bosh should accept a move to Cleveland:
- He will make $30 million more by agreeing to a sign-and-trade, rather than leaving Toronto as a straight free agent.
- The endorsement possibilities of playing with LeBron are potentially huge. Bosh is an outgoing, funny guy. You don’t think LeBron could hook him up with some of his business contacts to maximize his profits? Even in “small market” Cleveland?
- He would get to play with LeBron, the two-time MVP who has made every teammate he’s ever played with better.
And we’d get 82 games of Bosh’s girlfriend at court side.
Frankly, if Bosh doesn’t see the potential value of playing in Cleveland with LeBron, I don’t know if I really would want him here. This appears to be a perfect opportunity to not only get paid, but also go to an organization where winning is the top priority.
As Terry Pluto put it in the PD: Chris Bosh, your future is Cleveland.
You’ll love it here. I promise.
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