i don’t believe in brand anymore.

camby's gonna make a quick decline.

t-mac’s through.

lebron would long for the spring in the legs of z and shaq.

Wesley is also a must have but out of reach

Man it sucks so bad not having high picks this draft.

As far as the roster goes it's solid but people really need to give the Cavaliers credit. Their roster is tailor made for Lebron and they can retool in 2012.

TMS wrote:fair enough, but what could we possibly put together to entice him to come here then? if we sign Bosh to the max to try & lure Lebron, we have no cap left over to sign anyone else & we're lacking the depth to contend w/teams like the Magic & Lakers... so really under that logic u would only have 1 player u would trust to seriously help Lebron out... the rest of the team would be guys Lebron doesn't know too.

i dunno if Lebron comes here to play with just Bosh & the young guys we have... we'll have to figure out a way to clear some more cap if we're planning on building around Lebron & Bosh, no?

The whole point I thought about Lebron coming to NY was the lure of NY not the really the roster. If Donnie goes in and try to pitch that he will lose out. Frankly there are better rosters out there like the Clippers and Chicago. The lure of NY and adding another top flight player like Bosh will be his best pitch. That's why it was always a risky deal to begin with.

fishmike wrote:get him a frontcourt guy that will fill out the stat sheet every night, not a 35 year old with no knees who is going to miss 30 games a year and make Brook Lopez look like Carl Lewis. Get Lebron a young all star front court guy that can run with him for years to come. A skilled player with a complete game. A guy who can shoot when Lebron spreads the floor and clean up the glass. A guy who will shoot a high %, something around 55%. Who to get... hmm... Here's a though. How about David Lee

i hope you're not talking about Luis Scola... dude is 29 years old & durable as hell, hasn't missed a single game over his 3 year career... may not be as mobile running the floor but he's definitely no Brook Lopez i can tell u that much... he's also an excellent rebounder, a heady intelligent player, isn't afraid to bang in the paint on both ends of the floor & holds his own on defense... also shoots a high % (52%) & would likely cost us several millions less per year than D Lee would... not too shabby a passer either for a bigman... not quite on D Lee's level perhaps but well above average... & far exceeds D Lee on the defensive side of the ball... but hey, if u think u can put together a better roster than the ones i did, knock urself out & we can discuss.

& any thought of having D Lee as our starting 5 next year shouldn't even be entertained at this point.

Do you think Lebron would want to play with this roster?

No but, I think Lebron would want to play with this rooster.

Papabear wrote:

crzymdups wrote:i would try to trade wilson and curry for biedrins and cj watson after signing everyone. sign bron $16.5M, dlee $9M, felton $6M, keep bill walker, use the second round picks to add some size.

PG - felton/toney
SG - watson/walker
SF - lebron/gallo
PF - dlee/gallo
C - biedrins

Papabear Says

Lebron ain't coming hear!We might as well get over it. The best chance we have at signing an allstar is David Lee. We better use some of that money to buy some mid to late draft picks.

Wow, someone with a brain!

+1 for Papabear

Papabear wrote:

crzymdups wrote:i would try to trade wilson and curry for biedrins and cj watson after signing everyone. sign bron $16.5M, dlee $9M, felton $6M, keep bill walker, use the second round picks to add some size.

PG - felton/toney
SG - watson/walker
SF - lebron/gallo
PF - dlee/gallo
C - biedrins

Papabear Says

Lebron ain't coming hear!We might as well get over it. The best chance we have at signing an allstar is David Lee. We better use some of that money to buy some mid to late draft picks.

crzymdups says

it's pretty easy to be a nay-sayer.

then i'd sign bosh for the max, david lee for $9M and felton for $6M

pg - felton/toney
sg - wilson/giddens
sf - gallo/walker
pf - dlee
c - bosh

http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/the-sporting-life/2010/03/18/even-as-chris-bosh-scores-10000th-nba-point-speculators-wonder-if-he’s-planning-to-dump-toronto/

THE SPORTING LIFE
Even as Chris Bosh scores 10,000th NBA point, speculators wonder if he’s planning to dump Toronto

Last night’s Raptors game, wherein they squeezed out a win over the Atlanta Hawks, played out like an awkward date at the end of a once passionate relationship. After Bosh scored his 10,000th NBA point and became the first Raptor ever to reach that milestone, the crowd showed its love with a standing ovation. Bosh, chillingly, didn’t respond.

Basically, it went down like this:

Toronto: I love you, Chris. Maybe we should talk about spending our lives together.
Bosh [looking awkwardly at menu]: I wonder if the prix fixe comes with a drink.

Speculators are taking Bosh’s cool reception of praise as confirmation that the power forward will be leaving T.O. at the end of the season, when he becomes a free agent. Aside from winning the game with a free throw, Bosh’s performance had been a little lacklustre all night. According to the Star:

If…you watched almost everything up until the final throes, you had to wonder about the timing when the PA announcer promoted the latest sale at the in-house merchandise store: Bosh jerseys are currently going out the door at a discount. The cut rate, officially, was “in celebration” of Bosh’s milestone. Or maybe it was an educated bit of inventory control.

We feel an awkward relationship status change may be in the offing.