But if LeBron is using this Cleveland back story as some kind of way to ditch Bosh, then honestly, he will damage the process of free agency, and I could see a back lash from the owners at the next CBA bargaining.

Can't LeBron man up and tell Bosh to his face he'd like him to leave?

franco12 wrote:I don't care where Melo goes and what we get back or don't.

But if LeBron is using this Cleveland back story as some kind of way to ditch Bosh, then honestly, he will damage the process of free agency, and I could see a back lash from the owners at the next CBA bargaining.

Can't LeBron man up and tell Bosh to his face he'd like him to leave?

"do whats right for you and your family" is what he told him.
I think thats pretty clear isn't it? Bosh is in Ghana.

If Clev cleared the cap space and lebron ditches them then its pretty evil to have sent them that message that cost them assets and messed with the psyche of the Cav fan.

Hector wrote:Lebron, Anthony & Bosh.
You can tell which one Bosh is.

Great movie. RIP Eli Wallach.

dk7th wrote:

Uptown wrote:I was talking to a friend of mine about this theory. It makes a ton sense, being that both Lebron and Melo haven't made a decision yet. Houston has until Sunday, 11:59 to decide on Parson. I don't think we get a decision until Monday. If Parson is resigned bu the Rockets, Lebron goes to Cleve. If Bosh signs with the Rockets, Melo is joining Lebron in Miami...

this is a move that benefits all three players. bosh gets closer to a garnett-like role with houston.

miami picking up mcroberts will prove an important move for the heat in persuading lebron to remain, making melo to miami a no-brainer.

i guess morey is in the driver's seat?

PS. i think the lebron to cavs thing is unlikely. gilbert blew it-- he isn't going to publicly grovel after the letter was up for four years.

I agree with everything you said, but LeBron's squeeze play on Bosh would be cold-hearted. It's like he's stringing him along. I know its just business, but the fact that Bosh took a little less to help add Lebron to the mix and he's also a guy he went to war with; it would be pretty-bad on Lebron's part to do that to Bosh.

franco12 wrote:I don't care where Melo goes and what we get back or don't.

But if LeBron is using this Cleveland back story as some kind of way to ditch Bosh, then honestly, he will damage the process of free agency, and I could see a back lash from the owners at the next CBA bargaining.

Can't LeBron man up and tell Bosh to his face he'd like him to leave?

It would mean that Anthony had been in contact with James. If Anthony is his own man, then he chooses NY or Chicago. If he wants to be Tonto to James' Lone Ranger, he crawls over to the Heat.

Not sure when James and Anthony would have talked... maybe after news about Bosh getting a Max offer from Houston came out or perhaps after Parsons was offered his contract, but you have to think that they have colluded on this scenario, IF IT IS TRUE.

Don't see any other reason for Anthony delaying his decision at this point.

How ironic would it be if Anthony, the guy we gave away so much to get because he wanted a better contract for himself at the expense of the Knicks as a team, decides to take less money by going to Miami to be with James, while at the same time screwing the Knicks because there would be no sign and trade with Miami.

Uptown wrote:

dk7th wrote:

Uptown wrote:I was talking to a friend of mine about this theory. It makes a ton sense, being that both Lebron and Melo haven't made a decision yet. Houston has until Sunday, 11:59 to decide on Parson. I don't think we get a decision until Monday. If Parson is resigned bu the Rockets, Lebron goes to Cleve. If Bosh signs with the Rockets, Melo is joining Lebron in Miami...

this is a move that benefits all three players. bosh gets closer to a garnett-like role with houston.

miami picking up mcroberts will prove an important move for the heat in persuading lebron to remain, making melo to miami a no-brainer.

i guess morey is in the driver's seat?

PS. i think the lebron to cavs thing is unlikely. gilbert blew it-- he isn't going to publicly grovel after the letter was up for four years.

I agree with everything you said, but LeBron's squeeze play on Bosh would be cold-hearted. It's like he's stringing him along. I know its just business, but the fact that Bosh took a little less to help add Lebron to the mix and he's also a guy he went to war with; it would be pretty-bad on Lebron's part to do that to Bosh.

but what about bosh's own agenda? you make him out to be a tagalong. do you think he is locked in to the heat? he has won 2 titles and he may think he can make a good run at more with the rockets. plus there's the money.

i think the way the spurs dismantled the heat really weighed heavily on james.

dk7th wrote:

Uptown wrote:

dk7th wrote:

Uptown wrote:I was talking to a friend of mine about this theory. It makes a ton sense, being that both Lebron and Melo haven't made a decision yet. Houston has until Sunday, 11:59 to decide on Parson. I don't think we get a decision until Monday. If Parson is resigned bu the Rockets, Lebron goes to Cleve. If Bosh signs with the Rockets, Melo is joining Lebron in Miami...

this is a move that benefits all three players. bosh gets closer to a garnett-like role with houston.

miami picking up mcroberts will prove an important move for the heat in persuading lebron to remain, making melo to miami a no-brainer.

i guess morey is in the driver's seat?

PS. i think the lebron to cavs thing is unlikely. gilbert blew it-- he isn't going to publicly grovel after the letter was up for four years.

I agree with everything you said, but LeBron's squeeze play on Bosh would be cold-hearted. It's like he's stringing him along. I know its just business, but the fact that Bosh took a little less to help add Lebron to the mix and he's also a guy he went to war with; it would be pretty-bad on Lebron's part to do that to Bosh.

but what about bosh's own agenda? you make him out to be a tagalong. do you think he is locked in to the heat? he has won 2 titles and he may think he can make a good run at more with the rockets. plus there's the money.

i think the way the spurs dismantled the heat really weighed heavily on james.

It's possible that Bosh has his own agenda, but from the outside looking in, it appears that both Bosh and Anthony are tag-alongs, waiting on Lebron to push the first domino. We could all be misreading the tea-leaves but it seems like Bosh and Anthony both want to hitch their wagons to the L-train....

Jmpasq wrote:

dk7th wrote:

Uptown wrote:

dk7th wrote:

Uptown wrote:I was talking to a friend of mine about this theory. It makes a ton sense, being that both Lebron and Melo haven't made a decision yet. Houston has until Sunday, 11:59 to decide on Parson. I don't think we get a decision until Monday. If Parson is resigned bu the Rockets, Lebron goes to Cleve. If Bosh signs with the Rockets, Melo is joining Lebron in Miami...

this is a move that benefits all three players. bosh gets closer to a garnett-like role with houston.

miami picking up mcroberts will prove an important move for the heat in persuading lebron to remain, making melo to miami a no-brainer.

i guess morey is in the driver's seat?

PS. i think the lebron to cavs thing is unlikely. gilbert blew it-- he isn't going to publicly grovel after the letter was up for four years.

I agree with everything you said, but LeBron's squeeze play on Bosh would be cold-hearted. It's like he's stringing him along. I know its just business, but the fact that Bosh took a little less to help add Lebron to the mix and he's also a guy he went to war with; it would be pretty-bad on Lebron's part to do that to Bosh.

but what about bosh's own agenda? you make him out to be a tagalong. do you think he is locked in to the heat? he has won 2 titles and he may think he can make a good run at more with the rockets. plus there's the money.

i think the way the spurs dismantled the heat really weighed heavily on james.

I think Bosh is a better fit than Melo on the Heat

Not necessarily. Other than LeBron, the Heat struggled tremendously trying to score the ball in the Finals. You will not see Melo disappear on the offensive end like Bosh does for multiple games at a time. Melo's presence takes the strain off of Lebron to carry the scoring load.

Bosh is longer and bigger than Melo but he doesn't play like a big man. He hangs on the perimeter and Melo is a better perimeter player than Bosh. Melo will keep the middle of the floor open fr Lebron and Wade attacks every bit as much as Bosh did. I think if Melo were to go the Heat, obviously, the Heat will have to sign a big another big man to sure up the front line, but Melo's presence will assure that the Heat will not struggle as much on the offensive end.

Andrew wrote:Seems to me HOU made a mistake with Parsons. They basically got 1M of cap space this year by declining the option, and may lose him altogether if they want to sign Bosh.

No, they simply need to first sign Bosh, then match the Parsons contract. They can def bring back both, they just need to ink Bosh before the 72 hour clock on matching Parsons runs out....