Did your mate who heard this rumor work in a deli?
This scenario makes zero sense to me. Marion is in the expiring year of his contract.
They could trade him at deadline for a lot more that Hinrich and a bunch of Bull mediocrity.
Or they could let him expire and be millions under the cap the year Kobe and Iverson hit the market.
If Wade and Kobe become fast friends playing with each other this summer could you envision the Heat with Kobe, Beasley, Wade, Haslam, Padgett, Chalmers and a couple of big vet minimum type players and this year's first rounder?
Shaq wins one with Wade and then Kobe wins one with Wade. Sick, demented thinking but with those two anything is possible.
Riley is out of his mind if he would ever even contemplate such a deal as this.
No, I'm pretty sure the OP's friend works in a deli!