Wade-LeBron-Bosh in Miami?

[ManchesterCelticsFan]

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/06/report-wade-hopeful-heat-can-land-lebron-bosh.html

Wow, those 3 guys plus anyone would be better than our core four.

[Fafnir]

You'd have two of the top four talents in the league on one team. Then they'd have a top 5 big man with Chris Bosh as a third banana. (The top four are LeBron, Wade, Howard, Durant)

They'd win a title if they were able to fill out the roster at all.

[pearljammer10]

Howard over Kobe?     Yeah....No.

[twinbree]

Looking at our experience after the KG and Ray trades, I wonder how sustainable having 3 guys eating up almost all the cap space can be for a contender. I guess these 3 are young and talented enough to carry a team by themselves. And probably half the league would take the vet min to play with them anyway. 

[manl_lui]

impossible, Heat is already paying Wade, they will not have enough money to sign max contracts for both Lebron and Bosh,

I dont even think they have enough money for Lebron alone

[Roy Hobbs]

impossible, Heat is already paying Wade, they will not have enough money to sign max contracts for both Lebron and Bosh,

I dont even think they have enough money for Lebron alone

They've got the money for Lebron, and they almost have the money to give all three max deals (but not quite enough).

The hard part, as Fafnir suggested above, is filling out the roster with NBA-caliber talent.  They'd basically have Chalmers, Beasley, and a bunch of rookies / minimum free agents.

[CelticsWhat35]

impossible, Heat is already paying Wade, they will not have enough money to sign max contracts for both Lebron and Bosh,

I dont even think they have enough money for Lebron alone

They've got the money for Lebron, and they almost have the money to give all three max deals (but not quite enough).

The hard part, as Fafnir suggested above, is filling out the roster with NBA-caliber talent.  They'd basically have Chalmers, Beasley, and a bunch of rookies / minimum free agents.

I think that would be a problem Pat Riley would love to have.  We're talking about 3 young superstars in their prime (I'm not as enamored with Bosh, but he's still a MAX-type player), who can all play about 40 mpg.  That doesn't leave a huge need for bench production.  Granted, you can't just throw in scrubs off the street, but with the MLE and competent veteran players willing to take the vet minimum for a chance at a title, I don't see how they'd have much problem filling out a roster.

[action781]

impossible, Heat is already paying Wade, they will not have enough money to sign max contracts for both Lebron and Bosh,

I dont even think they have enough money for Lebron alone

They've got the money for Lebron, and they almost have the money to give all three max deals (but not quite enough).

The hard part, as Fafnir suggested above, is filling out the roster with NBA-caliber talent.  They'd basically have Chalmers, Beasley, and a bunch of rookies / minimum free agents.

You've got

Chalmers/Alston/Livingston
Wade/Luther Head
Lebron/Gomes
Bosh/Craig Smith/Joe Smith
Ben Wallace/Battie/Ratliff

Next year you got a 1st rd draft pick, MLE, and LLE players.

Could they resign Arroyo to a vet min deal after they renounce their rights to him?

[boscel33]

What's wrong with this whole story?  The fact that these three players can get to meet and talk about their future, yet if a GM even mentions one of their names, they get fined.  Stern had better get a handle on this or it could change the face of the NBA for ever.

[LooseCannon]

Granted, you can't just throw in scrubs off the street, but with the MLE and competent veteran players willing to take the vet minimum for a chance at a title, I don't see how they'd have much problem filling out a roster.

They won't have the MLE for this off-season because they are well under the salary cap, so they really do have to fill out their roster with rookies, D-Leaguers, and vet min scrubs.

[GreenFaith1819]

My only concern with these three in MIA:

Chemistry.

Who would be Alpha Dog - Wade or Lebron? Assuming both Lebron and Bosh goes to MIA, then I think Wade would want to automatically default to Alpha - and could Lebron deal with that?

Would Bosh deal with less shots? He was Alpha Dog in TOR, but he'd certainly get less opportunities in MIA. We know that JO would still expect a decent amount of shots.

Another thing? No great PG. Wade and Lebron are great passers, but I'm talking about a pure PG. Chalmers is decent, but could he keep the team happy?

The last time a Great Three was Assembled? Summer of 2007, in Boston. Each had to defer to one another to make it work. It worked out (and continues to work out) well for us. Even with that, I think Ray had to give up the most.

Now, who out of Bosh-Wade-Lebron would be willing to give up the rock?

These three (Lebron, Wade, Bosh) are still rather young - would they be willing to not win for a few seasons? Our Big Three wasn't assembled until each was in their 30's.

Sacrifices would have to be made, that's all I'm saying. When's the last time a team had three players in the top 20-25 scoring? Even with out Big Three, we've rarely seen the three of them top 20 pts at the same time.

[Rondo2287]

My only concern with these three in MIA:

Chemistry.

Who would be Alpha Dog - Wade or Lebron? Assuming both Lebron and Bosh goes to MIA, then I think Wade would want to automatically default to Alpha - and could Lebron deal with that?

Would Bosh deal with less shots? He was Alpha Dog in TOR, but he'd certainly get less opportunities in MIA. We know that JO would still expect a decent amount of shots.

Another thing? No great PG. Wade and Lebron are great passers, but I'm talking about a pure PG. Chalmers is decent, but could he keep the team happy?

The last time a Great Three was Assembled? Summer of 2007, in Boston. Each had to defer to one another to make it work. It worked out (and continues to work out) well for us. Even with that, I think Ray had to give up the most.

Now, who out of Bosh-Wade-Lebron would be willing to give up the rock?

These three (Lebron, Wade, Bosh) are still rather young - would they be willing to not win for a few seasons? Our Big Three wasn't assembled until each was in their 30's.

Sacrifices would have to be made, that's all I'm saying. When's the last time a team had three players in the top 20-25 scoring? Even with out Big Three, we've rarely seen the three of them top 20 pts at the same time.

In terms of the pure point guard thing, with that group on the court why would you want a PG handling the ball.  Wade and Lebron are going to be dominating the ball %100 of the time.  They really just need Chalmers to be the Delonte West Role which is play solid D and hit open shots

[Fafnir]

impossible, Heat is already paying Wade, they will not have enough money to sign max contracts for both Lebron and Bosh,

I dont even think they have enough money for Lebron alone

They've got the money for Lebron, and they almost have the money to give all three max deals (but not quite enough).

The hard part, as Fafnir suggested above, is filling out the roster with NBA-caliber talent.  They'd basically have Chalmers, Beasley, and a bunch of rookies / minimum free agents.

I actually think they'll end up signing and trading Beasley for either Bosh or LeBron in this scenario.

So its going to be veteran's minimum pickups and other trades. Though if they get a few overpaid role players back in a sign and trade that'd help them a lot.

[jdpapa3]

impossible, Heat is already paying Wade, they will not have enough money to sign max contracts for both Lebron and Bosh,

I dont even think they have enough money for Lebron alone

They've got the money for Lebron, and they almost have the money to give all three max deals (but not quite enough).

The hard part, as Fafnir suggested above, is filling out the roster with NBA-caliber talent.  They'd basically have Chalmers, Beasley, and a bunch of rookies / minimum free agents.

Yea, I wonder which one will volunteer to take lower than the max. Or if they would all accept a little lower than the amount equally.

Also, from my understanding and reading Larry Coon, they will have to get rid of Beasley in this big 3 FA scenario.

[Fafnir]

Howard over Kobe?     Yeah....No.

Yes over Kobe by a wide margin.

His defense, rebounding, and efficient garbage points make him much more valuable than Kobe at this stage in his career.