If I'm Bosh, the ideal destination will meet 3 criteria's: 1)Money. In SNT, the salary will be about the same. But Houston has 3 big advatages: no state tax, relatively big market(4th biggest city) and Yao's China effect(endorsement from Chinese companies). I'd say Houston could provide as much money for Bosh as any other team in NBA. 2)No 1 option. Bosh mentioned that he'd like to be the No.1 option on the team. This doesn't sound too good to those who are dreaming about Wade/Bosh or Lebron/Bosh. Although it remains a possibility for Bosh to join Lebron or Wade, it's far more self-fullfilling if Bosh can win championships in Houston as No.1 guy(Yao is always a team first guy, and KMart is not a 'give me the ball and get out the way' player like Lebron/Kobe/Wade). 3)Championship. Houston is one the few teams can be a contender after SNT. We're definitely one of the favorites to get Bosh/Wade in the summer.
Then Why Not Go For Lebron James; Bosh is a great player but Lebron paired with Yao and all of that support from CHINA that comes with being team mates with Yao would be hard to resist.. Lebron wants to be a billionaire and with Yao by his side and the economical boom in China that would be the ultimate destination for Lebron.. I know David Stern would love to bring even more money into his pockets. New York, Chicago or even Miami are better cities for all of these Free Agents when it comes to exposure but we're talking about Lebron James, perhaps the most famous athlete in the world next to Tiger, Kobe and David Beckham ,, Playing with rockets would immediately make him a guaranteed 1.3 billion more fans and sell at least 1/2 a billion jerseys in China alone... Let's go for Lebron Morey,, there's nothing you can't do ...
The issue with OKC is that because they are so young, their payroll is getting ready to skyrocket over the next few years when they have to give new deals to Durant, Green and Westbrook. They are in a similar situation to what Portland faced when they went from having a bunch of guys on rookie deals to having to shell out big bucks for Roy and Aldridge. I'm not sure that OKC is going to be willing to make the financial committment to a max player with the possibility of a hard cap looming.
