Free agency story won't end the way we think, says Bosh

Pest_Ctrl · Feb 23, 2010

Perspective from our No.1 target in the off season. It could be just PR talk, but many of the players are saying there probably won't be that many blockbuster moves in July. It seems more and more likely NY Knicks has set themselves up for some EPIC FAIL.

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http://www.nba.com/2010/news/featur.../02/23/free.agents/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1

The latest from the 2010 free-agent summer of upheaval is that it may not be such an upheaval after all. Some stars suggest the seismic shifts being projected, or feared, will never materialize.

The spending spree almost certainly will take place as scheduled. Only now, players are suggesting that the years of anticipation, hype, analysis and trade talk will end with many of the biggest names staying exactly where they are.

Maybe the players think that because they're better able to survey the landscape this close to the July 1 start date for free agency. Maybe -- and let's not be naïve here -- it's because talking about wanting to put down permanent roots is the proper negotiating tactic and a smart way to keep hometown fans on their side. All very possible.

But no less an expert than Chris Bosh of the Raptors, one of the marquee names about four months away from hitting the market, said, "It can go either way. I think there's going to be a shift anyway because there's a lot of free agents in 2010. But the main guys that everybody talks about, I think it's a very strong possibility. When it comes down to it, that's where you're comfortable, that's where you're from. Well, technically. It's where you started your career. It's always a very important thing."
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JayGoogle · Feb 23, 2010

Pest_Ctrl said:

Perspective from our No.1 target in the off season. It could be just PR talk, but many of the players are saying there probably won't be that many blockbuster moves in July. It seems more and more likely NY Knicks has set themselves up for some EPIC FAIL.

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http://www.nba.com/2010/news/featur.../02/23/free.agents/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1
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Yep, posted this in Bima's thread...if so seems like a win for us. Maybe they'll get Rudy Gay

A_3PO · Feb 23, 2010

Too early to say something like this with any credibility.

Shaud · Feb 23, 2010

I have always said LeBron and Wade will re-sign with the team they are on right now. I said Bosh would be the one to leave but now I'm not so sure.

bullardfan · Feb 23, 2010

i think elton brand said something similar when he was on the clippers.

AGBee · Feb 23, 2010

bullardfan said:

i think elton brand said something similar when he was on the clippers.
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ROXTXIA · Feb 23, 2010

As Daryl Morey said (paraphrasing), "Not too many guys would give up the thirty million dollars (of a sixth year)."

Atlanta offered Joe Johnson four years, $60 million....I think.

Certainly the Knicks wouldn't want to completely strike out in free agency. Joe Johnson's no LeBron, but I can see the Knicks offering five years; JJ'll certainly get livelier crowds in NY (and more vitriol after a loss).

As far as Chris Bosh, I'm thinking they'll keep him, but they really need to get themselves (wait for it)....a real center.

Bargnani's a good player, just getting better; in fact, except for being overpaid, he'd be great on the Rockets. But if the Raptors could move him (not easy, I think he's BYC) for an actual center and spare change---i.e., if they traded him for defenders---that'd be a heck of a team.

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