I have heard chatter about a potential trade that would all but lock up the 2010 NBA championship. Chris Bosh is leaving Toronto when this season is over, he wants to play in a bigger market and for a team that will compete. A team like the L.A. Lakers. I have heard of initial talks between the Lakers and Raptors of a trade that would send Bosh west for Andrew Bynum. Toronto doesn't want to let Bosh go after this season and get nothing in return. Getting a player in Bynum, who is yet to reach his prime and provides someone for the Raptors to build around is all Toronto can ask for. So, a Bosh for Bynum deal may happen in the next couple weeks, which would make the Lakers an absolute force. Deep breath. Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Ron Artest and Chris Bosh is an insane five. The risk lies with the Lakers giving up a tremendous talent in Bynum, who will be great for 10 years, for a four month run at a title. Is it worth a ring to get rid of Bynum and watch Bosh leave over the summer? Maybe. Anyway, this trade is interesting and it would also influence the off season. Lots of dominoes fall if this happens.
The New Jersey Nets are heading toward the worst record in the league, which means the likely top pick in the draft. With a new arena being built in the next 3 years, a new russian owner who has deep pockets and the Jay-Z presence lets imagine something... Nets draft John Wall, you pair him with Devin Harris, LeBron James comes this offseason and you pick-up a second tier big and throw in Brook Lopez, all of a sudden the Brooklyn Nets are a top three team in the east for next ten years. Just sayin'.
The Knicks probably are not going to get LeBron. I would obviously love for this to happen, but it is going to be tough. With Jared Jeffries and Eddy Curry's contracts clogging the Knicks' ability to get two stars, who on their roster entices James to come to MSG? So I wonder if we need to consider other options...
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