I’d rather have Amare then Bosh, basketball-wise.

Maybe if he bulks up a bit.

… I think it is funny that the first month of the season isn’t over and SI has an in-depth analysis of the free agent market the year after next, and espn has already started running their MVP race hype.

Btw, good find Bren. I’ll be interested to see how many of these get extended before then. Plus, a lot of those guys are old.

Being Canadian I would agree. He hasn’t been celebrated up here being on a Canadian team, as much as he would be in the US. A move to the US, such as the Spurs may work better as he is from TX.

Dallas may make a run at Bosh too. Isn’t Bosh from there?

I’d be willing to bet everything short of a testicle at this point that we’ll see LeBron within five years in a Brooklyn Nets uni. Mark it down now. The Knicks are pretty much capped out til 2037, and pieces are in play for the Brooklyn angle. He’s definately not staying in Cleveland. Keep in mind the Witness has said repeatedly that one of his goals is to be the first billion dollar athlete; that’s not even a possibility in the Mistake by the Lake. Portland’s a strong option too, but he’s going to Brooklyn.

I find it weird that SI always bold random names in their articles. For whatever reason I noticed Darth Vader was mentioned and I stopped reading.

Ok yeah on Free Agency the wheels are already in motion to make a move in 2010. Everybody on the roster, and I mean everybody aside from Timmy and Tony is off the books. Hill and Mahinmi are team options. The Spurs can dish out some serious dough for the first time in a long time in 2010.

I’m in the minority but I want Dwyane Wade. Timmy, Tony, Dwyane, Manu, George Hill, Tiago Splitter, and Ian Mahinmi. AWESOME

I wouldn’t mind to sign up some good players, as long as we kept the Big Three core intact. I want them all to finish their careers as Spurs. I love Gino, but if Tony broke both his legs right now I’d still want the Spurs to keep him around.

Don’t know how much they could pay Bosh in that situation, though.

As we saw with Orlando when they planned and dreamed of adding Grant Hill and Tim Duncan back in 2000 (right?)….so Im sure a lot of teams will have a lot of cap space that will ultimately become disappointed, which may or may not lead to mediocre players getting huge deals.

I think LBJ and Bosh go, Wade stays, Dirk stays, Shaq gets a pity deal somewhere…..its gonna be crazy

…I’ve kind of missed the bus on Chris Bosh, with him being in Canada nd all. And I’d have to agree that he does not get the same coverage as players who play in the USA do. 25 and 11 is extemely impressive, and I like the idea of re-working the offense around him, with Tim, the way they did with him and The Admiral – a genius, patient move that I think we can all agree has paid off. Tony, Manu, Tim and Bosh = another banner.

Lebron, Wade, Nerdwhiskey and Amere stay. In fact, almost everyone stays.
Bosh has a kinda nice set up and team in Toronto, not a bad org, so he might stay.

There will be some movement though…

Shaq goes to the Lakers attempting to get a free championship.
Joe Johnson has no loyalty to anyone and is a severe flight risk. He wants huge money.

The Spurs have made runs at so many free agents in the past and nothing ever pans out. My expectations are zero for the star player free agent market. We do pick some bit players now and then, although recently we have missed the boat on a large number of great role players like Bass and Landry. I think the coach and ownership are pretty content. They won 4 championships, so now it is time to take things easy. Why go through the pain of courting some high dollar free agent we don’t want to pay anyway?

I look to the draft for a miracle. I feel strongly the number one pick in the entire draft will land in our laps despite Pops farewell cruise mentalty. I am still madly debating who should be that number 1 pick. I am leaning to the Thabeet right now. A solid seven footer is very hard to come by. 6-9 and 6-10 power forwards are all over the place. Besides, Beasily, who was one of the great college power forwards is looking pretty average against his peers in the NBA.

Shaq is retiring after next season.