The LeBron Tracker?

Did you know ESPN has a separate LeBron page?  I can click here and get all the latest on the LeBron watch.  That's pretty funny when there has been exactly zero news that is worthwhile since the Cavs were unceremoniously bounced from the playoffs (again).

Anyway, I have a pretty good idea where LeBron is going, and where the other high profile free agents this off-season will end up.  You want to know?

LeBron James, New York Knicks
Look, the Cavs aren't going to get better, and, although there is a nice situation waiting in Chicago (and with the Clippers actually, sans the owner), New York is New York.  Reviving basketball in the Garden would be stuff of legend.  Also, the Knicks, with the addition of one more max free agent, would be better than the Cavs right now.  You don't think every able bodied veteran would line up to play in New York with LeBron for minimal contracts?  Guys would be begging to play in Gotham.  Which leads us to...

Chris Bosh, New York Knicks
Bosh would be the Gasol to LeBron's Kobe.  A big and a wing that dominates the ball, it works.  Bosh would be easily convinced if James is on board.

Dwayne Wade, Miami Heat
You think Wade is leaving South Beach?  Crazy talk.  Only scenario where that happens is if they can't get someone else to join the party.  Shouldn't be difficult.  Then, watch Pat Riley get the coaching itch again.

Amare Stoudamire, Miami Heat
Amare is the next best big on the market, and the Heat will land the biggest fish that doesn't go to New York.  That's Amare.  Now, do they have a big who can defend?

Joe Johnson, Miami Heat
Yes, the Heat actually have enough cap room to pull this off.  If they can convince Johnson to take less than the max, big if, yes, but, JJ just got 70 mil from Atlanta.  If he gets another 50 and gets to play with Wade and Stoudemire in Miami?  I think it happens.

Carlos Boozer, Chicago Bulls
Of course, this scenario leaves the Bulls sitting at the table.  Boozer is the best low post scorer available after Bosh and Amare, and the Bulls have lacked a low post scorer for a decade.  Johnson could land here too if he plays contract hardball.

Dirk Nowitski, Dallas Mavericks
He and Cuban bake snickerdoodles together.

That's it for the big names, which leaves the Clippers, Nets, Wolves and others with money to spend in a deserted landscape...wich should make for some comedic offers to restricted guys like Rudy Gay, Tyrus Thomas and Luis Scola.

Cheers,
TFAM