Bosher-Nation

Resident insider on RealCavsFans.com (great forum) W&G has informed us that the Cavs and Raptors have been discussing a sign and trade for F Chris Bosh. Here is what he said exactly:

"Can't really say this is a source that is totally in the know on this subject, but he tells me that in talking to a guy within the Raptors org., that they are disgusted with Bosh. He wants hius cake and wants to eat it too. He wants to dictate everything, but the fact is they are trying to force his hand and accept the trade to CLE. Lebron should talk to Bosh, basically ..and get this deal done. But., my guess from trying to piece the puzzle together ...a good chance exists that when Lebron decides and makes his announcement, it could be coupled with Bosh ending up alongside him here in CLE. If not, then Bosh can accept far less, and go elsewhere. We'll see how it ultimately plays out."

He also noted this:

"From what I gather, his stance is he'll play anywhere with Lebron BUT Cleveland. Toronto prefers the CLE offer to all others. They are now telling him, if he doesn't accept the CLE trade, then he can just cut another deal with another team and make far less cash. What happens now, I presume, is either some other team (Bulls, Heat) somehow come up with a trade that better satisfies TOR, and he joins either Wade at either, or James in Chicago,... or eventually accepts coming to CLE with Lebron in a S/T."

Reports that the Raptors will not help Bosh in a sign and trade probably aren't true. The Raps are probably trying to force Bosh's hand into taking a sign and trade deal. He hasn't talked with the Raptors brass and they want answers soon. It seems as if LeBron will have some major recruiting to do with Bosh. I am hoping that if LeBron commits, he will tell Bosh "Listen, come play with me in Cleveland. We will get national media attention all the time, and we will win a ring. You can't pass up $30 million by playing elsewhere." If LeBron re-signs in Cleveland, Bosh will have to ask himself, would I rather have a chance to play with LeBron, increase my chances of winning a ring, and make $30 million more or go elsewhere with maybe D-Wade, and make less money. Again, the Heat can only offer Beasley, Chalmers, and Anthony for Bosh. That offer doesn't come close to the Andy, JJ, West offer the Cavs could give the Raptors. Besides the Rockets (Scola, Battier, Brooks), I think the Cavs have one of the most competitive offers for Bosh. We offer talent, young players, and salary cap relief for the Raptors. As I said earlier, the Cavs held onto all of their assets after the NBA Draft and into free agency. I think there was a reason for that. The Cavs brass has to know that they had a legit shot at Bosh or they would've moved their attention elsewhere. The Raptors and Cavs have to work together to force Bosh to come to Cleveland because its what the Cavs, Raptors, and hopefully LeBron want.

For those of you who don't know who Wine and Gold is from RCF, he is a reliable source who gives great bits of info. on the website. He used to work for the Cavs and he still has some connections to the team. He informed us that Joe Smith was re-signing with the Cavs hours before it happend, the Shaq trade hours before it happend, the fact that the Cavs were close to getting Amare (Windhorst echoed the same things he said 30 min. after W&G posted), and the Mo Williams trade the weekend before it happend. He is a great source of information and I wouldn't post his thoughts unless I thought they were legitimate.

As developments continue to come in, I will update the blog. Thanks for reading, and go Cleveland!

-Raz