NBA Free Agency: Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, the Kings of South Beach
Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade will join forces in South Beach to create what has been named the “South Beach Superteam.”
No one ever expected Wade to leave his beloved HEAT, but in the past few days, it became a little of a scare when Wade met with Chicago twice and was talking about free agency.
But now, all HEAT fans can sleep better tonight knowing that our superstar is back in Miami for at least another five years with his new buddy Chris Bosh. When asked about what the dynamic duo will do for Miami, Bosh simply smiled and said “We are going to bring winning to Miami.”
Simply put, Pat Riley is a complete genius. Back in the 2003 Draft, Riley wanted Bosh but the Raptors took him with the fourth pick, leaving Miami and its fifth pick going to the future MVP Dwyane Wade.
Now, seven years later, Riley gets his cake and eats it too. With the fourth and fifth pick of that star studded NBA Draft class playing for his team.
Both players were all smiles at their collective interview they held on Wednesday afternoon at 12:30 on SportsCenter. Both players seemed ecstatic to be playing together. From the beginning, Wade and Bosh made it clear that they were not in this for the money.
“We’ve wanted to play with each other and we have a golden opportunity to do that. We’re going to take advantage of it,” Bosh said on SportsCenter.
Wade said it was difficult to turn down a return to his hometown Chicago. But in the end, an opportunity to play with Bosh and build a title contender in Miami won out over his desire to play for Chicago, he said. “Now we can get on the pace of building a championship,” Wade said.
Earlier in the week, the Raptors were interested in only doing a sign-and-trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Bosh though denied the trade, saying he didn’t want to play in Cleveland. When asked on SportsCenter about his decision, he said: “I wasn’t sure if LeBron was coming back [to Cleveland] and I just wanted to leave that decision up to him. I wanted to choose the best situation for me and my family and Miami was the best decision for me.”
Let’s look into this deal a little deeper: What will Wade gain from a pairing with Chris Bosh? Wade will gain a low post threat that Miami has been missing since the days of Alonzo and Shaq. Wade will gain a legitimate two scoring option and a 20-10 per night guy, nothing but a win for Miami, Pat Riley, and Wade.
What’s next for Miami? Well, assuming LeBron will not sign with Miami, Miami has the option of going after David Lee, Brandon Haywood, Raymond Felton, or even Derek Fisher.
The ideal situation would be for Miami to sign a solid point guard (Fisher or Felton), and try to do a sign and trade with the Mavericks that would include Jermaine O’Neal, and Michael Beasley for their center Brandon Haywood. With that, Miami would have a solid center, power forward, shooting guard, and point guard.
With the entire NBA World raving about the Miami Heat, one only has to remember one thing: When the team was a 15-67 squad, the fans that still cheered and rooted for them were still there. Now, those fans are being repaid for three years of mediocrity.
To all the new Miami Heat fans jumping on the bandwagon, get in quick because soon enough we are not going to accept you guys. And to us loyal, faithful fans of Heat Nation, we have been rewarded and now we can surely celebrate in South Beach with some Coronas.
