Chris Bosh To Join Dwyane Wade in Miami as Chicago Bulls Get Jilted

Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesIt appears that the Chicago Bulls will be left standing empty-handed at the NBA free agency altar, as a source tells ESPN.com that Chris Bosh will be joining Dwyane Wade in Miami.While it is no surprise that LeBron James is probably staying in Cleveland, the Bulls did New York Jets jersey
ppear to have a legitimate chance to land Bosh.However, they were apparently unwilling to pay the price.The Raptors were willing to do a sign-and-trade with Chicago if the deal included Joakim Noah.A swap of Noah for Bosh would have been a plus for the Bulls. Bosh is the better player.The real crime, however,in this scenario is this: Would that deal have also brought in Wade?If Chicago had any assurances from Wade's camp that he was willing to sign with the Bulls, and they still refused to trade Noah, well, my friends, Gar Foreman and John Paxson have some 'splaining to do.In the end, the Cavs get their King. The Heat get Wade and Bosh. The Bulls, meanwhile get...Carlos Boozer?Ouch.All that salary manipulation has basically gone for naught. Look, the Bulls will be improved with Boozer—should they get him—but are no closer to a championship.The question Bulls fans should ask themselves is simple: Would they rather have a team with Derrick Rose and Bosh—or Rose and Noah?But Oakland Raiders jersey
the wild card is this: Rose, Bosh, and Wade, or Rose and Noah?If that is the choice the Bulls made, then shame on them.Perhaps the Bulls refused to trade Noah because they had no guarantees that a Bosh acquisition would also bring Wade to town. If they knew and still declined, then Bulls fans should really be angry with a team that will continue to disappoint in the coming years.LeBron tried like mad to talk Bosh into joining him in Cleveland. Bosh would net more money in a sign-and-trade, after all, and Toronto had indicated a willingness to work Philadelphia Eagles jersey
such a deal with the Cavs.In the end, Bosh only wanted to go to Chicago or Miami. There was no economic advantage to joining the Bulls, sohechose Miami, which makes sense.In Miami, a combination of Wade and Bosh makes for a better team—even without much around them so far—than Rose and Bosh.It's a slam dunk my friends. But a bitter pill for Bulls fans to swallow.