Look....if I had to put money it.....Bosh is getting traded before the deadline.
I easily see both him and Boozer going (I see a ton of trades happening, honestly).
Miami, Chicago, New Orleands, & Golden State are all teams I can see them going to, with Houston & maybe Cleveland as real long-shots.
Why New Orleans? The trouble with GS is why would Bosh (or Boozer) ever resign there? Well, maybe Boozer would, for the money.
A month or so ago, I suggested Houston as the team that might be able to put together the best package for Bosh. So I wasn't too surprised to see Marc Stein report that Houston was in fact very interested in Bosh:
http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-100108-09/houston-rockets-join-chris-bosh-chase
I still don't see an obvious way for Houston to put together a package for Bosh that doesn't include T-Mac though, and this presents some problems in terms of trying to match up salaries. But if I'm Toronto, I'd be interested in a package including some combination of Landry, Lowry, maybe Ariza, Eurostash Sergio Lllull, and picks, especially if I can also unload Marcus Banks and/or Reggie Evans.
That would clearly beat whatever the Cavs could come up with (Hickson, Eyenga, other Eurostash as necessary, picks, plus salary relief in taking on Banks/Evans), and is also better than Miami even if they are willing to trade Beasley.
I admire how Houston runs its organization, but personally I hope they aren't able to pull off the Bosh trade...I want as many consolation prizes out there as possible in the 2010 free agent sweepstakes. That is, assuming Miami isn't somehow able to manipulate the cap and get three max players.
