So let’s get the Chris Bosh talk underway…

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I see Houston as the Texas team that has the best shot at Bosh, because (A) I know that the Rockets have serious interest and (B) there are concerns in Big D that Bosh and Dirk Nowitzki are too similar. – Marc Stein

via Free Agency Dime: Chris Bosh – ESPN.

Check out ESPN’s feature on Chris Bosh where all six experts slotted his chances of remaining with the Raptors at 10% or under.

I’ve used this same space to explain how Chris Bosh would be a dream fit for the Houston Rockets. The challenge will be convincing the 26 year old All-Star to that mindset.

I must ask: which other destination gives Bosh the chance to contend for a title while claiming all the glory as the man if that feat is accomplished?  I can’t think of any one other than Houston.

Chris could go to New York, Miami, or Chicago, and team up with Lebron, Wade, or Derrick Rose, but he wouldn’t be the man.  He could force a sign and trade to LA, Portland, or Dallas, but again, those teams have superstars entrenched as the resident alpha-dog.

If Chris Bosh comes to Houston, he will find a young, deep supporting cast that almost made the playoffs without its best player, and one of the smartest front offices in basketball.  He’ll join Yao Ming who, while making things easier for him inside, will be relegated to a reduced role going forward, taking enough of a backseat that this would indisputably be Chris’ team.

It’s funny you say that, because I was thinking about it. I was just looking at what people say and it’s like, ‘Chris is going to go here and play with him or this, this and that.’ I’m like, ‘Wait a minute.’ I feel like I should be built around. And maybe that’s just my ego talking, but I feel that I’m a very good player in this league and I’m only going to get better. – Chris Bosh

Perhaps I’m making too much of Bosh’s comments.  But if his ego is a consideration in this process, the Houston Rockets make too much sense as a final destination.