Houston Rockets not on Chris Bosh’s wish list

Chris Bosh’s agent has told the Toronto Raptors that he’s narrowed his list of preferred teams to five, two sources told ESPN.com’s Chad Ford at the NBA draft camp.

The list of five teams — Toronto plus the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat and New York Knicks, sources said — were given to Toronto management in case the Raptors want to construct a sign-and-trade deal (assuming he doesn’t re-sign with Toronto).

via Sources: Chris Bosh of Toronto Raptors has wish list including five teams – ESPN.

Well, that’s unfortunate.  If I had had to guess, I would have put my money on Miami as Chris Bosh’s eventual landing spot.  But I certainly did not think the Houston Rockets would not even be given consideration.  So much for the rumors of Bosh’s alleged desire to be the #1 option.

If the news is true, this at least sheds some light on a report earlier in the week by Yahoo that Houston was expected to aggressively pursue a trade for the 3rd or 4th pick in next month’s draft.  Just yesterday, I mistakenly hypothesized that the team might try to use assets believed to be allocated for a Bosh deal to move up, and then use point guard Aaron Brooks to nab Bosh.  It now appears that with Bosh no longer an option, the club simply hopes to use the draft to make its elite acquisition of the summer.

This one hurts.  I argued hard that with his size and unique abilities in the high post, Bosh was the ideal fit at power forward for this team.  Based on reports from last winter’s trade deadline, the club could still have interest in Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire.  But Stoudemire is no Bosh.  While a potent offensive force, the 27 year-old does not possess Bosh’s high-post playmaking abilities and cannot be used as an offensive initiator.

Still, all is not lost.  With cheap assets and flexibility, Morey still has many options.  He could move up in the draft or bide his time until the deadline to pursue whatever commodity that month’s market may bring.  However, with Shane Battier and Jared Jeffries’ contracts both expiring, owner Leslie Alexander in an allegedly generous mood (promising to loosen the purse strings for a luxury tax payout), and Knicks lottery picks which could depreciate as more certainty cements, I do expect the club to make at least one major move by March of ’11.

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More likely Favors. His draft bios read like the perfect complement to Yao.
Beyond the behavioral issues w/Cousins he had a shockingly high body fat % in figures just released(second highest of players listed).
http://www.nbadraft.net/2010-nba-draft-combine-...

Re the sign and trade teams. You can of course do a sign-n-trade for a team's cap space,then use the created TPE later.

What a clever way to leverage Toronto's position to extract maximum talent from a Dallas, a Houston, or any other team not on the "list". When it comes to big money, I won't believe a word anyone says until I see signatures on the dotted line.......

With the upcoming draft, minor tweaking of our assets, and Yao returning to the lineup; there is no need for rushing into anything. Last year's lineup produced a .500 season. With very minor improvements, we're capable of reaching the playoffs. A major acquisition anytime during the year could easily put us into championship consideration. Notice that Bosh is not mentioned because he is far from the only way to get where we want to go.

I vote for patience, and making opportunistic deals as they may arise. That is how you build a winning team. One or two big names won't cut it in today's highly competitive NBA.

...and yes, the Bulls can certainly do a sign-and-trade. In fact, that is our intention. (The Rockets are my "other" team; don't act like you all don't have one, too.)

There, there. In light of his recent egomaniacal antics, we can consider this a dodged bullet.

I agree with the sentiment that this post is hardly definitive that Bosh has no interest in Houston. Even if the story is true, I would imagine that Bosh changes his mind several times over the next six weeks. I'd love to have Bosh as a Rocket, but regardless if he comes or not, the Rockets will be much improved, fun to watch, and a real playoff contender. And waiting is not a bad strategy either--teams will be spending like mad this summer, overpaying for talent and eating up valuable cap space. With lots of chips to trade, the Rockets will be in great position when some team decides its time to jettison its star and start over. Bosh would be great, but he is not make or break in the same way LeBron is for NY.

now let try to get boooooooooozzzzzzzzzzzeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr
not worth as much but a good back plann

but the chicago want to get lebron and miami could but why not keep beasly and in bosh's contract put high bonuses.

You raise a good point, but why do you say that Miami and Chicago could not do sign and trades? Because of their cap space, they would not need to match salaries like the Rockets would. They could just offer one player, say Beasley or Taj Gibson, to entice the Raptors, and then absorb all of Bosh's salary.

Let's not count out Bosh just yet.
-Deuce

I find this list highly suspect. Of those teams, realistically only the Lakers can really do a sign-and-trade. The Heat and Knicks don’t have any assets to do a sign-and-trade..and that was by design, as they were intent on signing max guys outright. And Chicago has a depleted enough roster as it is, if they had to give up MORE players to make a run at Bosh, they’d have no one left to play with him.

So if Bosh really was intent on doing a sign-and-trade (and getting the extra yr and $), why would he pick 4 of 5 teams that realistically could not even do one? I realize he could sign outright with any of those teams, but he wouldn’t need the Raptors involvement to do that. I think this is just a smoke screen from the Raptors FO to try to cut down interest in Bosh ahead of free agency, and hopefully dissuade enough teams from pursuing him that they improve their chances of keeping him. Either that or Bosh’s agent is utterly incompetent.

I agree with you and this guy who wrote a piece on the same topic (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/395177-chris...)
All is not lost. With the pieces we have, we can either move forward with what we've got and have a pretty good future or try and make a move and potentially land a star with the assets we have.

I think we are far from out of it. Without being given a reason as to why he would eliminate us (or anyone else for that matter), I think we have to at least give Morey a chance to talk with him and his agent before we can give up on it. There's nothing that says he can't add or remove teams from his list once free agency starts.

This is also a source. It's not Bosh. I don't think I ever thought as strongly as you that he was coming, but I'm also not going to lose all hope that he is, mostly due to the general competence of our front office.

Next time around, don't ever let me get tunnel-vision over one player. This won't be good for my health.

That would be my guess but don't quote me on that - the draft isn't my area and who knows with Daryl Morey.

So are we trying to snipe Cousins?

Pretend the following is an expletive: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. yeah this is very upsetting. can't remember the last time i was this angry. would have been a perfect fit.

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