Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 9:00 am  |  172 responses

Report: LeBron, D-Wade and Bosh Met in Miami

UPDATE: … Or maybe they didn’t.

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

Who knows? Maybe the three biggest NBA free agents this summer met up in Miami over the weekend to discuss the new season of “True Blood.” No one can say for sure.

According to ESPN and their sources, however, Bosh, Wade and James got together and finally had that Free Agent Summit.

It was a much smaller affair than what was initially dreamed up a few weeks ago, and more importantly, this particular meeting had a very specific goal: the triumvirate reportedly wanted to explore the terrifying possibility of playing together in South Beach next season.

Sources close to the situation said Monday night that three of the biggest names in basketball — Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James — met over the weekend in Miami to seriously discuss their futures, with a focus on the increasingly plausible possibility of those three teaming up with Wade’s Heat.

Yet sources with knowledge of the meeting stressed to ESPN.com that James, while clearly intrigued by the possibility of forming a star-studded Miami trio with Wade and Bosh, has not yet committed to leaving his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers for South Beach. One source did label Miami as the new frontrunner to land James in a package deal with Bosh and a re-signed Wade but also cautioned that James was “non-committal” with the start of free agency fast approaching.

Sources said James remains committed to fielding free-agent pitches from several teams when free agency officially opens Thursday at 12:01 a.m. ET, with the Chicago Bulls continuing to rank as a highly appealing destination and a return to Cleveland still figuring prominently in his thinking and with the Dallas Mavericks looming as an intriguing outsider.

Everyone seems to have a theory these days: 48 hours ago, Chicago was a “done deal”, some now claim there’s friction within the LeBron camp, others believe Bosh is a goner from Toronto, and this is apparently all part of Pat Riley’s evil and ingenious plan.

The truth is that no one truly knows what’s going to happen once the clock strikes midnight on July 1st, not even the players themselves.

Just hang on to your hats, it’s going to be a wild ride.

UPDATE: Wade’s people are now saying there was no meeting in Miami: “Dwyane Wade’s representatives on Tuesday disputed an ESPN report that Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh held a mini-summit in Miami this past weekend to discuss their plans for free agency, which begins Thursday. Henry Thomas, who is Wade’s agent, said the report was untrue and that Wade spent the weekend in Chicago. Bosh spent the weekend in Miami and told The Miami Herald that the Heat is in ‘top contention’ to sign him. But the players are believed to have discussed among themselves the possibility of all three playing for the Heat.”

Please adjust your lives accordingly.

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  • nastierthanu

    So nobody is going to jump all over D train for the comment on 11:46. D wade is right behind Kobe. Cats are really caught up to let that slip by.

  • Sporting-Lisbon-Blazers

    he isnt? trade Wade with Kob and LA would´ve won it in 6.

  • T-Money

    I love how Lakers fans are concerned that Chicago or Miami might have too much talent and would prefer that stars split up among the East so they can “fit” better. Yeah right.

  • manny

    ALTHOUGH I ABSOLUTELY HATE KOBE, HE NEVER NEEDED ANOTHER TIER 1 SUPERSTAR “GAURD” (NOT FORWARD OR CENTER, E.G. SHAQ, PAU)TO WIN A TITLE. IF LEBRON AND DWADE GOT TOGETHER, THT WOULD TRULY DISSAPOINT ME. ALTHOUGH EXCITING. ALL IT SAYS IS THAT LEBRON WAS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH TO LEAD A TEAM ON HIS OWN LIKE WADE AND KOBE HAVE. IF IT WAS JUST LEBRON AND BOSH, I WOULDNT MIND SO MUCH

  • manny

    and on a side note. how would those 3 share the ball? its not like boston’s big 3 where each had a defined role and they also dont have a rondo for intangibles. I think they would jus get in each others way. jus my opinion.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Actually, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are friends and both are unselfish players anyways, AND they play different positions. Why couldn’t they co-exist? Ray Allen was THE man for his teams all of his career and he could sacrifice playing alongside Pierce–they did it with THREE All-Stars.
    Dwyane and LeBron would be nothing like Jordan and Pippen… Both guys could manage to share the load equally on both ends of the floor, and both are similar on the defensive end.

  • http://sdfjklf.com Jukai

    This is bull, I’m calling out a lot of guys here. Anyone who doesn’t think Wade and Lebron could coexist DOES NOT watch basketball.
    In my mind, it’s a want thing– if they care to sacrifice, their skillsets would MORE than compliment each other. It’s not even a question. Both average 7+ assists, both have shown in All-Star games and the Olympics that they can play GREAT off the ball… Stop treating what you see them do for their teams as if it’s the only thing they can possibly do.

  • penny

    @manny, erm if i recall correctly, when kobe won his 1st 3 rings, he had SHAQ carrying him on his shoulders…

  • rikson

    This would be great for an already unbalanced league and the sport itself…

  • http://ijustwantmynametolookbig.com Chukaz

    @penny, f*ck you dawg. Shaq did not carry kobe. Kobe was f*ckin great when they were winnin. Shaq called kobe the best f*ckin player in the f*ckin league during their second f*ckin championship run. Kobe bailed out Shaq when shaq fouled out against the pacers. n he did that on one ankle.

  • http://Www.slamonline.com Negetivekreep

    WTF?

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    Wade and Lebron are arguably the top 2 talents right now. They have best of the best skills and play almost of the same kind. That same reasons presents MORE questions than answers at this point in time. The only measure of their success is only a championship. MANY Championships.Thats why arguments of them about not co-existing are very valid. ray and pierce became successful not just because they adjusted, its because they’re style of play is not far from what they do before they get together. Bron and wade, plays the SAME. No matter how talented they are neither can’t make the HUGE adjustment in just one training camp. Neither was a great 3pt shooter, off-ball, spot-up or a post player. If lebron can expand his play and be at least great at 2 mentioned areas, then why didnt he did that to the cavs? Not one off-season would make them. Dont get me wrong i respect everyone who thinks it could work(meaning: Titles) and i would be happy to be corrected if they really could because hey its a championship! I truly see the possibility but its really small at this time imo.

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    I see Miami as the biggest winner in this free-agency.

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    I’m not even touching on the part of they’re EGO’s yet. Miami is Wade’s. Im a lebron fan world knows and I’d be the first to say that Lebron has super HUGE ego. Same with Wade and Bosh. With the way Lebron plays his skills, talent, the way he hypes all this free agency, i dont think he would settle to be anyones pippen. Especially now. I also dont think bosh can sacrifice like what KG did. KG could care less on offense b’cause he’s a monster on D. Bosh is not, he needs ball. I agree that this “BIG 3″ is way different on what the celts have in ray-paul-kg, on the situation in terms of the point of their careers, and the difference of their playing style.

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    bosh on post is great for either one of them similar to KG/Pau, bron will have the ball similar to Pierce or kobe to some extent. But wade cant spot up or go through screens for 3′s, all the time like Ray, not even half of the time. Vice versa with lebron. Run and Gun? Possibly, but you know even showtime lakers played a big chunk of GREAT half court in the playoffs. They can co-exist. But co-existing doesn’t neccessarily equates a title.

  • Ronald

    @J: Aren’t you thinking about too much semantics and X’s and O’s? It’s true that both players have the ball a lot of the time and are slashing orientated players. But Pippen and Jordan made it work (imho both were similar players albeit Jordan had a good mid-range J) which makes two slashing orientated players with similar skillset more than viable. Especially when both are extremely talented at creating on the drives.

  • ramses

    On any give night them three will give you arouns 85, 25, 20
    JUST THEM THREE!!! plus amazing defense.
    dont sleep on wade, he averages more blocks then any other PG and more than many PF & C too.

  • cp3fan

    The Heat still wouldn’t be better than the Lakers. So they can all get together and watch Kobe win his sixth ring. In crunch time, one of them will have to be the go-to guy. Everyone who truly knows the game knows that every superstar player has an ego. Just because they may be nice guys off the court, watch them play and you can see that they all have egos. At some point, Chris Brosh would get tired of the LeBron and Dwyane talk. He has shown his ego by saying that wherever he goes, he will only play the four spot. This would not work in my opinion if it did happen. I see Bosh in Miami, but not LeBron. Dwyane Wade has more Jordan in him than LeBron so I can see people calling out LeBron for not being able to win one as the man just like they did Kobe before he won without Shaq.

  • ramses

    J check yourself and some facts. Wade has no EGO.
    most down to earth superstar probably to ever cruise through the NBA

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    Ronald.. Jordan can play spot up at times, off the ball, catch and shoot in the perimeter, thats because he has the Jumpshot that allows him to. In which wade and james neither have at least at that level at this point in time. One summer training could not level their Jumpshots to what MJ had. If some one plays pip’s role, (likely lebron) he would drop down his points to i think 20ppg. which i think neither could accept. There’s no way all of them average at least 25 a game, even 2 of them. Bosh wont accept focusing on defense more, and again one or two summer of training wont turn him to a KG or TD. You dont need X’s and O’s to calculate the GIGANTIC amount of ego coming there, most notably 2 players thats entering prime.

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    Again im not totally against the idea, as if i could do anything.. Because if this really works how could i not be happy seing lebron win his championships.!

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    ramses.. kids, what can i say..

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