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Back to the future: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh

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The wheels were set in motion when LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade all decided to sign short-term contracts four years ago. More than likely, the trio decided then that they were all going to play together on the same team. On a hunch, I figured that team would be the New York Knicks. In The Cleveland Plain...

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The wheels were set in motion when LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade all decided to sign short-term contracts four years ago.

More than likely, the trio decided then that they were all going to play together on the same team. On a hunch, I figured that team would be the New York Knicks.

In The Cleveland Plain Dealer on July 16, 2006:

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Just a thought, but are the shorter-term contract extensions signed by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all part of a master plan that will eventually land all three players in New York?

Can you imagine the hype and rivalry with James playing for the soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets and Wade with the New York Knicks? Or how about all three players on the same team, which would breathe new life into a basketball-crazed area that has been reduced to a faint pulse because of the subpar Knicks.

James, Wade and Bosh each agreed to three-year extensions with an option for the fourth year with their respective teams last week. They all could have signed a maximum of five years for $80 million, but they chose the shorter route. In four years, all of those awful mega contracts are off the Knicks’ books (Jamal Crawford will make $10 million in 2010-11) which means there will be room to sign free agents like James, Wade and Bosh.

Far-fetched?


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