The LeBron-O-Meter: Chris to Cleveland, or is it just bosh?

If the Raptors are willing to send Chris Bosh our way, can LeBron say no?

Everybody in the Western World seems to be talking about Chris Broussard's claim on ESPN.com that the Raptors are open to a sign-and-trade deal that would bring Chris Bosh to the Cavs. Maybe that'll help persuade LeBron to stay, but it wouldn't come without a cost: the likely loss of Anderson Varejao and others, some of whom we'd hate to see leave.

Besides, there's no guarantee Bosh would go for it. As Chris Mannix of SI.com points out in his Twitter feed, Bosh doesn't want to play center:
  

"CB4 not interested in being a 5. Cavs would have to guarantee a legit center will be in place before Bosh agrees to anything"

Which raises questions about who would play center, with both Shaq and Z contracts running out and Varejao half gone, and OMG we're getting ahead of our selves, even it's true that Chris Bosh (not Chris Broussard or Chris Mannix), is the linchpin of the whole thing.

Still, the idea that LeBron might be plumping for Bosh to come to Cleveland is reassuring -- though, to be honest, we're not convinced that he's actively involved in such maneuvering. As we've found out over and over here, just because everyone's saying it doesn't make it so.

Meanwhile, the Sphinx of Akron continues to maintain his silence. We mean, he's got a Twitter account, but no tweets. We wonder what the first one will say. Whatever he says is cool, unless it's "Goodbye."

Today's meter reading: Lookin' Good