Second Fiddle: Goodnight Canada

Apparently there is a rumor out there that the Rockets are skipping the wooing of LeBron and Wade and will be first and foremost going for Chris Bosh. I can see why Houston wouldn’t be going for Wade seeing as they just obtained K-Mart #2, and I’m assuming the reasoning not to go after LeBron would be the fact that everyone else will be in line 1st and will most likely be a waste of time. It’s a pretty smart strategy for what the Rockets are attempting here. Firstly, Bosh is definitely leaving Toronto. Secondly, we all learned in college, when you go to a bar/club and see a group of girls, you aren’t supposed to go for the hottest T&A chick right? She knows she is wanted by all the guys and she’ll get what she wants in the end. So you might as well go get that Asian chick because you know she’ll be really good at one thing...And she’s probably better looking after you get her away from the shadow of the T&A chick. That’s how it’s like with Bosh. Pull him away from LeBron’s shadow and suddenly Bosh is a lot more eye-catching for your team than you first thought. And the one thing that Bosh is really good at? Scoring. A lot of people are concerned that Bosh can be a defensive liability in the front court and that is a legitimate concern. But Bosh going to the right team will fix itself. In Toronto Bosh was the entire team it seemed like. He scored 22-27 points consistently every night while his teammates often failed to step up as his side-kick. If Bosh goes to Houston , he will not be scoring 22-27 per game. He will have Yao and Kevin Martin there to help with the scoring pressures. Oftentimes the stress and concern that comes with taking the load of scoring will result in lackadaisical defense and I think this is the case with Bosh. It’s not his fault; he his the only one his team that can consistently score so he must focus on that aspect in order to win games. Kevin Garnett is a prime example of this. Yes KG was a good defensive player in Minnesota but it wasn’t until he went to Boston where he didn’t have to score as much, and intern, focus on being the defensive leader of his team, ultimately resulting in his 1st DPOY award. Bosh might not get that award with Houston but he will be better on D and will help his team in other facets of the game with his extra energy. The only issues I see with Bosh not wanting to play with the Rockets is that Houston is a smaller market than what he is after and the well being of the other 2 stars he will be playing with is always iffy. No matter how you slice it, Yao and K-Mart have missed out on so many games the past 3 seasons and that is a major concern for any title-seeking free agent. But you can never count the Rockets out when getting what they want and that is in large part due to this phrase that Houstonians have come to know very well, “In Morey We Trust”.

An awesome friend of mine drew up that portrait at the top. What better way to greet a superstar big man on July 1, 2010 than with these two guys behind Morey at Bosh's door step?