I think Rose is great, and Chicago could use a low-post presence, so Bosh’d fit nicely. If you wanna call him Rose’s sidekick rather than vice-versa, fine (although I can’t imagine the Bulls would use that in their pitch to him). However, just ‘cuz the Bulls have made the playoffs twice doesn’t make him transcendent. Nor is the opposite true that Bosh sucks ‘cuz his team didn’t get the 8th seed (although I agree that Bosh is way overrated). I mean LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, and Michael Jordan have all missed the playoffs.

Mark,
In terms of what New York can offer Bosh that the Raps can’t: a second top player. It doesn’t matter if Toronto’s willing to go over the cap, they can’t sign any new players to more than the veteran’s minimum (or they can use their mid-level exception to pay up to like $6 mill, but no top dog’s gonna come for that little). Toronto’s in the same position as Cleveland: they can only improve the talent through trades, not recruitment. And there’s no guarantee a team’ll luck out and have a Pau Gasol fall in your lap. Basically, if Bosh wants to play on a better team, he has to sign elsewhere because Toronto’s spent all this $ on Calderon, Bargnani & Turkoglu, leaving them no wiggle room. I’m not saying New York’s the best or only option, but the Raps have boxed themselves into a corner, so Bosh is the one player I’m like 99% certain will leave his current team. And I think you’re right that if LeBron stays in Cleveland, Bosh would likely go to Miami (or possibly Chicago).

Chase,
My whole point is that Bosh ISN’T talking. The whole NBA.com article uses year-old quotes! That’s ridiculous.

So don’t look into this too much, Bosh is just talking to talk.