Ken Berger of CBS Sports is reporting that Chris Bosh has now become the key to Pat Riley keeping the core of the Miami Heat together.
Bosh reportedly is intrigued by the idea of getting a max deal from another franchise and walking away from a Heat discount.
Thus, with James waiting for Heat president Pat Riley to revamp the roster and with Dwyane Wade leaving $42 million on the table at age 32, Bosh is the member of the Big Three most likely to break away. Multiple league sources say there will be a close-to-max market for Bosh if Anthony and James stay with their respective teams. One of those people, an executive with a rival team, said the growing belief around the league is that Bosh would prefer a four-year max deal with another team to a discounted longer deal with Miami.
This was confirmed by an Adrian Wojnarowski report regarding reps for Bosh checking in with teams to see if the offer of a max deal for Bosh are still available.