Only a month away from the beginning of the NBA free agency period, rumors have continued to surface about a possible meeting between the top free agents. LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, and Joe Johnson are expected to be at the meeting. Amar'e Stoudemire and Carlos Boozer may also be joining them.
While the reasoning behind the meeting seemed to involve a discussion of each player's free agent plans, James said those rumors were false.
"We're actually getting together to play Magic," James stated. "This is something we do every year in the offseason. It just so happens we're all going to be free agents this summer. Weird, I know."
Wade, who developed a close friendship with both James and Bosh while playing for the US Olympic team, says the games get pretty intense.
"LeBron won last year, and I have to admit he cheated. Straight up. I swore he had eight cards, some extra mana to start the game. I think since he gets to take an extra step and not get called for traveling, he thinks it works the same for Magic. It doesn't."
Bosh, who may be teaming up with James in the upcoming season, had no comment on allegations of cheating.
James has been tight-lipped about possibly signing with the Chicago Bulls. Recently James has opened up about the possibility of playing in Chicago.
"It would be incredible," James said in an interview. "There's just so much history in the city of Chicago and I would be honored to be a part of it. Just thinking about returning to the site of Kai Budde's seventh Pro Tour victory is mind-boggling."
While the meeting was originally supposed to include just James, Wade, and Bosh, Hawks free agent Joe Johnson hopes to be included in this year's game.
"I have a lot to offer to the game," Johnson said. "I think they'll be impressed with my strategy that heavily relies on logical thinking."
"Joe's a few years of training away from competing with us," Bosh said. "But we'll probably invite him anyway because he has a nice limited edition deck."
"And as far as Amar'e and Carlos, we just don't like them," Bosh added. "They're not invited."
A date for the 6th annual Magic Tournament is expected to be set within the next two weeks.
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