25-year old small forward LeBron James has decided to sign with the Miami Heat. James is coming off back to back MVP seasons but he still doesn’t have any rings. He hopes coming to join Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade in Miami will help him change that. He will have to adjust to being the #2 guy on the team as the Heat belong to D-Wade. James played in 76 games (all starts) for the Cavaliers last season and he averaged 39.0 minutes, 29.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.6 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.0 blocked shot per game. He has now played in 548 games (547 starts) in his 7 years in the NBA and he has averaged 40.3 minutes, 27.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.9 blocked shots per game. Despite only being 25 years old, LeBron James is #110 in NBA history in points scored (15,251), #100 in assists (3,810), #148 in steals (955) and he is #215 in blocked shots (482). The contract details will be ironed out later but it doesn’t matter as the Heat have the most awesome trio of players ever on the same team.

UPDATE: (7/9/2010) - The Heat have sent the Cleveland Cavaliers 2 future first round picks, 2 future second round picks and a $16 million dollar trade exception to complete a sign and trade deal for LeBron James. This allows the Heat to give James a sixth year on his contract.

The details have not been ironed out but 28-year old shooting guard Dwyane Wade is coming back to Miami. D-Wade played in 77 games (all starts) for the Heat last season and he averaged 36.3 minutes, 26.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.1 blocked shots per game. He has now played in 471 games (463 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 37.6 minutes, 25.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 6.6 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.0 blocked shot per game. Wade will continue to move up in the record books for the Miami Heat and pad his lead in other categories. D-Wade is already the all-time leader in Heat history in points scored (11,967), assists (3,126) and steals (862). He is also #6 all-time in games played (471), #9 in three pointers made (246), #7 in rebounds (2,298) and he’s #3 in blocked shots (461) in team history.

The details are murky as to whether Bosh is going to sign outright with the Heat or if they are going to do a sign and trade deal with the Raptors so Bosh can max out contract wise. Either way, Heat fans should rejoice as Bosh will give them one of the best power forwards in the game today. The 26-year old Bosh played in 70 games (all starts) for the Raptors last season and he averaged 36.1 minutes, 24.0 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.0 blocked shot per game. He has now played in 509 games (497 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 37.0 minutes, 20.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 blocked shots per game. This is a outstanding move on so many levels for the Heat as it was one of the convincing factors in D-Wade deciding to stay.

UPDATE: (7/9/2010) - The Heat have sent the Raptors their own first round pick (the Heat had acquired it in a trade) in 2011, the Heat’s first round pick in 2011 and a trade exception from them to agree to a sign and trade deal so they can give Chris Bosh a sixth year on his contract.

The Heat have bought out 29-year old small forward James Jones contract for $1.9 million bucks. Jones played in 36 games (6 starts) for the Heat last season and he averaged 14.0 minutes, 4.1 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. He played in 76 games (7 starts) in two years with the Heat and he averaged 14.9 minutes, 4.1 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. This was another move to clear up even more cap space for free agency.

UPDATE: (7/18/2010) - The Heat have re-signed James Jones to a 1-year, $1 million dollar deal.

27-year old center Joel Anthony has opted out of his contract for the 2010-11 season thus becoming a unrestricted free agent. Anthony played in 80 games (16 starts) for the Heat last season and he averaged 16.5 minutes, 2.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 0.2 assists and 1.4 blocked shots per game. He has played in 169 games (45 starts) in his three years with the Heat in which he has averaged 17.0 minutes, 2.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 0.2 assists and 1.4 blocked shots. Anthony isn’t closing the door on the Heat and I don’t blame him for testing the open market instead of settling for slightly under 900K.