While it’s fun to fantasize about bringing Bosh (over 22ppg, 10rpg) to the Bay, there’s a decreasing likelihood that he’s going anywhere and if he does, that he’d bypass his chance at picking his spot as a FA – he himself announced that he’s sticking to his plan put in motion years ago:

via media.thestar.topscms.com

Chris Bosh, the Toronto Raptors all-star, suggested strongly today that he will forgo signing a contract extension this summer, setting himself up to be among a historically stacked NBA free agent class next year.

"(When) I signed a three-year (extension in 2006)... I had a goal in mind, and that was to put myself in the best position (in 2010) ... I'm thinking I just want to stick to my goal, stick to what I was doing," said Bosh.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/645658

This makes him all but unmovable for the Raptors - no team will trade them much for a one year rental, and if they do trade him for less value they lose the chance to match and exceed any offer he gets as a FA.

Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva is no Chris Bosh, but he could be this year’s Turiaf in that we might be able to sign away a serviceable NBA big man.

Talk out of Milw is that they may not even tender him a $4m/yr contract in order to retain the rights to match offers he might get, not because he’s not wanted but as a product of the club being dead-set against hitting the luxury tax.

CV is interested in joining LJ in Cleveland (who wouldn’t be?) but that’s unlikely unless Anderson Varejao leaves, loosening the Cav’s cap constraints.   http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/46853717.html

via cache.daylife.com

Villanueva was discussed several times on GSoM previously, once in a potential deal for MP:

http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2008/1/11/131426/607

and trade for CV was just posted in a thread for us by tafkasam:

http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2009/6/5/898366/two-possible-trades

The advantage of tafkasam’s idea is the possibility of unloading some contracts. But signing CV away from Milw without losing a player would allow us to hang on to assets to trade while increasing our flexibility to make a deal with our other PF/C assets – Andris, Turiaf, AR, and BWright. All have value in potential trades, and by adding CV we’d have depth to deal from strength.

This past season the 6’11, 232 lb, PF avg’d over 16 ppg and 6.7 rpg in 27 min pg. Villanueva’s still young (24) and would bolster our depth. In comparison, Turiaf (250lb., 26 yr) 6ppg & 5rpg  in 21 mpg., although he is the kind of player who’s energy and impact on the game seem greater than his stat line would suggest.

Will adding a player like CV would block the development of AR, and/or BWright? Some of us are hoping or expecting AR to be a double-double contributor, in which case why would we add Villanueva?

First, in the case that either Wright or AR is packaged in a deal, we’d need some depth inside. Second, we have a small sample pool of whether AR is going to be able to consistently put up those kinds of performances against the big frontlines in the WC. We could regret not adding depth inside if we gamble that both our young PF pan out and they don't. And third, we can never have enough bigs - particularly in a year where it seems unlikely we will be able to draft a big.

Would you add this man to your frontline if you could do so for say, the MLE?

via assets.espn.go.com

I for one would like to hear more from those of you who are more facile with stats (plus/minus, PER, etc.) as well as those who might have been able to see him play this season a bit more than a game or two to put Villanueva in perspective for us.