Report: Chris Bosh 'on pause' with Rockets as he waits on LeBron James' decision
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It's not just all of us waiting on LeBron James to make an announcement about where he'll play this coming season, Chris Bosh has an awful lot riding on this, too.
Bosh has a substantial standing offer from the Houston Rockets, but all accounts have suggested that Bosh would prefer to stay in Miami with James.
Meanwhile, the Rockets may have to pull that offer come Sunday, should they choose to match Dallas' offer sheet to Chandler Parsons (after matching, they would not have the flexibility to sign Bosh, though they could conceivably have both by signing Bosh first).
Despite the obvious time sensitivity of his situation with the Rockets, Bosh continues to keep Houston "on pause" as he waits to hear from James, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports.
Chris Bosh remained on pause with Houston on Thursday, awaiting word out of LeBron James, sources tell Yahoo. Still unwilling to jump - yet.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 11, 2014
It's hard to fault Bosh for waiting and wanting to stay with James and Wade in Miami, even if Houston's offer may be greater financially and doesn't exactly represent a huge step down in team quality (the Bosh-Dwight Howard pairing is a dream).
Complicating matters more for Bosh and the Rockets is that James will be in Brazil this weekend for the World Cup final, which takes place on Sunday. If James doesn't make an announcement before then, Bosh - or the Rockets - may have to make a tough decision without knowing James' plan.