In what has all the makings of a Faustian bargain, the Heat is on the verge of landing LeBron James to go with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. No matter who is signed to fill the remaining spots on the team's roster, those three players alone make this arguably the most dominant team in the modern era -- on paper, anyway.
And that's especially the case when a couple of souls are sold to realize this perfect thing. No, I'm not talking about the team ditching Daequan Cook. I'm talking about how just a week ago, Wade pretended to be "leaning" toward the Bulls, even if it meant taking a pay cut, just so he could spend more time with his kids, who live with their mom in Chicago. I'm even more certain than I was yesterday that Wade was scheming to eliminate the Bulls as the competition for signing James.