Bosh's First Meeting...Houston Rockets?

With all the talk about Bosh basically following Wade or LeBron wherever they decide to go, should we maybe consider Bosh joining a team all by his lonesome? Well, according to reports, this is exactly what Houston Rockets' GM, Daryl Morey, would like you and Mr. Bosh to believe.

Apparently, the Houston Rockets have singled out Mr. Bosh to be their No. 1 Free Agent target. Although they do not have the necessary cap room to sign him outright, they have more than enough assets to pull of a sign-and-trade deal that the Raptors have reportedly been very open to, especially considering their GM recently admitted that it is "likely" that Bosh will not be coming back.

So, should the Knicks and Nets be worried? Well maybe not worried, but at least they should be put on notice.

If say, LeBron decides to stay with Cleveland and Bosh gets cold feet on being only the fourth player under contract with the Heat after Dwayne Wade presumably resigns, the Rockets suddenly become a very interesting option for him. First, Bosh is originally from Texas, having grown up in Dallas. Second, the supporting cast the Rockets field is well, very impressive even after possibly trading Aaron Brooks, Jordan Hill (that would kill Knicks fans, wouldn't it?), Jared Jeffries and David Andersen, as Chad Ford has suggested.

This would be their roster if this trade was consummated:

C-Yao, P-Chris Bosh, 3-Trevor Ariza, 2-Kevin Martin, 1-Kyle Lowry
Bench-Luis Scola, Shane Battier, Chase Buddinger, Chuck Hayes, and Patrick Patterson

That is not a bad sell, especially considering the other options would be to play with very little support on the Knicks or to play with very unproven talent on the Nets. The Bulls would also have to be considered a serious player if this whole scenario played out, but I have to believe Bosh would see more promise in the Rockets' stacked and physical lineup than the overrated Bulls' foundation of Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose.

Granted, there is a pretty big catch here: Yao.

Will he be healthy? And will he be able to make it through a whole season?

My guess: Yes, he will be healthy to start the year, but will only play 50-60 games. However, now that he will not be the focal point of the offense, there will be less wear and tear on him and hopefully they could pace him so that he would be healthy for the playoffs. And worst comes to worst, Luis Scola is inserted back into the starting lineup, and things didn't turn out so badly two years ago when that happened.