Well, isn't this a switch. Remember ten years ago, when then Bulls GM Jerry Krause met the young Tracy McGrady at O'Hare with the Luvabulls, a band playing "Sweet Home Chicago" and Benny the Bull? (OK, so maybe Benny was overdoing it.) He was trying to get McGrady to sign with the Bulls -- McGrady went elsewhere, had a fine career, and was actually rumored to be interested in coming to Chicago this past offseason, but signed with the Pistons instead.
↵↵Now, according to the New York Daily News, McGrady says LeBron James should have signed with the Bulls instead of the Heat; McGrady says James and Dwyane Wade say they are similar types of players and don't complement each other. That's pretty obvious; the Heat was Wade's team and as the old saying goes, "there's only one ball."
↵↵The article goes on to say:
↵↵McGrady feels that if James had made up his mind to leave Cleveland he would have been better off in Chicago with Derrick Rose as his running mate.↵↵
That would have been a disaster, too, in hindsight. Many Bulls fans wanted James to come here, but he's proven in only a little over a month in Miami that his primary operating mode is "selfish." The Bulls aren't that way -- Rose is clearly the star of the team and a possible MVP candidate, but the Bulls have a true team that's coming together with key contributions from Joakim Noah, Luol Deng, Taj Gibson, Kyle Korver and even one great game from C.J. Watson.
↵↵That's a team. LeBron James didn't lead the Cavaliers to a title and it's looking like the same is happening in Miami. They can keep him.