Heat gets Wade, Bosh, waiting on James

Dwyane Wade already had decided that if he were to stay with the Miami Heat, he would have either LeBron James or Chris Bosh as a teammate.

He got Bosh.

He might get both as the NBA salary cap for next season was set at $58.04 million, a higher number than projected that could help Miami fill out a roster around the three highly sought free agents.

Ending months of speculation, Wade and Bosh made their decisions official yesterday, saying their trip through the world of NBA free agency would end in Miami. Wade is staying, Bosh is coming, and now they're waiting - like the rest of the league - to see what LeBron James will do tonight when he unveils his plans in a special to be televised on ESPN.

"I'm so glad it's over," Wade said in an interview with the Associated Press. "I had to do what was best for me. And I know I did that."

Wade does not know what the terms of the next contract he'll sign with Miami will be, nor when he'll sign the paper. Bosh doesn't have terms of his next deal done, either. It's all contingent on what James says tonight, and Wade insisted he knows nothing about what the two-time MVP will say or where he'll be saying it from.

"I won't speak to him again until he makes his decision," Wade said. "And when it's over, I will congratulate him. But I will be watching."

Either way, Wade is thrilled with how free agency played out.

He, James and Bosh were the three kingpins of this long-hyped market, a trio of All-Stars who came into the league together 7 years ago and structured their last contracts just to hit the open market together this summer, the last under the current terms of the league's collective bargaining agreement.

They've talked often about playing together.

Now, the ball is clearly in King James' court.

"I expect us to compete for a championship," Bosh told ESPN. "I think both Dwyane and I, we both wanted an opportunity where right away we would be competing . . . We're ready to sacrifice a lot of things in order to do that. It's not about the money. It's not about anything else except for winning. I'm a winner. Dwyane's a winner. We're going to bring winning to Miami."

Regardless of whether James comes to Miami, the Heat still have only four players currently in the picture for this coming season: Wade, Bosh, Michael Beasley and Mario Chalmers. Miami is deeply in discussions with several free agents, including Brendan Haywood, Mike Miller, Raymond Felton and Udonis Haslem - whom Wade has played with in all seven of his previous seasons.

Haslem and Bosh play the same position, and like Wade, are represented by the same agent, Henry Thomas. Bosh's arrival figures to make it more difficult for Haslem, who has other offers, to stay in Miami.

"UD is family to me," Wade said. "He's a brother of mine. I told him, 'I want you here.' But I'm not going to tell him to take a sacrifice and a pay cut to come play with me, because my sacrifice, my pay cut, it's a little different."

* A person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press that two-time All-Star Carlos Boozer agreed to a deal with the Chicago Bulls and is leaving the Utah Jazz after six seasons. Terms were not revealed. Boozer averaged 19.5 points and 11.2 rebounds last season.

* Kevin Durant agreed to a 5-year contract extension with Oklahoma City. Durant's spokeswoman, Mary Ford, said he will receive the maximum deal possible, $85 million over 5 years. She said the contract has no opt-out clause after the fourth year.

* Ray Allen confirmed to the Associated Press last night that he has agreed to a 2-year, $20 million contract to return to the Boston Celtics. The deal was first reported by ESPN.

* Golden State Warriors top draft pick Ekpe Udoh has a wrist injury that will keep him out of the team's summer league.

* Sacramento signed center DeMarcus Cousins, the No. 5 overall pick in the draft, to a contract. Cousins, who averaged 15.1 points and 9.8 rebounds as a freshman at Kentucky last season, can earn about $7 million in the first 2 years of the deal, and the Kings have separate team options for the third and fourth seasons.