Resigning

I see I stand accused of neglecting the high marginal tax rates in Canada in my Dwayne Wade post. Not really -- I gladly concede that financially Wade should stay in Miami. The question is what should Wade do if he wants to win a lot of championships. I think that he signs with the Heat he'll find that two years from now the salaries being paid to him, Shaq, Williams, and Walker don't leave much cash for other players and Shaq will be a shadow of his current self (which is, in turn, a shadow of his former self) while Williams and Walker will be bad. By contrast, if he goes to Toronto he'll be playing his prime years on what would be a crackerjack team especially since Bosh will presumably no longer be disgruntled under those circumstances. Some have suggested Orlando might be a better destination than Toronto, which may be true -- the Raptors and the Magic don't get on national television so I've seen very little of either team and don't know much about comparing them.

The guy who really should relocate, though, is Kevin Garnett who presumably could demand a trade and try to wind up in Chicago. It's even possible that such a move would be good on the merits for Minnesota which is mired in an endless sea of hopelessness at the moment and could hope to get lucky with a bunch of Bulls draft picks. By all accounts, though, he really wants to stay in Minnesota, which seems odd.