In today's look into Rockets rumors and news surrounding the first day of the 2014 NBA free agency period, conflicting reports are surfacing about the availability of Miami Heat superstar LeBron James - and whether or not a top suitor like the Houston Rockets has a legitimate chance at landing him in free agency.
According to Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe (per James Herbert of CBS Sports), interested teams will meet with LeBron James' agent, Rich Paul, this week in Cleveland.
Among the teams listed to sit down with Paul are the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, and Phoenix Suns.
However, this runs completely against a report from trusted Yahoo! Sports analyst Adrian Wojnarowski on James' intentions:
Among top-level NBA executives and agents, there remains a strong belief that Miami will convince its key players to return on new deals. Within the suitors for James, there's an increased pessimism they'll never get a serious chance to engage James in free-agent meetings and presentations, sources told Yahoo Sports. His agent Rich Paul told teams he will accept their calls beginning after midnight on Tuesday, but there's no sense the formal meetings will be scheduled in the near future, sources said.
With the Oregonian reporting that Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh have agreed in principle on new multi-year deals which would pay them considerably less per year than their previous deals, it seems likely that James will return to Miami - if not for a long-term deal, then for the max on a short one-or-two year contract.
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