Add Magic Johnson’s voice to fel­low Hall of Famer Michael Jordan’s: Nei­ther ever thought of com­bin­ing forces the way LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh did ear­lier this month with the Miami Heat.

“We didn’t think about it ’cause that’s not what we were about,” John­son said at Baruch Col­lege in New York, accord­ing to Bloomberg News. “From col­lege, I was try­ing to fig­ure out how to beat Larry Bird.”

Bird, Jor­dan, Magic

This past week­end, Jor­dan said at a celebrity golf event that he never would have played with John­son or Bird, his two main rivals dur­ing his play­ing days.

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Now­itzki, Haslem

The Mav­er­icks have offered Udo­nis Haslem a three-year, $20 mil­lion con­tract, sources indi­cated to Yahoo! Sports.

Dal­las has offered Haslem their full midlevel excep­tion start­ing at $5.85 mil­lion this sea­son, a league source said.

Miami wants to re-sign Haslem to play with Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James. Haslem shares the same agent as Wade and Bosh, and has expressed a strong desire to return to the Heat.

Dal­las is attempt­ing to present an offer that would make it dif­fi­cult for Miami to retain Haslem.

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LeBron James put the NBA on notice Thurs­day night, join­ing Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami.

End­ing weeks of will-he-or-will-he-not spec­u­la­tion, the two-time MVP said Thurs­day night that he has decided to join the Heat and leave the Cav­a­liers after an unsuc­cess­ful seven-year quest for the ring he covets.

Bosh, LeBron, Wade

“I can’t say it was always in my plans, because I never thought it was pos­si­ble,” James said on a made-for-LeBron live show on ESPN. “But the things that the Miami Heat fran­chise have done, to free up cap space and be able to put them­selves in a posi­tion this sum­mer to have all three of us, it was hard to turn down. Those are two great play­ers, two of the great­est play­ers that we have in this game today.”

Olympic team­mates in Bei­jing, James, Bosh and Wade all helped deliver the gold.

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All indi­ca­tions are that LeBron James is lean­ing toward sign­ing with the Miami Heat on Thurs­day night, accord­ing to sev­eral sources with knowl­edge of the situation.

Bar­ring a late change of heart, sources say James has decided to join fel­low All-Stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to form a poten­tial NBA powerhouse.

James will make his announce­ment from the Boys and Girls Club of Green­wich, Conn., dur­ing an hour­long spe­cial called “The Deci­sion” on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET Thursday.

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Jason Williams

The Miami Heat have already got Chris Bosh sign­ing on and Dwyane Wade return­ing, as well as, the pos­si­ble addi­tion of a young fella named LeBron James com­ing its way.

Accord­ing to reports, another name may be added to the ros­ter soon enough: point guard Jason Williams.

Two sources tell the site that Wade has been lob­by­ing to have his old back­court mate back in Miami where the pair led the team to the NBA Cham­pi­onship in 2006.

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Car­los Boozer

The New York Knicks have had exploratory talks with Car­los Boozer, accord­ing to a source close to the situation.

It is unclear how Boozer would fit with a team that just gave a five-year, $100 mil­lion deal to another power for­ward, Amare Stoudemire, but the source said a meet­ing between the Knicks and Boozer is “possible.”

Of course, the Knicks’ top pri­or­ity is sign­ing LeBron James or Dwyane Wade. James will announce his deci­sion on Thurs­day at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN, accord­ing to ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard.

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Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh

Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are team­ing up together on the Miami Heat, accord­ing to a per­son with knowl­edge of the situation.

ESPN’s Shel­ley Smith also reported the pend­ing move through inde­pen­dent sources.

Wade and Bosh are expected to announce their deci­sion on Wednes­day, accord­ing to the source.

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Tyrus Thomas

Tyrus Thomas could receive a heav­ily front­loaded offer sheet from the Nets, accord­ing to league sources.

If the Nets are unable to sign LeBron James, Chris Bosh or Dwyane Wade, then Thomas would become a prime tar­get. Since Thomas is a restricted free agent, the Bob­cats would have seven days to make a deci­sion on matching.

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Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Wade is lean­ing toward com­mit­ting to the Chicago Bulls, a source close to the sit­u­a­tion told ESPN.com’s Chad Ford on Friday.

Wade requested a sec­ond meet­ing with the Bulls on Fri­day, accord­ing to the source.

Wade needed to clar­ify issues around pos­si­bly join­ing the Bulls.

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