When LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh became free agents in 2010, it was the latter that may have had the most impactful role in their decision to all sign with the Miami Heat.

"Really, with the decision, I think he was the key guy," said Henry Thomas, Bosh's agent, who also represents Wade. "Once he made the commitment to go to Miami, Dwyane was obviously going through the same thing and talking to the same teams that the other guys were talking to, but once Chris committed there, that had an impact on Dwyane staying there and I think that had an impact on LeBron coming there."

Because James was already considered the world's best player and Wade had been a Finals MVP, Bosh was considered the third guy in the Big 3.

"I just let it go," Bosh said of the criticism. "That's the only thing I can do, because I'm not going to get 30 and 15, or 20 and 10, with this team. Sometimes you have to sacrifice the glory."