LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade: NBA Stars Downplay Reports of Troubled Friendship

It's all good between LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.

Bosh initially made headlines earlier this week when he told reporters that he hadn't spoken to James, his good friend, since the King left the Miami Heat to rejoin his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. The interview left fans wondering if it meant trouble in paradise for the Heat's one-time Big Three.

"I'm in the mode where I'm trying to lead my team, help these guys out around here," Bosh said. "If guys aren't in this locker room, I don't have much time for them — if any."

But both Bosh and James clarified things for reporters on Thursday, each assuring that there's no bad blood between them.

"There's no hard feelings or anything," Bosh told ESPN after practice, later adding, "My time is backwards and everything, but we talked. I want people to understand I'm a competitor, and he's on the other team. I think he'd understand that, and I understand that, and that's how it is now."

Bosh, Wade and the Heat are preparing to play James and the Cavs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday.

"We're both trying to win, he's against us, and that's a matter of fact," Bosh said.

James agrees. As far as he's concerned, there's nothing to see here.  

"It's going to be special to see those guys on Saturday," he said. "But both teams are here to work. I'll acknowledge those guys for sure, I'm still cool with all of those guys. It's really not a story, it's what people make it. I just made a decision like a lot of people made decisions this summer."

The two teams will square off at 5 p.m. EST on Saturday at Rio's HSBC Arena.

"They made sure it'd be the two teams I'd sign with," James quipped to ESPN.