Damn, real bad news for Bosh.
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He was done regardless
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that's to bad, heat needed him to have any chance in the EastComment -
bosh was a very selfish player...he morphed into a good 3 point shooter at the cost of an inside presence...who needs a 7-footer shooting threes all game long (unless you are dirk) what a waste. Seemed unwilling/scared to bang in the middle after first year or so in Miami. Seeing 7-footer launching threes makes me sick.Comment -
He will make 70 million the next 3 years and not play a single game, but i bet he would trade that for his long term health.Comment -
Raptors fans would take him back. Canadian basketball fans biggest homersComment -
Yes they would, if he could pass the physical.Comment -
Who's he? Must be a slow news day.Comment -
Pretty much knew this when he started taking blood thinnersComment -
The Rockets dodged a bullet when he decided to go back to Miami.Comment -
Inevitable, but sad to hear that. Still getting paid, but definitely not worth your life to keep playing. Not a fan, but I know he wants to keep playing and loves the game.Comment -
This will cost him the HOF he would of made it with a few more decent years.Comment -
If Bosh gets in over Rasheed it is a travesty, could not shine his shoes.Comment -
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Chris Bosh does not want to retire, which leaves the Heat in a quandary.
Let’s go over the potential ways this can play out.
1. Chris Bosh chooses to retire. This is likely the option the Heat would prefer. It’s also not happening. Here is what Bosh said on Instagram Friday night.
“Little setbacks happen but that doesn’t change my intentions and what I want to accomplish.”
Or, look at what Bosh said in his recent self-directed video about the process of his return:
“If a doctor tells me, ‘Hey that’s it and this is how that is,’ and I don’t buy that. I have the right to disagree with you. I know inside me I have a lot talent and a lot of ability. I have it. I know I have it. It wasn’t a matter of if I play again, it was when.”
Bosh will not go quietly into that good night. He wants to get back on an NBA court, and he is not giving up that dream.
2. The Heat let Chris Bosh play. This also is not happening (despite the fact that the Heat would be a much better team with him; without Bosh it’s hard to picture the Heat in the playoffs). After the latest failed physical, with another sign of the blood clotting issue that ended his last two seasons, Miami is not going to risk putting him on the court. Bosh and his doctors will likely sit down and try to convince the Heat to let him play, but for reasons ranging from concern for his health to liability, the Heat are not going down that road. This is rather simple in one sense: If Bosh is healthy enough to play the Heat should play him, but clearly the Heat don’t believe he is physically ready.
3. The Heat trade Bosh. This comes up in my Twitter timeline every time we write about Bosh, as if this is some easy fantasy league swap. Here’s the problem: it takes two to tango. What team is so desperate as to give up quality assets so they can take on the three-years, $75.8 million remaining on a contract of a player who may never be cleared by the league to play? And even if he is cleared may not be able to finish seasons? What other team’s doctors are going to say the Heat doctors were flat-out wrong? Even if a team did step up, the NBA has to approve every trade and if it and its doctors think some team is ignoring serious medical issues just to land an All-Star level player, are they going to let the trade go through? Not if the league’s doctors think Bosh is risking his life to play. To put it kindly, the trade option seems highly unlikely.
4. The Heat and Bosh agree to a buyout and he becomes a free agent. This is unlikely from the Heat’s persepective because it is a severe salary cap hit. Remember, Bosh is owed $23.8 million this season and that number just goes up the next two. For argument’s sake, let’s say Bosh agrees to a buyout where he only gets half of the $75 million guaranteed he has coming (and there’s no reason for Bosh to do that), that is still an $11.9 million anchor on the Heat cap this season, and about $13 million each of the next two years. That will hurt their ability to land other free agents and rebuild this team. Miami isn’t going this route (unless Bosh agrees to a ridiculous buyout just to get away from Miami).
5. The Heat waive Bosh then in February apply to have his salary wiped off the books. This is what I think the Heat want to do (they could leave him on the roster until February then waive him, too), but this route also could leave the Heat with a massive salary on the books if Bosh does play eventually. One thing to be clear about here — Bosh would still get paid his full $75.8 million whether he plays or not. Miami still would write the checks, but if the league gets this ruling Bosh would come off the team’s official books, and that salary would not count against the salary cap.[/B]
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The Heat are definitely a playoff team, Remember they were winning at like a 65% clip without Bosh. Wade and Deng are non factors, Richardson and Winslow are better players.Comment -
Does Bosh have some type of learning disability?
What is so hard for him to understand about this, he must retire, it's not even up for debate? He's just wasting everybody's time, maybe some lawyer or agent is pumping him full of ideas meanwhile charging by the hour..?!?Comment -
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Why must he retire? He has blood clots... So? Should he lie on his couch and have a clot go to his heart and die being a lazy ass or play the game of basketball that he loves? We all have to go one day. Him playing or not playing is not going to prevent that.
Let him play. The Heat is a ruthless organization. Pat Riley made this move to get him salary off the books. Stand by your players, let them choose to play. Bosh will end up on another team.Comment -
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