For the first time since 2016, we got to see Chris Bosh on the basketball court.
The Hall of Fame big man was in Ljubljana, Slovenia, for Goran Dragic's farewell game — Bosh and Dragic were teammates at Miami — and spoke with BasketballNews' Mindaugas Bertiz about a variety of topics, including his decision to retire from basketball at age 31 due to a blood clot.
“It was really hard. To be honest, my career was over. Anytime you deal with something like that, loss or death, you go through deep grief. I went through that for a few years. And I got through it. I think it made me stronger. I started to focus more on my role as a father.”
Bosh said he had received offers from EuroLeague teams to continue his career overseas, but was not in a position to take up the offers at the time.
“I didn't want to move with my family. I had kids at the time. I took it as a sign and kept going. But I had some offers. It wasn't Greece. Spain, France. The EuroLeague.”
Bosh initially went to Serbia to support his former teammate Dragic, not to play, but after seeing former Raptors teammate Rasho Nesterovic play, he thought he could make some trips back and forth on the court. It would be nice to see the underrated big man and one of the Heat's title winners back on the court.
