"I just got a text saying that Bosh should be able to play next season. So, the Heat expect Bosh to be able to play next season," said Dan Le Batard of ESPN (via Dan Feldman of NBC Sports). "What I’m telling you is that Bosh is committed to getting back, and the Heat are hopeful that that can be so."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pat Riley on Bosh: "I know Chris wants to play, and we would be open to that. But this is still fluid. There's not an answer."</p>— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLieser/status/754363828318658560">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pat Riley on Chris Bosh's situation, "It's always fluid and it has been since there's been a diagnosis . . . there's not an answer."</p>— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) <a href="https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/754363869611503616">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Riley said from a basketball standpoint, Bosh decision is "on hold". They need to wait until August or September, he said.</p>— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) <a href="https://twitter.com/flasportsbuzz/status/754366069662515200">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pat Riley said a restricted travel schedule or limited workload is in play for Chris Bosh. Nothing determined yet.</p>— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLieser/status/754367654324994049">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Riley said everything will be discussed with Bosh, including playing only some games.</p>— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) <a href="https://twitter.com/flasportsbuzz/status/754367736470462464">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pat Riley on Kevin Durant: "I think it was a long shot, especially when C.B. went down."</p>— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLieser/status/754370702346752000">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pat Riley: "But I'll always take a meeting with a free agent like that who calls and says he'd like to talk to you."</p>— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLieser/status/754370808861057025">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pat Riley said Durant told him he wanted to go to "a team that could win immediately." Unwilling to wait a year for Heat to build something.</p>— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLieser/status/754372015650463744">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Riley: "I don't think there's any doubt we can compete for a playoff spot. Our plan is to always compete for a playoff spot."</p>— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) <a href="https://twitter.com/Manny_Navarro/status/754371656135610368">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Bosh debuts his documentary on <a href="https://twitter.com/uninterrupted">@uninterrupted</a> today, says <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Heat?src=hash">#Heat</a> docs told him his career was probably over: <a href="https://t.co/ocgX0D4oDK">https://t.co/ocgX0D4oDK</a></p>— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rachel__Nichols/status/778617153226350593">September 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Bosh tells <a href="https://twitter.com/uninterrupted">@uninterrupted</a> that he had more than one clot in February, and that Heat then advised his career was likely over.</p>— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/778609976000610304">September 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Bosh should just retire alive, unless he's going to hire a full-time medical staff and even then I still don't think it's worth it. What if he sustains an injury while playing and then takes his blood thinners... Could be catastrophic or... At the least a long recovery time. And then the fact he was close to pulmonary embolism on the first time... 3rd time chance isn't worth it, fortunately he played when guys got paid. If embolism happens unexpectedly he's dead, basketball isn't worth leaving your family early. I mean unless they dx cause (and somehow fixed it) I'm pretty certain standard protocol is thinners for life.
This. Unless there's some is revealed information boding well for health, he should hang it up. Ultimately, basketball is just one career path of many. Enjoying it as only a game is also in a sense, liberating.
I don't get it - for him, he's closer to the end of his career than the beginning and is cashing in on a max contract. He doesn't understand that there are real risks to what he's doing. The NBA doesn't want a star athlete dying on the court. They're not going to clear him quickly because anyone with any expertise in this area would know that the safest option is lifelong blood thinners and no contact sports. His PR efforts come across at best as poorly informed but well-intentioned.
[NBA.com] Bosh: Heat doctors thought my career was over ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the podcast, Bosh discussed a regimen of taking bloodthinners that is utilized by NHL player Tomas Fleischmann, who he connected with through their agents this summer. Fleischmann was told that his career was over when he was diagnosed with having multiple clots, but has played for several years while on bloodthinners - either taken in pill form or through injections. Typically, athletes in contact sports are advised to not participate when on bloodthinners because of the increased chance of internal bleeding and other complications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [FOX Sports] How Chris Bosh could return to basketball despite his health scares ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- But if there is a way for Bosh to play while on blood thinners, it's by emulating former Florida Panthers player Tomas Fleischmann, who dealt with a similar health scare during his playing days, according to the AP. The two have been in touch since Bosh's original diagnosis, and Fleischmann detailed what it would take for Bosh to come back to the NBA: Fleischmann — who expects to be on thinners for the rest of his life — was told he would never play hockey again after he was diagnosed with a clot. Like Bosh, Fleischmann also had at least one recurrence of clotting to deal with, but he managed to balance the rigors of competition and air travel with being on thinners for years since. Fleischmann explained his process to Bosh, one where he takes thinners after practices and games and allows enough time to ensure that they're out of his system when he needs to play. He takes pills in the offseason and gets the medication via injections during the season. "It stays in your system only for the dosage you put in," Fleischmann said in an interview with AP. "You know exactly how many hours your blood is thin. After that it goes away and you can do whatever you want." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wow - what Fleischmann is doing is dangerous and stupid. You DON'T know how long your blood is thin because each person is different and depending on the thinner, the pharmacokinetics can vary substantially with food intake, alcohol intake, etc.... And the fact that he had a recurrence of clots is probably because he isn't adherent to his anticoagulation regimen. Finally, it's a question of whether you want to play with your life or if you can be happy with the $100 million plus that you've made and prefer to be alive to see your grandchildren.
[Miami Herald] More blood clotting complications derail Bosh’s comeback attempt --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A complication has arisen in medical tests involving Heat forward Chris Bosh, derailing his attempted comeback, according to a source. The complication involved evidence of some continued clotting and is believed to be related to one of two previous blood clot episodes. [...] The Heat was receptive to allowing Bosh to play while taking a new form of medication that would be out of his system by game time, a regimen used by National Hockey League player Tomas Fleischmann. But that was contingent on Bosh having no red flags in medical tests conducted this week. Though it’s unclear if Bosh will attempt to play again, he is not expected to file a grievance with the union or push to return in the immediate future, amid this latest setback. [...] The Heat cannot apply to remove Bosh’s salary from its cap until Feb. 9, the anniversary of his last game. The Heat, at that point, would need to release Bosh, and his remaining salary then would be cleared from Miami’s cap if “a doctor that is jointly selected by the league and players association agree his condition is career-ending, or severe enough to put him at risk if he continues playing,” according to the NBA’s labor agreement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
