The expectation, albeit cautiously, was that Chris Bosh would be cleared this week in order for him to join the Miami Heat in training camp next week.
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According to the Miami Herald, the complication had to do with evidence of continued clotting. While Bosh’s condition isn’t life-threatening if treated, it is considered “unrealistic” for him to play through it, and he can not play with blood thinners in his system during games due to a fear of complications and bleeding if he were to be cut.
Chris Bosh, a 32-year-old 11-time NBA All-Star, missed the second half of the 2015-16 season with a blood clot in his leg. Those episodes sidelined Bosh after the All-Star break each of the past two seasons.
Sources told The Herald that while the new complication is not considered life-threatening, playing with it is considered unrealistic.
Even though the two parties didn’t exactly see eye-to-eye over the last few months, I don’t think that there was any doubt that both wanted the best for Bosh and his family.
Chris Bosh has failed his physical, is not cleared for training camp with Miami Heat.
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It’s great news that Bosh’s latest issue isn’t considered to be life-threatening, but at this point, it’s getting harder and harder to see him ever playing in the National Basketball Association again. It wasn’t a matter of if I’m going to play again, it’s when. Bosh revealed Tuesday that at that one point, Heat doctors “told me my season is over, my career is probably over”.
