After sitting out for months due to his blood clot condition, Heat star Chris Bosh announced through the Uninterrupted’s podcast, Open Run, that he’s ready to play.
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The team has been mum when it comes to Bosh’s return and hasn’t yet cleared him to play.
Though the Heat has been exploring potential ways for Bosh to play while taking blood thinners, the Heat hasn’t been ready to say anything definitive to Bosh, or reporters, leaving a level of uncertainty with his situation.
Although the second blood clot did not travel to his lung like the one in February of 2015, Bosh said this summer was the most hard of this life.
Blood clots can be life-threatening, and for a career as physically challenging as an National Basketball Association ball player, he’s going to have to be closely monitored as he returns to the team and throughout the season, as a third incident could mean the end of his playing days.
Bosh later said one of the worst parts was “just feeling healthy and feeling like I can go do it and just feeling like there’s nobody out there that’s helping me”. Bosh’s representatives did not immediately respond to request seeking clarification. It’s a regimen approved for National Hockey League player Tomas Fleischmann, who has played five seasons thanks to the injections without incident.
“I’m ready to play”. I’m definitely expecting him to be at camp and to be participating. Bosh doesn’t want to wait to play then, however.
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. Considering that he and Bosh will be the longest tenured players on the roster by the time the season starts, that’s no surprise. He takes pills in the offseason and gets the medication via injections during the season.
As stated in Jackson’s report, an anonymous source has claimed that the team has given a nod on the idea of Bosh playing while on blood thinners, an idea that management had opposed to in the past. “See you at camp” line in social media. Rumors are, Spurs may have to trade forward Kyle Anderson for Cleveland Cavilers’ Nerlens Noel while Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh might be shipped back to Toronto Raptors. “That was the most important thing”. So the thing that’s most important is that when Chris needs to be ready that he’s ready.
On the podcast, he also cited a recent tweet from Heat managing general partner Micky Arison as an indicator that he will be welcomed back on the floor this season.
Bosh has three seasons and $76 million left on a five-year deal he signed in 2014 to stay in Miami. “I look good when I take my shirt off”. Heat owner Micky Arison at least wants to see him in training camp. “I have no reason to believe that it’s not, and you know, we’ll finish this”, Bosh said. Let us know what you think below!
Bosh said he “absolutely” will be at camp.
“It is my contractural and professional obligation to be there”, Bosh said, adding, “Will I be cleared?”
“I know I’ve been gone for a moment, but now I’m back”.
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National Basketball Association players Chris Bosh (L) and Stephen Curry attend the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sports Awards 2016 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on July 14, 2016 in Westwood, California.
