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Andrea Bargnani: Playing with Carmelo Anthony was great because I played with Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh, the two true superstars that I played with, maybe Carmelo even more than Bosh famous-wise and player-wise. It was great, I think superstars is is one of the other big difference compared to Europe. In Europe we don't have the superstar level, the superstar kind of player so being next to one of the superstars and playing with them and practice every day was a great experience, because you see what really a superstar is which is something completely different than anybody else. There was a lot of pressure.
Bam Adebayo on the players who shaped his approach to the game: Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Lamar Odom, Chris Bosh
When asked about the big men who shaped his approach to the game, Bam Adebayo didn’t hesitate. “Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Lamar Odom… and the wild card for me was always Chris Bosh,” he said. That list, while eclectic, makes sense for a player whose game bridges eras and blends power, finesse, and versatility. Bam sees more than just stats in his idols — he sees sacrifice and substance, especially in Bosh, who made the leap from franchise centerpiece in Toronto to third option in Miami’s Big Three. “What I know now is totally different than what I thought then,” Adebayo said of Bosh. “CB came to Miami and made a sacrifice… he committed to winning over individual stats.”
Dwyane Wade doesn't feel trio with LeBron James and Chris Bosh are responsible for superteam trend
Do you feel responsible for the "superteam" trend after you got LeBron James and Chris Bosh to join you in Miami? Dwyane Wade: Not responsible for a superteam. Maybe responsible for players getting together and making a decision. I don’t know what was done that preceded us. We definitely watched Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman. We definitely watched Magic Johnson play with many great Hall of Fame players. We watched Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, and so forth. We’ve seen it before.
"Looking back I think you just gotta not take each day for granted because you never know when an issue could come up," he said of the last few weeks. "Obviously there’s people with way worse issues than I’ve dealt with, so I don’t want to be dramatic about it, but you just never know when something could come up and change your life. It’s been guys like Chris Bosh who dealt with this and then it’s another issue and it could be a career-ending thing so I think you just can’t take days and opportunities and things in your life for granted. That’s kind of how I look back at the experience.”
Rich Paul: There was no Big Three in Miami...Chris Bosh took a back seat and played a role that made it work
Rich Paul: I always love a big two. I don’t really love a big three. I don’t. I don’t, really. People talk big three, but I—you know, the big three thing has never really worked. And you say, 'Well, what happened in Miami?' That wasn’t really a big three. There were three guys that were winning the lottery, and they did really well individually on their team. So they put up big numbers and had big accomplishments. But when you think about it, Bosh was the ultimate professional. He took a back seat, and he played a role in which—because he had such a high IQ and he was such a professional as an individual—his approach to everything is what made that work.
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Adebayo’s three-point spike brings back memories of Hall of Fame big man Chris Bosh’s three-point evolution with the Heat. After shooting 21 of 74 (28.4 percent) from three-point range in the 2012-13 season, Bosh went on to shoot 74 of 218 (33.9 percent) the following season with the Heat. But Spoelstra believes the three-point journeys of Adebayo and Bosh are different, with one common thread. “It’s a little bit different because CB was a really good 17, 18-foot shooter right out of the gate,” Spoelstra said. “Coming into the league, that’s what he did was face up and was really good at the elbows and the mid-post. By the time he got to us, all it was was extending it from 18, 19 feet to behind the NBA three-point line and really we started from the corners. “They’re kind of different players. Bam came in as a dominant effort, energy defender, winning player, lob threat and then really developed some ball handling, facilitating skills that were different than what CB had. But what is common about both of them is that there’s a commitment to constant evolution and improvement. That’s the thing that I really appreciate about Bam. He just goes to work. He always goes to work and adds new things that can help your team.”
Anthony Chiang: Micky Arison reacts to HOF honor in press release issued by the Heat: “I am deeply honored to be joining Heat greats Alonzo Mourning, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Shaquille O’Neal, Ray Allen, Tim Hardaway, Gary Payton and of course my dear friend Pat Riley in the Basketball Hall of Fame. When my father Ted Arison brought the Heat to Miami almost 40 years ago, he did not do so for accolades. He did it because he thought it was best for Miami. Madeleine, Nick, Kelly and I have been the proud stewards of that vision and are so proud of what the Heat mean both in our community and to fans around the world. For some, this is an individual honor. But for me, this speaks to what our entire Heat family – players, coaches, staff and fans – have built together. “I look forward to enshrinement weekend in September, as well as future enshrinement weekends where more members of our Heat family will enter the Basketball Hall of Fame.”
The 2003 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection -- one of the most lucrative NBA sets of all time, featuring RPAs of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and James -- features base Exquisite Rookie Patch autographs numbered to 99, parallels numbered to the rookie's jersey number and a rainbow parallel numbered 1-of-1. The $1.159 million James card is numbered to 99 while the James RPA sold five weeks ago -- for $1.22 million -- is numbered to 23. According to population reports, there's no James Exquisite Rookie Patch Autograph in the base, parallel or rainbow versions with a higher grade than the 9.5 grade the $1.159 million James RPA received from Beckett Grading Services.
Myles Turner: So, one of the first people to give me advice coming into the league was Chris Bosh, a Hall of Famer. He told me, "When you come into your funds, it's gonna be easy for you to go blow it on cars, jewelry, houses, and stuff like that." But he advised me, "Get with a good financial advisor, get with a good lawyer, and make sure your money is working for you." One of the first things I did was invest in some land in rural Texas. I also invested in the stock market, contributed to my retirement, and put money into some buildings and real estate. The advice I give to anybody coming up is to try to save that first check as much as possible. My 19-year-old mind wasn't really thinking that way, but I got some really good advice, and I was able to make solid investments that still benefit me today.
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But there’s a key difference between Bosh's career-ending blood clots and Wembanyama’s season-ending blood clot. Bosh’s blood clots were not found to be in his shoulders like Wembanyama. And that might be a silver lining for Wembanyama. I asked Dr. Brian Sutterer, one of the most well-known sports injury doctors, if Wembanyama’s frequent flying may have been a risk factor for his newly discovered condition. Sutterer didn’t see it that way. “I don’t think travel played a role,” Sutterer told me. “The most common location for a deep vein thrombosis is the legs, and it’s often related to the blood pooling from long-term immobilization like air travel or recovery from surgery. If Wembanyama’s was a clot in the leg, absolutely the long travel could be a factor. But in the arm, his anatomy and repetitive motion is the likely cause.”
Josh Lewenberg: Scottie Barnes just passed the 4,000 career points mark, tying Chris Bosh as the 2nd fastest player in Raptors history to reach the milestone. They both did it in 236 games. Vince Carter reached it in 167 games.
Tim Reynolds: Hall of Famer Chris Bosh had a new job this past weekend — he guest starred as “Mother Ginger” in Ballet Austin’s 62nd Annual Production of The Nutcracker. (No, Mother Ginger does not have to dance.) Chris’ daughter was also part of the show, Ballet Austin announced. pic.x.com/X8U24AyUMQ
Karl-Anthony Towns top five power forwards of all time: 'Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Karl Malone, and Charles Barkley'
Shannon Sharpe: So we got Tim Duncan, we got Kevin Garnett, we got Dirk Nowitzki, we got Karl Malone. So we only got one more left, so that's either Giannis Antetokounmpo, Charles Barkley, Chris Bosh, Dennis Rodman… Karl-Anthony Towns: I was thinking in the beginning it was Chris Bosh, but Charles Barkley was so special… People got to take the time to go back and watch Charles Barkley highlights, like don't let what you see on TNT fool you bro, that man was a beast, he was legit, a beast and he had a jumper people don't even give him credit for the jumper he had. I'm gonna give it to Charles man.
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