Chris Bosh clearly just wants another shot at it.
He and the Heat came within two games of winning an NBA championship last season, he helped them get there by being the most consistent Heat player through the playoffs (including outplaying Kevin Garnett in the second round). If there was ever any doubt to Bosh’s importance — and there shouldn’t have been — these playoffs cleared it up.
But that’s not what people remember with Bosh. They remember him crying after Game 6 against Dallas, after the Heat had been eliminated and he was in tears walking back to the locker room. This following a report of crying in the Heat locker room earlier in the season.
Bosh was not in the least bit apologetic about that in speaking to Tom Haberstroh for a fantastic article at ESPN (really, click the link and read the entire thing).“To people who made fun of it, I thought it was messed up,” Bosh says of his tearful meltdown. “It meant that much to me.
“What are your dreams?” Bosh asks. “What do you want the most out of anything in this world? Dangle it in front of you, work hard as hell to get it, and then take it away. Gone.”
Bosh or any other player crying doesn’t bother me — we ask these players to be passionate, to care, to go after a ring with all their energy and heart. If they lose, you’re okay with them just blasting some Drake in the locker room and getting on with their lives? No. We want emotion and passion, and if you just miss out on something you worked for that hard, then crying is a normal response.
But Bosh has always been the easy target because he gave up big numbers and the chance to be his own show to come be the third guy in Miami. He knew that going in.
He wants to play this game and talks about feeling like an outsider right now, forced to sit because of an abodo. Bosh is going through some mild workouts but is not expected back for the Eastern Conference finals. The NBA finals… Bosh wants to be back for that. If he can be ready in a couple weeks remains to be seen, but he’s trying.
He clearly wants another shot.
