Chris Bosh and more importantly, the Miami Heat could be at odds here. The reason why I say “More importantly, the Miami Heat” is because they’re the ones that are being closed about the health of Chris Bosh.
For months, we have been wondering what is up with Chris Bosh. Will he ever play again, if so, when will he be cleared. Pat Riley has been very blunt on what Bosh’s condition is. But it’s clear that Bosh feels good, he wants to play.
An NBA-employed friend says Bosh very much wants to play and believes he should be cleared. If the Heat fights him on this, it wouldn’t be surprising if Bosh takes this issue to the players union, unless Bosh again relents as he did during last year’s playoffs. Pat Riley said the Heat won’t make a decision on Bosh’s status until August or September.
The Miami Herald talked to a doctor, Robert Myerburg of UHealth and he focused on the blood thinners and whether Bosh should play with or without them.
Robert Myerburg, said Bosh wouldn’t be at serious risk playing if he’s off the blood thinners, but he has been skeptical of Bosh’s idea of playing while taking thinners that would be out of his system in 8 to 12 hours.
“Someone who has had a second clot is more likely to have another, but the specific circumstances of an athlete might be different,” said Myerburg, considered an expert on athletes’ medical conditions and cardiology. “If you take the total population of people who have had this thing, once you had a second, you’re at risk for a third. But that doesn’t get into the issue of how a subgroup [such as pro athletes] may behave because of things that make them more prone for blood clots.”
Bosh is right to maybe look towards the Players Union, that’s what they’re there for, but two blood clots in 12 months is no joke. The Heat need to be honest and say what they think, are they just scared for him? Are they wrapping him up in imaginary bubble wrap? Something needs to happen one way or another. Nobody likes being in limbo.
