Former Miami Heat star Chris Bosh participated and actually played a game celebrating the career of his teammate Goran Dragic In Slovenia, that night was called “The Night of the Dragon.” Speaking to the media during the event, Bosh revealed the offers he could have received to play in Europe after being forced to retire from the Heat and the NBA as a whole due to health concerns related to blood clots.
EuroHoops’ Cesare Milanti posted a video on his X account, formerly Twitter, where he asked Bosh if he had ever thought about playing in Europe. The two-time NBA champion from Miami said there were offers, but “was not able” to do so because it would involve moving his entire family to another continent, especially when his children were very young at the time.
“I had offers from Europe,” Bosh said. “But the timing was right. I wasn’t in a situation where I wanted to leave and move my family. I had babies at the time. I took that as a sign and kept moving forward. But I had a few offers. It wasn’t Greece. Spain, France. The Euroleague.”
Chris Bosh reflects on his experience with former Heat teammate Goran Dragic
Eight and a half years later, he started playing basketball again and shared the court with his former teammate Dragic. Even though they didn’t play together for long in Miami, they eventually formed an unbreakable bond. He even said that he “I wasn’t going to play” since he was out of the game for so long, but he did it “to be out there with” Dragic.
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“[It feels] different, but everything for Goran [Dragic]”I didn’t even want to play today, I wasn’t going to play because I hadn’t played in so long, but I just wanted to be there with him, celebrate his career. Not everybody gets to do that, you don’t get a farewell game. You don’t even get a farewell sometimes. To be here supporting him was amazing.”
Bosh was instrumental in the Heat’s “Big Three” alongside Dwyane Wade and LeBron James that led the Heat to four consecutive NBA Finals appearances and two championships. For his excellence, Bosh is one of the franchise’s greatest players and his jersey has been retired at the Kaseya Center, but his career was still cut short due to the aforementioned health issues, which he candidly described as “difficult.”
“It was very hard,” Bosh said of the end of his career. “To be honest, it pretty much ended my career. Any time you deal with a loss or a death, you go through grieving. And I had to do that for a few years, but I got over it. I think it made me stronger. It allowed me to focus more on being a father.”
