Bosh lifting and running, but remains on blood thinners
The way Chris Bosh sees it, his season-ending medical emergency could have been a blessing is disguise.
"Maybe this is what I need," Bosh told South Florida media during Miami Heat exit interviews on Friday. "Maybe I needed to recharge my passion."
Bosh's season - and possibly the Heat's as well - ended with a very real scare on Feb. 21 when he was ruled out for the season after undergoing emergency surgery on blood clots in his lungs. The life-threatening situation has kept the 6-foot-11 forward on blood thinners since, but he said Thursday that he has resumed running and lifting.
The Heat said in February that he would not resume full basketball activities until September, or just in time for training camp.
"I haven't shot a ball since the All-Star break," Bosh said Friday.
Miami went 15-15 without Bosh down the stretch, falling out of the playoff picture in the season's final two weeks. In 44 games, Bosh averaged more than 20 points for the first time since his final season with the Toronto Raptors in 2009-10.
The Heat are expected to go hard to bring back free agent Goran Dragic next season, and on Friday the point guard was saying all the right things about returning to Miami.
Dragic, "I like this organization, this basketball style."
— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) April 17, 2015
The Heat can offer Dragic five years, an advantage over other suitors, who can only offer four.
For Bosh, who never got the chance to play with Dragic this season, all he can do is look ahead to next season - but he is positive.
"We're going to have the talent to compete. I truly believe that," he said.