Former Raptors and Heat All-Star big man Chris Bosh had to retire earlier than anticipated at age 33, having not played since he was 31 due to a scary blood clot issue. The 6’11” center/power forward may have interest in eventually pursuing a coaching or NBA front office career, writes Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
“I don’t want to put any closure on it,” the 37-year-old Bosh said about a possible coaching gig. “Some sort of front-office or coaching position, I don’t want to throw dirt on it and say, ‘that’s it (and I won’t pursue it).'”
Bosh will be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend as a player, after 11 All-Star appearances, one All-NBA Second Team honor, four Finals appearances and two titles. He holds career averages of 19.2 PPG, 8.5 RPG, and 2.0 APG.
There’s more from around the basketball world:
- Recent Nets reserve point guard Mike James has left Russian basketball club CSKA Moscow, per Dario Skerletic of Sportando. James now re-enters the NBA free agency pool. The 6’1″ guard previously began the 2020/21 season with CSKA Moscow, averaging 19.3 PPG and 5.7 across 27 games of Euroleague play. The 31-year-old vet eventually latched on with the Nets, averaging 7.7 PPG and 4.1 APG across 13 regular season contests, before seeing his role diminished in the playoffs. James had been under contract with CSKA Moscow through 2023, but had managed to carve out time to join the Nets at the end of the 2020/21 season with the club’s blessing. Now, he is a wholly unrestricted free agent.
- Top high school prospect Shaedon Sharpe, the No. 1-ranked overall prospect in the class of 2022, has committed to suiting up for coach John Calipari in Kentucky, per Jonathan Givony of ESPN. “Coach Cal took the time to understand who I was as a person and how to get the best out of me,” Sharpe said. “I can see that he does a great job of working with athletes of my position and playing style and getting them to be the best versions of themselves. His experience is a large part of why I chose UK, but he believed in the vision and goals that I had for myself as well.” The addition of Sharpe marks Calipari’s first top-five recruit since he added now-Heat star big man Bam Adebayo in 2016. During Calipari’s 12 seasons at Kentucky, he has seen 43 of his players selected in the NBA draft, including 21 in the lottery. Sharpe also reportedly considered joining the G League Ignite, Arizona, Kansas and Oklahoma State before making his decision.
- Several players throughout the NBA remain inked to unwieldy contracts relative to their output or health. Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype assesses the toughest deals to flip in the league ahead of the 2021/22 season. Rockets point guard John Wall, owed $91.7MM over the next two years, tops Gozlan’s list for the second straight season. Gozlan speculates that the 31-year-old former All-Star could be headed for a buyout with Houston soon. 33-year-old Cavaliers forward/center Kevin Love, owed $60.2MM over the next two seasons as Cleveland’s fourth-best big man, and 31-year-old maximum-salaried Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson, who has missed the last two seasons with an ACL tear (in 2019/20) and an Achilles tear (in 2020/21), are two of the more predictable names on the list. A few 2021 free agency signings and extensions make the cut, including the contracts of Bulls small forward DeMar DeRozan and Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen.
You don’t rebuild Ben and Wall even if they are broken.
You buyout or trade Ben and Wall.
I would love to see Bosh get some head coaching exp on the HS &/or AAU level then come back home to Tech in a yr or so after Josh Pastner leaves similar to Penny at Memphis
If never-injured Andre Wiggins $65 million contract is neutral value,
Ben Simmons $147 million
Butler $215 million
Porzingis 102 million
Hayward 92 million
DeRozan 82 million
Bertans $65 million
You….you have any sort of context to this post?
Hayward being paid that much for playing 34 games a year is wild, porzingis making that much to be a more famous lauri markannen is also wild, bertans can make his contract less horrendous by improving slightly on the worst season of his career
Who is this Hoopshype writer? What does he know? Why does he think the Warriors would want to trade Klay? It is pretty ignorant to say you know how Klay will play when he comes back. Unless you have seen him on the court, and in his rehab, STFU. Making proclamations based on ignorance, is pretty sad.
Settle down my friend!
You right no one knows what Klay will look when he comes back… but in all honesty the safest bet by a long stretch is that he is gonna be nowhere near the player he was before, sadly to say!
You see to devastating leg injuries, 2 & a half years without playing & already 31… just doesn’t point to him coming back anywhere near All-Star level.
Now having said most thought KD would be a shadow of his former self, & he played some of the best ball of his career!
No one knows, right? But sadly the odds are against Klay, but as I said hopefully he can beat them & be back to his usual self!
I am settled down. But, you are making predictions based on no information. Adrian Peterson tore his ACL & MCL, and came back and rushed for over 2,000 yards.
All star stuff is always overrated. He’ll still be able to shoot the 3. That puts him in the All Star game right away.
So, the odds are, you are just speculating based on ignorance. He could easily come back and be a better player.
Sure! I can see your pigs flying as well!