Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Bosh is “lucky to be alive” after waking up “covered in my own blood” during a recent health scare that’s given him a new appreciation on life, he told fans on Wednesday.
The former Miami Heat star said he was getting ready to go out with his wife when “the next thing you know, I was on the I was on the ground.”
“So I woke up covered in my own blood,” Bosh told fans via Instagram. “It was crazy, it was fast, it was instant. There was no warning. I didn’t have any time to prepare for it.”
The 41-year-old Bosh didn’t get into the diagnosis or specifics of what caused him such distress. Bosh fought blood clots that cut his great career short.
“I’m lucky to be alive and I feel great about that,” Bosh said. “And now I’m thinking about how I live my day-to-day life, that’s really it.”
Bosh told fans to cherish every moment of health, urging them to take any leap of faith that could be put off for another day.
“Don’t wait to take action,” Bosh said. “You might be wanting to get a promotion, you might want to try out for the team, you might want to go on that vacation.”
“It might be so many different things that people want to do, that we want to do, that we never do,” the player continued. “So that’s what I get from all of this. Don’t wait for it. You might want to start a business. Don’t wait, just do it.”
Bosh was the No. 4 overall pick of the Toronto Raptors, out of Georgia Tech, in the 2003 NBA Draft. He enjoyed seven productive seasons in Canada, averaging north of 20 points a game in his last five campaigns there.
But he’ll best be known for his time in Miami, where he teamed with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade to form one of great trios of NBA history.
Those Heat teams won four consecutive Eastern Conference titles between 2011 and 2014, hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy in 2012 and 2013.
Battles with blood clots took Bosh off the hardwood following the 2015-16 season when, at age 31, he was still a highly productive player averaging 19.1 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.
Bosh was still hopeful he could return to pro basketball before finally having to formally announce his retirement in early 2019.
The center entered Springfield in the Class of 2021 which included NBA greats Paul Pierce, Ben Wallace and Chris Webber; coaches Rick Adelman, Bill Russell and Jay Wright; and WNBA stars Yolanda Griffith and Lauren Jackson.
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