The constant with Chris Bosh since his NBA career came to an abrupt end in the middle of the 2015-16 season has been a sobering perspective on his own mortality as well as an ongoing interest in the franchise that delivered him to championship heights.<\/p>\n
The Hall of Fame forward who helped lead the Heat to NBA titles in 2012 and \u201913 as part of the team\u2019s Big Three era alongside LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, touched on both those topics in an interview with HoopsHype<\/a> during an appearance representing USA Basketball at a three-on-three event in Southern California.<\/p>\n In February, Bosh, 42, posted a somewhat cryptic video on social media about a health scare, noting, \u201cSo I woke up covered in my own blood. I was getting ready to go on a date with my wife, and the next thing you know I was on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n During the interview at the USA Basketball event this past weekend that also included appearances by Kevin Durant and Mitch Richmond, Bosh offered clarity about that post and his health.<\/p>\n \u201cI had an episode in January,\u201d Bosh clarified. \u201cI almost dropped dead pretty much and came back to life. I\u2019m not joking. Yeah. I had another pulmonary embolism. It was in January. Yeah, yeah, this past year. I was in the hospital for a week.\u201d<\/p>\n After Bosh suffered a second such episode during his Heat career, the team and NBA declined to make him eligible to return, leading to a contentious period that ended with a salary settlement and, ultimately, a resolution of differences that now has his Heat No. 1 hanging from the rafters at Kaseya Center.<\/p>\n With San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wemanyama among NBA players who have worked their way back from blood clots, Bosh stressed that vigilance must remain ongoing with such issues.<\/p>\n \u201cTake your medicine,\u201d said Bosh, who has become an advocate on such matters. \u201cMake sure that he\u2019s staying on top of his regimen to make sure that doesn\u2019t happen again, because it only takes one more time. It happened one more time for me, it happened twice, and I couldn\u2019t play anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n But that hasn\u2019t left Bosh disinterested in the game.<\/p>\n Last month, in the wake of the Heat acquiring Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>, Bosh advocated in a social-media post for James, then a free agent, to return to the Heat.<\/p>\n