Bosh, an 11-time All-Star and two-time NBA champion, posted a video of himself to Instagram where he was sitting inside of his car, explaining his recent episode in vague detail because he could not recall what happened.
‘It was crazy. It was fast. It was instant. There was no warning. I didn’t have any time to prepare for it,” Bosh said during an Instagram post.
‘I was getting ready to go on a date with my wife and the next thing you know, I was, I was on the ground,’ Bosh said. ‘I won’t get into specifics, but you can kind of see I’m still recovering. I’m not gonna try to hide that one in case I look different.”
Chris Bosh details health scare
Bosh played 13 NBA seasons for the Toronto Raptors and Heat. He suffered a blood clot in his leg in 2016, an injury that eventually pushed him into an early retirement from the league.
After officially accepting the fate, Bosh announced retirement from the NBA in 2019. He averaged 19.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and two assists for his career.
He did not say whether his most recent experience is related to the blood clot injury he suffered, he could hardly even remember the incident.
‘I’m lucky, I came back. It was just darkness, it wasn’t anything else. I went to the darkness, I came back. I have no recollection. I have no memory other than coming back here,’ Bosh said.
Following his awakening moment, Bosh had a message for those listening to him: ‘Don’t wait to take action.’
“It was a scary thing and it came fast. And it made me really have a different outlook on life and how things go, what we do for ourselves, what we do for our family, how we live our lives. And no matter what it is, make sure you don’t wait,’ Bosh said. ‘That’s the thing I get from this. Don’t wait to take action because it could come fast, it could come quick. I’m lucky to be alive and I feel great about that. And now I’m thinking about how I live my day to day life. That’s really it, but don’t wait.’
He added: ‘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. So that’s what I get from all this. Don’t wait for it. You might wanna start a business, don’t wait. Just do it. You might hit the deck, I don’t know. […] So, don’t wait.”
Who is Chris Bosh?
Bosh, 41, was drafted in the 2003 NBA Draft with the fourth overall pick of the first round by the Raptors.
Bosh was a part of the coveted draft class that included Carmelo Anthony and future teammates LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
He averaged 20.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 blocks in seven seasons with the Raptors from 2003 to 2010. He signed with the Heat, joining Wade in the summer of 2010. James later followed as the three formed one of the best teams in the league.
Together, they would appear in four straight NBA Finals, winning two back-to-back in 2012 and 2013.
Bosh’s biggest moments came during Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. James missed a game-tying three-pointer; however, Bosh got an offensive rebound and found Ray Allen, wide-open in the corner for three, who tied the game with 5.2 seconds left.
In the same game, as Miami maintained a three-point lead with little time remaining in overtime. The Spurs inbounded the ball to Danny Green who attempted a corner three over Bosh but it was blocked.
The Heat won Game 6 and went on to win Game 7 for their third championship in franchise history. In six seasons in Miami, Bosh averaged 18 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 384 regular-season games.
He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021 for his individual career, and again in 2025 as a member of the 2008 U.S. men’s basketball national team known as the ‘Redeem Team’ that brought back the gold medal to the United States.
