Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images(MIAMI) — Miami Heat president Pat Riley doesn’t appear to believe that Chris Bosh will play for the team again.
“We feel that, based on the last exam, that his Heat career is probably over,” Riley told reporters Monday.
Riley was referring to Bosh’s pre-season physical, which the power forward failed. Bosh, 32, has been plagued by blood clots.
“The Miami HEAT and Chris Bosh, in consultation with team doctors and other physicians, have been working together for many months with the mutual goal of having Chris return to the court as soon as possible,” the team said in a statement last Friday. “Chris has now taken his pre-season physical. The Miami HEAT regret that it remains unable to clear Chris to return to basketball activities, and there is no timetable for his return.”
When asked by reporters Monday if Bosh’s career in the NBA was over, Riley said that is “up to him.”
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