Report: Chris Bosh has no plans of retiring next season

Don’t worry Miami Heat fans, Chris Bosh isn’t calling it quits anytime soon.

Chris Bosh has not played since Feb. 9 because of a recurring blood clot issue that caused him to miss the second half of last season as well. Bosh, who sat behind the team’s bench to support his teammates in Saturday’s Game 3 loss against the Charlotte Hornets, had not traveled to a road game before then since Feb. 5.

Bosh hasn’t spoken to the media since the clotting and the only information from the Bosh’s have come from a personal news release (unrelated to the Heat organization) that assured the re-occurrence of the clotting had not been life-threatening.

However, the Miami Herald’s Ethan Skolnick is reporting that Bosh does not plan to retire, despite murmurs that it was possible.

"Bosh has indicated to associates that he has no plans to retire at this time and intends to play next season for the Heat. He is under contract for three seasons after this one, at roughly $75.5 million. Even if he retired this offseason, the Heat would not receive any salary-cap relief until summer 2017."

Bosh has missed the second half of each of the last two seasons with the blood clotting issue, and questions about whether or not his condition could force him into early retirement has swirled among Heat fans.

The Herald is also reporting that the Heat and Bosh are not aligned on in terms of the treatment and his condition, with the team taking a more cautious approach. They view it as too risky to play a contact sport with Bosh on blood thinners.

"Bosh, eager to return, has sought opinions from multiple doctors about whether it was safe to come off the blood thinners in order to resume playing this season. On that issue, there were different opinions among the doctors consulted by Bosh, according to two sources with direct knowledge. But most of the doctors consulted believed Bosh should continue taking the blood thinners for several months, which is common treatment for the condition, even though the clot dissipated several weeks ago. That is ultimately the course Bosh took."

For now, the good news is that Bosh isn’t planning on hanging them up. Bosh is under contract for three more seasons after signing a five-year deal in the summer of 2014.