How do you see this playing out?
Rich: Best case scenario is that Bosh gets cleared before training camp and is able to play for the Heat and have all of the ill-will fade. Worst-case scenario is that the team decides not to clear him, causing the players’ union to get involved.
It is too early to tell, but this could end with both side hoping that Bosh looks good enough to make another team take a trade flyer on him.
Simon: It’s been over seven months since Bosh last played. Both sides have had ample time to iron out their differences.
I believe the Heat won’t clear him to play, from which Bosh will likely try to gauge interest from around the league in order to try and find himself a new team. It’s a terrible way for it to end, but the Heat don’t appear to be willing to budge.
Chris: The absolute best case scenario is somehow convincing Bosh not to rush a decision and seeing how things play out until February. One whole year letting his body do whatever it is his body needs to do and then re-evaluating with the doctors might do him some good (again, I’m not a doctor).
There’s no reason that he has to be on the court opening night; he gets paid, regardless. Remember that the Heat can’t force him to retire, and insurance will only pick up the tab if the doctors approved by both the NBA and NBPA deem him unfit to return. But how do I see it playing out? He gets cleared and gets dealt next summer, thus putting the final nail in the Big Three Era.
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Allana: Let me go ahead and answer by how I would like to see things go. It would be ideal for Bosh and Miami to come to an understanding along the lines of Bosh having to wait until February to even try and make his return (thus giving him another full year to recover).
That way, the organization does not shut the door in his face completely, the alternate treatment of taking blood thinners in the morning so they are out of his system by game time can be further investigated, and Bosh has more time to return to health. Seems like a decent compromise, no?
Kristopher: I agree with Allana here. Compromise to extend his wait to after All-Star break and re-evaluate the situation after that, with the intent of bringing him back.