Miami Heat: Talking Chris Bosh from a past, present, and future perspective

Former Miami Heat big man Chris Bosh came up recently in a social media post. The essence was one of remembering what he was and boy, do we ever.

The Miami Heat have had many great players on their roster throughout the history of the franchise. From the greatest player in the franchise’s history in Dwyane Wade, to arguably the first or second greatest player in the history of the NBA in LeBron James, the Miami Heat have housed amazing talent.

Speaking of the other two members of the Miami Heat’s fabled Big 3 era, Chris Bosh is oftentimes a player that is relatively forgotten about. This notion was highlighted in a recent social media post from SLAM Magazine.

After seeing this post on Twitter, we here at AUCH just had to respond. Here is what we had to say upon seeing the tweet.

Now that you know how we feel, let’s take a deeper look at the man himself. Here is a take on the past, present, and future of Chris Bosh’s impact and legacy.

Past

For Chris Bosh’s career, he averaged 19.2 points, 8.5 rebounds, two assists, a block, and .8 steals per contest. During his six seasons as a member of the Miami Heat, he averaged 18 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.8 assists, while averaging .9 steals and blocks as well.

Specifically, on his Miami Heat tenure, he was the lynchpin that made mostly everything possible during the Big 3 era. It is often harped upon how he was the one who most sacrificed, which is true. He sacrificed in his scoring, his total involvement in the offense, as well as the impact he could have made as far as elevating his brand or own superstardom.

Without Bosh willing to play the role as rim protector and floor spacer, the Big 3 era Miami Heat would have never experienced the success that they did. That is a fact.

Present

When looking at the present impact and outlook on CB, it isn’t that complicated. For starters, if he were still playing, he would be one of the best bigs in the game, still, and even more so in today’s pace and space league that places great value on bigs with Bosh’s skillset.

Bosh’s skillset is tailor-made for what NBA teams want to do today with their offensive attack. He is a near 7-footer that is capable of not only knocking down the outside shot with regularity but also capable of protecting the basket, while being able to create off the dribble for himself and others. He is the prototype and definition of a stretch 4.

Future

The Future of the big man was forever changed once Erik Spoelstra decided to deploy Chris Bosh in the manner that he did. What that ultimately did was create the stretch 4 and 5  positions as we see them deployed in today’s game.

If any coach at any level could create the optimal big man for the way that the game is played today, they would come out of the lab with Chris Bosh. A near 7-foot, agile, mobile, dexterous, willing, tenacious, skilled big man who could do everything that Bosh was capable of. Bosh was the prototype for the future big men to come after him, each and every one of them.

Whether it be your Anthony Davis‘ or your Pascal Siakam‘s, Chris Bosh did what they do so well, but first. He was the reason that they are able to move, operate, and play the game the way they are on such a regular basis and at a high level.

That is a fact… jack and simultaneously, yet another feather in the hat of the Miami Heat. This has been a reflection on the past, present, and future impact of one Christopher Wesson Bosh.