Chris Bosh - Unbelievably Underrated Scorer
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Chris Bosh. 2x NBA Champion.
Chris Bosh. 2x NBA Champion. 11x NBA All-Star. All-NBA Second Team in 2007. Olympic Gold Medalist with Team USA in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The 5th player to have their number retired by the Miami Heat (joining greats like Alonzo Mourning, Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Hardaway, and Michael Jordan (yes, that’s correct, and yes, that IS very weird). People never seemed to appreciate Bosh when they were in the Finals each of his first 4 years in Miami. It was only after LeBron had moved on and his third star (Kevin Love) struggled defensively that people started to really respect exactly what Bosh did. He was the punchline of many a joke, but he sort of made his defenders look like a joke every time he threw up a pump fake. No post game anymore they said? Ask Kevin Garnett the year after he played Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom for the second Finals in 3 years how little of a post game CB had. Ask Blake Griffin. Paul Millsap. DeAndre Jordan. Joakim Noah. Carlos Boozer. Kobe Bryant called Kendrick Perkins the best post defender in the game once upon a time, but he gave him fits too.
He was murder on the pick and roll. He could set a solid screen, then roll hard, or short roll to make a play, or pop out to that in between, or even extend out to shoot 3’s (something that wasn’t all THAT common back then). If either LeBron or Wade struggled, he stepped up. There was never a moment Chris wasn’t ready for.
Phenomenal footwork. Ambidextrous finisher. Sweet shooting. Unselfish with the rock. Willing defender. Chris is unbelievably underrated. He was a CAREER 19.2 points per game on 49.4% from the field and 79.9% from the line. To say nothing of his 8.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game, according to Basketball Reference, players with careers similar to quality and shape of were Otis Thorpe, Alex English, Elvin Hayes, LaMarcus Aldridge, Rasheed Wallace, Larry Nance, Dominique Wilkins, Buck Williams, Bobby Jones, and Horace Grant.
Of that group, only three players outscored Chris for their careers. Dominique at 24.8 points per game, Alex English at 21.5 ppg, and Elvin Hayes at 21.0. Of those three, only Elvin has won a championship (singular). Again, of that group, only Horace Grant has more rings (4), but he was a career 11.2 points per game. Another reasonable comp is a contemporary of Chris’: Pau Gasol. 2 NBA championships. Three straight finals in three seasons. A career 17.0 points per game.
Credit to Chris for not calling it quits because of a potentially career ending injury. He played his last game in 2016, but didn’t stop fighting for his dream to return to the court until 3 years after that.
www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/boshch01.ht…
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