Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh is “under increasing pressure” from doctors and the team to sit out the rest of the season, reports The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Injuries can sometimes have an unintended, positive effect on an NBA team’s trajectory.
In the most recent NBA Finals, the Cavaliers adopted a brutish style of basketball without Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, seemingly slowing down the Warriors to give themselves a puncher’s chance in the series.
Earlier last season, the Warriors themselves discovered a new identity after an injury, with David Lee’s absence giving way to Draymond Green, who played himself into a one-man, small-ball death machine—and a huge contract in the off-season.