Report: Bosh wants NBPA to help sway Heat

The standoff between the Miami Heat and Chris Bosh is unprecedented, tricky and potentially dangerous. The big man has not played since the All-Star break because of blood clots, and reportedly wants to come back and play against his team’s wishes.

ESPN’s Dan Le Batard talked about this at length on his radio show Monday, and said that Bosh now wants to involve the National Basketball Players Association as he tries to make his return to the court. Here’s a partial transcript of Le Batard’s comments:

I can’t think of a lot of a lot of instances where a sports organization is acting in what appears to be the best interest of the player over their own interests and against the will of the player. From the people I’m talking to, Chris Bosh wants back on the court and now. He wants to get back to the Miami Heat, and the Miami Heat, on medical advice, are saying absolutely not, no. They’re paying him, they need him, they badly want to get to an Eastern Conference finals against LeBron, and they are telling him no, you cannot work.

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He’s appearing to take a stance here that is super dangerous because if you talk to medical experts they will tell you a recurrence of blood clots can be catastrophic. And so the Miami Heat and Chris Bosh are at a crossroads, there’s a conflict here that promises to get a little bit …

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