MIAMI — A gaping smile splashed across Chris Bosh’s face as he entered the “Heat Family Room,” located within the confines of a quiet AmericanAirlines Arena.
“They know I’m alright, right?” he asked Heat media relations after seeing a swarm of stone-faced media as his wiry seven-foot frame glided to the front of the room.
It had to be an odd moment for the 31-year-old.
Not long ago he wasn’t sure he’d live let alone step onto another NBA court, spending nine days in a hospital bed. Blood clots attacked his lungs after originating in his calf, tubes attached to his chest sucking out fluid so two-time NBA champion could breathe.