Chris Bosh just wanted to be on television more. Now that sentiment has attracted radio and the web as well.
Chris Bosh has left the Toronto Raptors, but he is still in the news in a big way. I gathered as much from a late night phone called received Thursday.
An article in one of the local papers Wednesday caught the eye of Bosh and his agent Henry Thomas after he spoke with a couple of his friends in Toronto. So Bosh called to, in his eyes, set the record straight and clarify his remarks. Funny, as it wasn't just one story but rather two musings along the same lines from two separate Toronto writers who were at the TD Bank North Garden in Boston for the Heats' opener against the Celtics that seemed to give the same impression.
Turns out Bosh had his say Friday morning on the FAN 590 and clarified what he meant by the 'On TV' remarks. There are two sides to this; it's just a matter of which side of the fence you choose to sit on.
What most people have an issue with is the aftermath of The Decision. In some eyes, Toronto is taking an unfair beating around the NBA landscape and Chris is wielding the club. (As an aside, which will be a thought and a rambling here on another day, some fault lies with our misinformed media members that talk about NBA contraction and Toronto in the same sentence. Give me a break.)
While on the other side of the ledger, is the thinking that if Bosh still didn't hold somewhat of a torch for Toronto, he wouldn't try to set the record straight. I'm not going to tell you what side you should be on, that's your decision.
Just brings to mind a few sayings that we should all be mindful of like: You can't "un-ring a bell" or as I can see as plain as day my parents' finger-wagging Jamaican admonition that says, "Taste your tongue before you speak."
I think it will be a much easier decision with Carmelo Anthony in Denver where the Nuggets are going through the same sort of thing this year that Toronto did last season. But Melo has tipped his hand more than Bosh or LeBron James did as we the NBA public venture into another year where big superstars may be sending cryptic messages for all to micro-analyze. But right now, it sure sounds like Anthony is ready to leave.
The advantage Denver has is this is the second swing at this situation for general manager Masai Ujiri, who was one of Bryan Colangelo's assistants in Toronto. The difference, Ujiri is driving the car this time and not just sitting in the passenger seat.
Not sure what's going to happen in Denver but you wonder with the Collective Bargaining Agreement sands running through the hour glass, after an unprecedented summer of player movement, how much the owners would like to tighten the partnership.
