Of all the risks Pat Riley and the Miami Heat have taken in the wake of LeBron James' departure, none are bigger than the investment they're making, and the faith they're placing, in Chris Bosh.
New contracts always present certain levels of danger. Teams pay players for a combination of what they've done and what they have yet to do, and they are guaranteed nothing.
For Miami, Bosh is different.
The Heat aren't paying him five years and $118.7 million because of what he's done over the last four years. Nor are they betting on the player he can become. They're paying the player Bosh used to be: a No. 1 option capable of headlining an offense amid increased defensive attention.
And that isn't the player Miami has housed since 2010, because it didn't need to be that way. Bosh and the Heat had James' supernatural talents. They had a healthier Dwyane Wade.
They built a team on which Bosh was third fiddle, complementing his superstar brethren as a defensive afterthought.
One dynasty-disabling decision later, Bosh finds himself at the center of everything in Miami, the owner of an e ...
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2014-15 NBA Season Will Show Miami Heat the Real Value of Chris Bosh
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