Former Toronto Raptors player Chris Bosh officially entered the Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday in Springfield, Mass., And he was keen to share a lesson instilled by Kobe Bryant over the years ago. a dozen years.
The one who also played with the Miami Heat during his 13-season career in the NBA rubbed shoulders with Bryant in the locker room of the American Olympic team at the Beijing Games in 2008 and before heading to China, Bryant and the Los Lakers Angeles lost in the final to the Boston Celtics. While chatting with Bosh, he had said words to him that remained deeply rooted in his memory.
“Legendary players do not constitute themselves thus thanks to their successes: they become so by the way they bounce back from their failures,” he mentioned during his induction speech. And that’s what I hope to convey to anyone watching this, especially the young people. […] Reflecting on my journey, I realized that accomplishments were anything but a guarantee. The highs I’ve known were only made possible by the way I came back after the lows, those times when I wondered if it was worth it, if I was wasting my time, or if I was good enough. “
For example, there are certainly his participations in the final. In its first year in Florida, in 2010-11, the Heat bowed to the Dallas Mavericks in the final round despite the presence of LeBron James in its ranks. However, the club came back in force by taking top honors in the next two campaigns. Subsequently, life was not easy for Bosh, who began to experience problems with blood clots that forced him to stop playing from the 2016-2017 season. But again, he preferred to retain the positive in the negative.
“It wasn’t the end, it was the beginning,” he said of his early retirement. There were no moments that prompted me to stop working; it was more to convince me to work harder. And when I think about it, there were more than tears. It was water that allowed me to water the roots of excellence in me. ”
Other members
Having played in Toronto from 2003 to 2010, Bosh was selected 11 times for the All-Star Game and averaged at least 22 points in five straight seasons in the NBA.
In all, 16 people were part of the 2021 cuvée which set foot in the Temple. Among the new figures of immortality are Ben Wallace and Chris Webber.
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