Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Christ Bosh

Criticism against Christ Bosh has never stopped. The biggest question is that if it's Big 3 or just Big 2. This really isn't a fair argument. And it's wrong in so many different ways.
First of all, it's unfair to compare any player of this generation with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. These two can retire today and still be HOFers when they reach the time requirement. In the past 20 years probably only Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan are on the same level after their first 10 years of career. Even Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett had proved themselves that well in their first 10 years.
Second, Christ Bosh sacrifices the most in the team. When LeBron and D-Wade have to make minor adjustments, or Ray Allen has to be a bench player, Bosh is the only player on the team who needs to fundamentally change his game. He can't hold the ball, dribble, and constantly attack the rim anymore. Bosh is mostly a jump shooter and cutter nowdays. Plus, he isn't even playing his position at all! One major reason he struggled in ECF and Finals is he couldn't give any pressure offensively due to the fact that he's No. 3 choice in Heat's offense.
Third, people don't see how much Bosh does. Offensively, he needs to pick it up anytime when LeBron and Wade are in trouble. Defensively, he plays against player bigger than him every night. In Heat's system, he's the person to protect the rim, to bate opponents' big men out. And he does these things in the way he has never played in his whole life.
Ultimately, Bosh has done a good job so far. He still is an All Star every year. Even in the series against Indiana he at least stood against the whole flock of big men over half of the time. In the Finals he played against the greatest power forward and successfully executed his duty.
Besides basketball life, Bosh is the kind of player the league no longer has. I love LeBron, and I'm the biggest D-Wade fan, but Bosh is just classy. If anybody ever seen Bosh's interviews he/she'd know what I'm talking about. Players today are just ghetto, they can't even make a sentence right. The worst thing is, they think it's cool. Look at Kobe in his early years, and look at him now, the articulated young man is gone, leaving a "gangster" there. But Bosh is different, him and Duncan, along with another maybe 3 players, are the extincting species who can give a decent speech when asked almost any question.
No more words is needed, just appreciate and respect Chris Bosh.

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