Chris Bosh will take permanent residence in the rafters at AmericanAirlines Arena with Tuesday night's retirement of his No. 1 jersey at halftime of the game against the Orlando Magic.
But permanency within the Miami Heat organization is something else.
Bosh said there are no immediate plans for a transition into the team's front office.
"I could easily plug back into the game and try to regain that life that I once had, in some kind of way, in the GM office or the front office," the 35-year-old two-time NBA champion said. "Those guys work hard. You can't have a life, working 24/7."
That's not to say there isn't respect for the work of Heat president Pat Riley or general manager Andy Elisburg.
But having come to grips with the end of an NBA career cut short by two battles with blood clots, the father of five said this remains a time for introspection about what will follow, perhaps beyond basketball.
"I've definitely put it to the side and explored other facets," he said. "That's been the fascinating thing leading to this position. When I first got here, I had to ask myself, 'Well, what do you love doing?' And I couldn't answer that question. There had just been basketball.
"You don't know what to do, because I've always tried to be the best doing basketball _ that's it. No matter how smart an athlete is, basketball is my life. And that's all I did. People were, 'Well, you could do that other things.' There was no other thing. I put all my time and my energy into basketball."
Now there finally is time to sort out the future, having dabbled in entertainment, broadcasting, public speaking, music, technology, teaching, philanthropy and other endeavors since stepping away from the game at the 2016 All-Star break.
"One of the interesting things I really realized is everyone kind of has your future planned out for you," he said. "And that kind of made me want to go against the grain, because that seems too easy.
"Just looking toward the future, I kind of wanted to dig deep and peel back the layers of my own personality and really get down to the root of who I really am and what I really like doing. I have time and answer those questions."
