ATLANTA _ If Chris Bosh joining the Chicago Bulls next season is a possibility, it is news to the veteran's close friend Dwyane Wade.
An ESPN report said that if Bosh returns to playing basketball after missing all of this season with the Miami Heat with life-threatening blood clots, the Bulls would make a serious run at adding the 11-time All-Star to their roster.
Following the Bulls' shootaround at Philips Arena in preparation for Friday night's game against the Hawks, Wade was surprised to hear about the report.
"I play with the Bulls and I don't even know that," Wade said. "That's news to me, he's one of my good friends. The biggest thing with Chris is ... his health. He's not even playing basketball right now. Basketball is something he loves and I'm sure somewhere in the back of his mind he would love to be able to do again but I know his steps and that moment is not here now. I can't even talk about next year."
Wade and Bosh won two NBA titles together with the Heat and that connection could be one reason for talk of a reunion. The Heat are prohibiting Bosh from playing due to his medical condition and are expected to release him within the next few months.
"A lot of the issue with the Heat is at the end of the day he has something serious and they want to make sure it's not life-threatening and then it goes from there," Wade said. "Things are said and things are done but at the end of the day as I've always said about Chris, I know Chris is worried about his health first. He has a family that he loves and he wants to make sure that he's as healthy and whole as he can be. But also he loves the game of basketball so when that day comes there are always going to be stories about guys where they have friends at. Everyone knows he a good friend of mine so that's probably where you get some of that. But besides that, he hasn't told me that."
Bosh was at the United Center for the Bulls' game vs. the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 7.
