Is Winning Important to Bosh?

 

Professional athletes are always talking about how they want to win.  However, there are degrees.  All players want to win, but how many hate to lose? 

 

Michael Jordan’s most important attribute might have been his competitiveness.  The man simply hated to lose.  So does Kobe Bryant, but at times he doesn’t trust his teammates to get the job done.

 

Free agents talk about how they want to win, but most decide on the financial aspect of free agency.

 

Following the 1995 baseball season, Roger Clemens said it was important for him to win a World Series ring.  However, instead of signing a contract with the defending champion Cleveland Indians, he went for the biggest paycheck with the non-contending Toronto Blue Jays.  Guess winning wasn’t as important as a bigger contract.

 

This brings us to Chris Bosh, who has said in the past he would love to play with LeBron James, but apparently not if James wants to stay in Cleveland.  He falls in line with others who claim they want to win, but really they want to make the decision most beneficial to themselves. 

 

In case Bosh hasn’t noticed, the Cavaliers have had the league’s best record in the regular season the past two years.  And if Bosh is as good as advertised, and make no mistake, he’s a tremendous player, doesn’t it stand to reason that his presence would make Cleveland the favorite to win a title? 

 

Now the all-star big man wants to play with #23, but only in Chicago, Miami, or New Jersey.  Oh yeah, and he wants a max contract, which would necessitate a sign and trade with Toronto.  Therefore, it appears like there are more important things to Chris Bosh than winning a championship.  If playing with James and winning was the goal, why not accept the trade to Cleveland that apparently the Raptors management would agree to?

 

Unless this is a negotiating ploy on Bosh’s behalf, he come across as a guy who talks like a guy who wants to win, but really wants things his way.  If he goes someplace else and James stays in wine and gold, his best chance to win may have just passed him by.  Perhaps, he doesn’t care about that.

 

JK