“What if There’s Not a Next Year?” Chris Bosh Demotivated After His Basketball Hall of Fame Snub

A notable absentee among the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame finalists announced las week was Chris Bosh. Players to have played alongside Bosh in NBA– Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, and Kevin Garnett- got a place in the for the enshrinement class of 2020 for the Hall of Fame.

Bosh, an 11-time NBA All-Star, has been in the debate for the induction into the Hall of Fame. His numbers have made a strong case for him being a Hall of Famer. A two-time NBA Champion, Bosh has scored 17,189 points in his 15-year NBA career. He also has 7,592 rebounds to his name.

On Tuesday, Bosh took to social media to express his disappointment over his exclusion among the Hall of Fame finalists. He posted a 6 and a half minute video where he talked about his discontent.

“I’m going to be honest with you. I’m a competitor, man. I’ve been competing my whole life. A lot of people don’t really know that about me, but I’m a fierce competitor. Losing bothers me. Coming up short bothers me. It always has, you know, since the moment I started playing basketball and it kind of bleeds over into everything that I do. So I’ll just get ahead of it, and so you hear this from me: I’m disappointed,” Bosh said in the video.

Chris Bosh finding no motivation in waiting for next year

For a player of his quality, Bosh might get into the Hall of Fame next year. But Bosh’s regret of not making it this year seems to have made him negative about finding motivation in waiting for the next year.

“One of the things people like to say is, ‘Oh, next year,'” Bosh said. “What if there’s not a next year?‏ That’s something that I think about every day. And I hope you think about it as well: But what if there’s not a tomorrow? What does that even mean? That is a definite question that’s been on my mind quite a bit, but I just have to be honest with you guys. I’m very disappointed.”