Bosh Warns Wembanyama: 'Take Your Medicine'
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- Chris Bosh told HoopsHype.com that Wembanyama must 'take your medicine' and 'make sure that he's staying on top of his regimen,' warning 'it only takes one more time' for clots to end a career.
- Bosh revealed he suffered a near-fatal pulmonary embolism in January 2025, saying 'I almost dropped dead, pretty much, and came back to life,' and that the condition is something 'you just got to deal with for the rest of your life.'
- Victor Wembanyama was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder in February 2025, limiting him to 46 games in his second NBA season before being cleared to return in July 2025.
- Wembanyama played 64 games last season including a five-game NBA Finals series against the New York Knicks, relying on a team of trainers, therapists, doctors and surgeons to manage his condition.
- Bosh first dealt with clots in February 2015 when one traveled from his leg to a lung, causing a multiday hospitalization; he played 53 games in 2015-16, his final season after 13 years in the NBA.
- Wembanyama told Love Magazine that upon learning his diagnosis he 'broke down' but later reframed it as 'my lottery ticket in life' and a challenge to attack head-on.
Why it matters: Wembanyama is the NBA's reigning best young talent, having just played in the Finals at age 21, making his long-term health a league-altering variable. Bosh's warning carries unique weight because he lived the cautionary tale twice before clots forced his retirement. A recurrence for Wembanyama wouldn't just cost San Antonio a generational player — it would raise urgent questions about whether the medical protocols that cleared him are sufficient for contact-sport athletes with clotting disorders.
