Bosh once again would have been the Ricky Bell to Ralph Tresvant and Bobby Brown (New Edition reference for the young people) if he signed with the Rockets and Bosh simply didn’t want to deal with that.
Here is what he had to say via CBS Sports.
Money was a factor. Comfort level was another. But given a chance to insert himself into another Big Three as the third wheel with the Rockets, inviting all the attention and expectations that would’ve come with it, Bosh ultimately said: No, thanks. I’m good.
“I could see where people would think that’s an attractive site,” Bosh told CBSSports.com, speaking of Houston, where half the NBA expected him to land back in July. “They were trying to win right away. And I was really happy to be touted that I possibly could’ve been out there. But you know, that doesn’t guarantee anything, and I know that. All that guarantees is a bunch of pressure.”
The money, living in Miami and being the focal point of a team are the reasons he is with the HEAT now and why even without LeBron they are still a contender in the EAST.