Chris Bosh will officially retire from the NBA next week when the Miami Heat honor him by raising his No. 1 jersey into the rafters on Tuesday, but this is not the journey Bosh expected to take.

At 34 years old, Bosh would likely have quite a few more years NBA seasons ahead of him had it not been for the scary health problems that plagued him over the final couple of seasons of his career, as blood clots put an unfortunate period at the end of his career.

Bosh explained what he went through during that time where the Heat really didn't want him playing and risking his health:

“It was tough, man. It was stressful,” Bosh said, according to Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. “And nobody wanted it to be like that. And it's business. I understood the whole time of where they were coming from and how they felt, but I want to make sure that people understood how I felt, as well. Sometimes that requires confrontation or involves confrontation. It was never confrontational. It was never anything detrimental to our relationship. We always kept it business. We all pretty much disagreed.”

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The 11-time All-Star last appeared in the NBA during the 2015-16 campaign, playing in just 53 games before being shut down for the season:

“Micky (Arison) and Pat (Riley) — and this is one thing I have to get straight with people all the time — we never not talked. We communicated through this whole ordeal,” added Bosh. “And my message was always the same, ‘I want to play the game. I want to explore more options to be able to play.'”

Bosh spent six seasons with Miami, winning a couple of championships.