According to the New York Post's Greg Joyce, former NBA All-Star Chris Bosh has been mentoring New York Knicks rookie Kevin Knox and could be a “frequent visitor” to the Knicks facility to aid Knox with his “wealth of knowledge.”
Fizdale, who was hired by the Knicks in the offseason, spent six seasons coaching Bosh with the Miami Heat after the latter joined the South Beach squad in the summer of 2010.
According to Fizdale, Bosh shared anecdotes about his rookie season after being selected fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 2003 NBA Draft. Knox was selected ninth overall in the 2018 NBA Draft.
“He talked about his rookie year when [Kevin Garnett] and them were just kicking his butt and how he would never beat himself up, but he would take it, he would learn from it and then he would put it into his workouts,” Fizdale said Thursday. “I thought it was really great sound advice for a guy who was a high draft pick, who was expected to do a lot of things, coming from another guy like that. … Kevin was really locked in on what he was saying, and he’s been really applying it to the workouts.”
Averaging 11.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks in 33.5 minutes per game as a rookie, Bosh's inaugural season was underwhelming considering his draft position. However, Bosh averaged 21.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.1 blocks in 37.6 minutes per game for the remainder of his Raptors career, earning five consecutive All-Star selection from the 2005-06 season to the 2009-10 season.
That stellar play led him to be recruited to form the best team assembled in the league in 2010, as he joined LeBron James and Dwyane Wade with the Miami Heat. Bosh averaged 18.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game in his Heat tenure, winning two championships as he played a myriad of ancillary roles for a championship team.
Knox, a dynamic small forward who could become an elite player in his own right, could certainly learn a lot from Bosh as he attempts to help lead the New York Knicks back into relevancy.
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