Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh will not practice or accompany the team to Atlanta for its game on Friday night against the Hawks.
The Heat released a statement on Wednesday that didn’t specify why Bosh was not able to work out or play. He missed the NBA All-Star Game and 3-point shooting contest last weekend because of a strained right calf.
Reports surfaced since then that Bosh might have blood clots in the leg. He had been optimistic that the condition wasn’t serious and traveled to Toronto before backing out of the competition last Friday.
“When further information is available that we can pass along, it will be provided,” the Heat said in the statement.
Last season, Bosh missed the final 30 games of the season because of blood clots that moved to his lungs from an earlier calf injury. He sat out eight games before returning to play 21 games ahead of being shut down because of the lung issue.
According to the Boston Herald, Bosh said last year that if blood clots returned, he would need to take blood thinners for the rest of his life. But Bosh was told that his genetic makeup did not make him a candidate for a recurrence of clots.
Bosh, 31, is averaging 19.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game this season. An 11-time All-Star, he won NBA championships with the Heat in 2012 and 2013.