Former Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh said Tuesday that the team's loss to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals was retrospectively a positive that set the stage for future success.
Bosh and LeBron James joined Dwyane Wade in Miami during the 2010 offseason to form a Big Three, which sent expectations soaring, but the former longtime Toronto Raptors standout told the New Orleans Pelicans' JJ Redick in a YouTube interview that the first-year setback was important.
"I felt that that probably would have been the worst thing for that team: to be successful right out of the gate," he said.