“This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.” (Bonus)

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🗓️ 27 September 2021

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The N.B.A. superstar Chris Bosh was still competing at the highest level when a blood clot abruptly ended his career. In his new book, Letters to a Young Athlete, Bosh covers the highlights and the struggles. In this installment of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, he talks with guest host Angela Duckworth.

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0:00.0	Hey there, Steven Dubner. We've got a bonus episode for you today. It is the latest
0:08.5	installment of our Freakin'omics Video Book Club with a guest host that you are likely
0:13.6	familiar with, and she is interviewing an author who you're also likely familiar with,
0:19.2	especially if you follow the NBA. Do you remember back in 2010 when LeBron James
0:27.2	became a free agent and he staged a primetime event on ESPN to announce where he was going?
0:32.8	In this form, we'll take my town as the South of Beach and join the Miami Heat.
0:38.3	When LeBron James went to the Miami Heat, it wasn't just a case of the best player in
0:42.6	basketball joining a new team. It was the best player in basketball joining a new team
0:47.6	that had two of the other best players in the game, Duane Wade, who'd been in Miami
0:52.9	for a while, and another superstar who joined the Heat the same year as James. Who's this guy?
0:59.0	Number one!
1:01.0	Oh!
1:04.0	Five!
1:06.0	Chris Bosch, you got to feel like the luckiest big man in the world right now.
1:12.1	Yeah, I'm lucky. I'm lucky. I got LeBron on my left and I have the weight on my right.
1:17.3	Like a video game.
1:19.3	Chris Bosch, LeBron James and Duane Wade were the core of the NBA's first super team, and
1:25.0	they did go on to win two NBA championships. Bosch, a six foot 11 forward, had started
1:30.7	his career with the Toronto Raptors. He was a great scorer, a great rebounder, and he
1:36.2	was clutch.
1:37.2	Alan for Bosch for the win!
1:40.5	Yes!
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