NBA Rumors: Chris Bosh's Playoffs Career Is Officially Over

Chris Bosh is officially out from the remainder of Heat's playoff season ending persistent speculations of the All-Star forward's return to the court.

The Miami Heat and Bosh made the joint statement regarding his immediate future after the team's practice session in Toronto, Canada. He has been conspicuously absent from Miami's games since February following the recurrence of blood clot found in his left leg. It was the second time his season ended at All-Star Break due to same medical reason.

A day before the announcement, Bosh requested the National Basketball Players Association to intervene and facilitate talks about his request to rejoin his team despite repeated refusal by Miami due to overriding health concerns.

"The Miami Heat and Chris Bosh announce that Chris will not be playing in the remainder of the 2016 NBA Playoffs. The Heat, Chris, the doctors and medical team have been working together throughout this process and will continue to do so to return Chris to playing basketball as soon as possible," the joint statement reads as quoted by TSN.

For the past week, Bosh and his wife, Adrienne, had been vigorously campaigning for his comeback in a bid to pressure the organization to give in to his demand. The couple took to the social media to earn public sympathy. Adrienne even started a hashtag, #BringBoshBack, to gain support from the Miami Heat community.

Meanwhile, longtime teammate and fellow Heat veteran Dwayne Wade said that Bosh's current struggle did not dampen Heat's resolve to make a dent into the playoffs, semis, and championship even if it means facing off former Heat and now Cavs lead player LeBron James.

"It hasn't been difficult at all. We're not concerned with what's going on, on the outside. We dealt with Chris being out since February so we know the dynamic there," said Wade as quoted by The Star.

"All we care about is one of our leaders is helping us in the best way he can. Coach (Erik Spoelstra) always talks about leadership at all levels. It doesn't mean just on the basketball court. (Bosh) has been leading us on the bench, he's been doing an unbelievable job of being another coach in our ear and someone who's been through it that can help these guys."

Prior to his blood clotting during the All-Star Break, the highest paid Heat player with $77 million left on his contract averaged a team-best 19.1 points per game.

Although it's clear that he's officially out, Wednesday's joint statement regarding his departure this season has led to more questions than answers. Furthermore, Heat's silence on Bosh's blood clot injury is indicative of a much bigger health concern. Usually, a team's announcement regarding a player's minor injury like a sprained ankle constitutes no privacy violation except in matters of life-threatening medical condition without the family's consent.

"Sometimes the blood can get too thin and if you take a charge and hit your head, then you get a serious complication," Dr. T.O. Souryal, the former Dallas Mavericks team physician as mentioned in a New York Daily News report.

"So we don't let people on blood thinners play in football for example or any other collision sport for that exact reason. ... And if you don't have enough blood thinning, then you're worried about the blood clot. It's a really delicate matter."