Chris Bosh didn't believe LeBron James when he texted about leaving Heat

LeBron James' Miami Heat career is well behind him. However, it's still frequently talked about, and Chris Bosh revealed this week that he didn't believe James when he said he was leaving Miami to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014. 

Bosh discussed James' departure from the organization on the "All The Smoke" podcast with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, saying that, at the time, he didn't understand why James decided to leave the organization. 

"I thought he was BSing, and then about 10 minutes later, it's everywhere," Bosh said. "I understand it. I get it. At the time, I didn't understand it. At the time, in my mind, I was ready to put the team back together because we had just lost. So we wanted to put something back together so we could win, and it really didn't go like that.

"I took offense to it, to be honest with you, at first. I was only thinking of how I felt about it. And you know, me and Bron talked about it, but I'm a competitor, and to be honest with you, sh-t, when you back to the locker room and LeBron ain't in that chair, and then everybody's looking at you for those 25 points, and looking at (Dwyane Wade) for that 25 points, you know, it's like, damn man."

Bosh added that it took him months to get over James leaving the Heat, but the two have since put aside their differences and are back on good terms. 

The duo played together in Miami from 2010-14, winning two NBA titles together in 2012 and 2013. Bosh only played two more seasons for the Heat after James left, and the team didn't reach the Eastern Conference Finals again until this year. 

It's understandable that Bosh was irritated with James' departure from the organization — receiving a text message just before the whole world found out isn't the ideal way to find out. However, it's hard to stay mad at the person who played a major role in helping you win not one NBA title, but two.