Dwyane Wade is three games into his farewell tour with the Miami Heat.

LeBron James is two games into his latest adventure -- you may have heard about it -- with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Chris Bosh, the third member of the Heat’s pioneering “Heatles” trio of the early 2010s, has not played in the NBA since February of 2016 due to a blood clotting condition that the NBA has ruled a career-ending illness. But he has a new team of his own as well.

Bosh is diving into esports arena, taking on the role of Player Management Advisor with Gen.G, cultivating a player development program for the global esports and entertainment outfit.

Bosh said the talents and skills necessary to be successful in this endeavor are closely aligned with the talents and skills he sharpened over the years from his time as a high school All-American in Dallas to his standout season at Georgia Tech and, finally, to his championship NBA and international career.

An 11-time NBA All-Star and two-time champion with the Heat, Bosh, 34, reflects on his new role with Gen.G, how a life competing at the highest level in basketball prepared him for what comes next, the impact the groundbreaking moves made by the Heat’s “Big 3” had on the NBA landscape and beyond with NBA.com ’s Sekou Smith.

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Sekou Smith: Former Lakers standout Rick Fox was one of the first former NBA players to go all-in on the gaming world. What is it about esports that speaks to the interest and talents of guys such as yourself?

Chris Bosh: I think the team concept. People are going to be competing on a worldwide basis. And you are competing to be the best at something. That definitely speaks to guys in the NBA because it’s such a small fraternity and we understand how hard it is to get there and how hard it is to maintain. I mean, Rick Fox being a champion and an actor at the same time, he had a different understanding of things. He understands teamwork on a championship level. He understands it on a really bad level, when you are a part of teams that aren’t great, and then again he understands it on a great level because he’s been to there. It’s the same for me. We understand things from top to bottom. We can lend a level of expertise in this young industry. And it’s important.

It’s truly going to be a worldwide sport. And it’s only going to get bigger the more connected the world is and the faster the internet gets. And I think it’s going to be a phenomenon that only continues to grow and we’re going to look back at it in five or 10 years and be like, ‘man, I remember when nobody even knew about esports. And now everybody is going to aspire to be a part of that.’

Chris Bosh joined the Players Only crew last season to discuss his career.

SS: Is that something that, at this stage of your life, you look back and realize is not normal … the fact that you’ve been training to compete on the biggest stage since you were probably in middle school?

CB: Absolutely. I do kind of marvel at my journey. But at the same time, I look back at a lot of the steps, and maybe not every step, but a lot of the steps, and since I was 12 or 13, I look at the people who helped me and the moments that were inspirational to me and you can recall what my mindset and what my make-up was at that time to try and be the best. And making that decision with myself to really go for it, in whatever I was doing. So, it’s one of those things where I’ve always been very passionate about teamwork and team building. And yeah, I remember how it’s made me feel and how I’ve triumphed over different situations and it helped me get to this point now.

Chris Bosh was a crucial player on the back-to-back title teams in 2012 and '13.

And that’s one of the main things that I try to implore young people to -- video games, basketball, football, lawyer, doctor -- anything you want to do or be, you’ve got to make a decision or a choice to be the best. And you’ve got to work at it. You've got to go for it. And you know what? You’re going to fail and you’re going to come up short at times, and you have to do it for a very long time, you have to be committed to calling yourself the best. You have to be ready to compete. Because lots of people dream that dream, to be the best at something. But are you ready to commit to the hard work that it takes to get there? For me, it just became a part of my life and it was what it was. Another day, another basketball practice or another game. And it’s just more work. It’s always about the work.