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LeBron James, once a member of the Miami Heat's Big Three alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, explained how Bosh helped to transform the team's offense and impacted the NBA at-large.

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One of the most memorable NBA squads in the 21st century so far has been "the Big Three" roster of the Miami Heat at the beginning of the 2010s with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh.

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The team was known for their fast-paced play and effective three-point shooting, which was made possible by good spacing. In the Mind the Game podcast with J.J. Redick and LeBron James, James explained that this was possible through the game-making sensibilities of Chris Bosh, who played in the center position on that team.

"It changed everything," James said about the Heat's implementation of spacing. "Changed the whole team. Then we added Ray [Allen], Shane [Battier], and Mike Miller. We added to spacing."

Then CB [Chris Bosh] could pass, rebound, and push. Wasn't many fives at the time that was rebounding and pushing the break. You see it all the time now," James continued, claiming that the play style of the Heat at the time had important ramifications on the NBA for years to come.

"Bam [Adebayo] does it all the time. [Nikola] Jokic does it," said James and Redick. "Like, CB was pushing the break. If he have nothing early in the transition, boom, right to a dribble hand-off, second side. Swing, swing."

James then continued to praise Bosh and evaluated his tenure in the Toronto Raptors, which saw him play in the power forward position instead of the center position like in the Heat.

"He was just smart, but I mean, obviously, when you move from one position where you're so dominant, you think of CB in Toronto, where he mainly played in the four and averaged 25 and 10 or 12," the Lakers forward explained. "The ball exclusively went through him in the mid-post," both Redick and James concurred.

During the era of the Big Three, the Heat won 1 NBA championship (2013), two conference titles (2013 and 2014), and three division titles (2012, 2013, and 2014).

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