20 animal-human matchups we’d like to see besides Michael Phelps vs. a shark

MIAMI, FL – JANUARY 31: Chris Bosh

17. Chris Bosh vs. a raptor

Chris Bosh was a huge piece of the Toronto Raptors history before he made his way down to South Beach to form a Big Three with the Miami Heat, and we have a way to help him give back to the team that gave him his start in the NBA.

Due to his health, Bosh is without a team at the moment and likely is finished playing in the NBA after a long saga with the Heat. Even with the Heat retiring his number, he’s likely not happy with how everything played out for what could be the tail end of his NBA career, and he may feel more loyal to the team that drafted him at this point. The best way to show that? Go compete against a raptor.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. Dinosaurs are kind of, sort-of, very extinct at this point, so it’d be tough to just get one for Bosh to play some one-on-one against. However, there’s a couple ways to combat this one. For starters, time-traveling is probably the best bet for getting an actual velociraptor, outside of some Jurassic World moves where scientists just make them.

On the other hand, birds of prey are technically called raptors, so you could have Bosh just compete against a hawk or eagle and count it under a technicality.

Either way, this would be an incredible game of one-on-one. You either have Bosh up against a 5-foot-9 velociraptor with short arms trying to shoot a basketball, or a bird flying around trying to drop a ball in a hoop. That’s gold right there, and it’s worth the circus that would surround it.