Udonis Haslem has been the oldest energetic NBA participant for the final three seasons, however he’ll lastly be calling it quits after a 20-year profession with the Miami Warmth.
It has been some time since Haslem was a rotation participant and common contributor. It has been 14 years since he averaged 10 factors in a season, and the one yr since 2015 during which he has performed greater than 10 minutes per sport was the COVID shortened season, during which he performed in 4 contests.
Udonis Haslem Performs In Last NBA Sport After 20 Years
OG UDONIS HASLEM 🔥
Enjoying in his remaining common season sport
Has 13 POINTS in 9 MINUTES, his seventh profession THREE and an ALLEY-OOP DUNK!13 is probably the most factors he is scored in 8 years! pic.twitter.com/KbqW0zinNz
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) April 9, 2023
Throughout the two years between 2019 and 2021, Haslem performed in a complete of 5 video games.
Haslem’s presence on the Warmth’s roster over the past couple of years has been largely as a participant/coach. He wears a uniform and sits amongst the gamers on the finish of the bench, however he does extra for the Warmth tradition and training workers than he does via on-court contributions.
However after 20 seasons with the identical crew, Udonis Haslem performed in his remaining sport on Sunday. And he was offered with a humorous present from the crew earlier than the beginning of the Warmth’s sport towards the Orlando Magic.
Enjoying on the joke about his age (Haslem is 42 years outdated), the Warmth introduced out a rocking chair for the outdated man to relaxation his bones. There have been three championship trophies painted on the facet, displaying the victories that he was part of in his time with the crew.
They introduced out a rocking chair for Udonis Haslem 😭😂
(by way of @MiamiHEAT)pic.twitter.com/mYIn6eocMV
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 9, 2023
In his remaining NBA sport, Haslem performed extra minutes than he has in any sport since 2019. He had an enormous first quarter, scoring 13 factors in 9 minutes, and had an alley-oop dunk and the seventh three pointer of his profession. He completed the sport with a crew excessive 24 factors, going 9 for 17 from the sector and three for 7 from past the arc.
The Warmth will probably be enjoying towards the Atlanta Hawks within the play-in match beginning on Monday. Haslem will nonetheless be accessible, however it is rather unlikely that he’ll see any additional motion. His final postseason look was in Sport 7 of the 2016 Jap Convention Semi-Finals.
