<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-how-udonis-haslem-has-been-mentoring-first-round-rookie');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Udonis Haslem has been mentoring Heat’s first-round rookie');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Heat-news-How-Udonis-Haslem-has-been-mentoring-first-round-rookie.jpg"></figure><h1>How Udonis Haslem has been mentoring Heat’s first-round rookie</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-05T15:17:36-07:00">October 5th, 3:17pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-05T15:17:36-07:00">October 5th, 3:17pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-miami-not-sweating-reloaded-east">Heat prepare to take on a reloaded Eastern Conference</a>, one aspect of their team that is interesting is seven-foot rookie Kel’el Ware. While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-kelel-ware-has-honest-takeaways-from-impressive-summer-league-performance">Ware impressed during the Summer League</a> and preparing for the regular season, he has been receiving the help of Heat legend Udonis Haslem.</p><p>The former player who is now in Miami’s front office has apparently taken Ware under his wing like he’s done for many young players throughout the years like star Bam Adebayo. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke on the last day of training camp to talk about Haslem working out with the players despite being retired and <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article293474114.html" rel="noopener">mentoring players</a> such as Ware according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.</p><p>“It just shows you how unique of a human being and a professional that UD is,” Spoelstra said. “He doesn’t have to do any of this. He doesn’t have to certainly be out here in practice gear and be out here sweating with the guys and working with the guys. But that’s how he earns his trust with them and he just continues to mentor everybody in the gym — the vets, the young guys like Kel’el [Ware].”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Kel’Ware getting the mentorship of Udonis Haslem</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kelel-Ware-on-July-10-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-kelel-ware-drops-huge-pat-riley-erik-spoelstra-truth-bomb">Ware was selected with the 15th overall pick</a> in the 2024 NBA Draft and has immediately made an impact showing his athleticism while being the size that he is which brings fans to think of the possibilities he can have on the team. One of those theories is how <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-kelel-ware-reveals-how-he-can-help-bam-adebayo">Ware can play with Adebayo,</a> but if there is one thing for sure at this point, Haslem is a great voice for any young player as he’s been in the league for two decades.</p><p>“I think it’s just tremendous for Kel’el at 20 years old to have a mentor like UD, but also Bam,” Spoelstra said. “UD mentored the next mentor and now they’re both able to use their superpowers to help him. That’s why we think we have the structure to be able to help a young big like him succeed.”</p><h2><b>Udonis Haslem made his mark with the rise of Heat’s Bam Adebayo</b></h2><p>As Spoelstra mentioned, Ware is getting the same treatment as Adebayo did when he was starting out with Miami, getting the teachings of Haslem. He even made the 27-year old not just into a great player, but an active leader with the team as after Haslem retired being the captain for many years, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayos-honest-take-on-why-being-miami-captain-doesnt-get-any-easier">Adebayo took on the role and is entering his second season</a>, even though it wasn’t his idea.</p><p>“No it hasn’t,” Adebayo said to ClutchPoints when asked if his perspective on being captain has changed. “It doesn’t get any easier. You know, you got new guys coming in, and you have to explain to them what we’re about, how we’re about, how we move, and just really, it’s not about yourself. You know, every year I come back, and more and more, you start to realize that you’re doing this for something bigger than yourself. Like I said, I didn’t choose to be captain. It was kinda…UD (Udonis Haslem) forced me in this role. But, you know, you understand that when you get into that role and get into that high seat, it’s not about you at the end of the day.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Bam Adebayo about going into his second year as captain and if he has a different perspective on it:</p><p>“It doesn’t get easier…you don’t choose to be captain…UD (Haslem) forced me into this role…it’s not about yourself…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatCulture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatCulture</a> <a href="https://t.co/rzOz415Flr">pic.twitter.com/rzOz415Flr</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1840795539178197441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>At any rate, Ware has high expectations in his rookie season working in the Heat developmental system as there is no doubt fans will get to see him in the preseason opener on Oct. 8 against the Charlotte Hornets.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Udonis Haslem has been mentoring Heat’s first-round rookie

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-udonis-haslems-bold-miami-prediction-for-2024-25');   ga('set', 'title', 'Udonis Haslem’s bold Heat prediction for 2024-25');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Udonis-Haslems-bold-Miami-prediction-for-2024-25.jpg"></figure><h1>Udonis Haslem’s bold Heat prediction for 2024-25</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-28T14:43:00-07:00">September 28th, 2:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-28T14:43:00-07:00">September 28th, 2:43pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-gets-100-real-on-2024-25-season-motivation">Miami Heat get motivated before the start of the 2024-25 season</a>, there are people wondering how the year could fall for them after finishing at the eighth seed for the second straight time. With fans <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/miami-heat-bold-predictions-2024-25-season-schedule-release">locking in their own Heat predictions</a>, former player Udonis Haslem was on his podcast “The OGs Show” with Mike Miller to talk about his own expectations.</p><h2><b>Udonis Haslem cites health as reason for exciting Heat season ahead</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Jimmy-Butler-on-April-14-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While people will likely not be shocked by Haslem’s bold prediction, he does provide some interesting insight as he is now a member of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-miami-brings-back-udonis-haslem-in-front-office-role-after-retirement">Heat’s front office as Vice President of Basketball Development</a>. He would say for people to watch out for Miami as <a href="https://x.com/theOGsShow/status/1839768696538997078" rel="noopener">they will be fully healthy</a> which was an issue last season.</p><p>“Well, I ain’t gonna say the Heat. I’m gonna say us, we healthy,” Haslem said. “You know, first and foremost, health is wealth. You know what I’m saying? You can’t do nothing without health and without being a healthy team. So, first and foremost, we’re healthy right now. Duncan is healthy. Tyler is healthy. Jimmy is healthy. Terry is healthy, you know. So we got our guys back, and then we got some young talent, you know. Jaime is back, you know, I’m saying expecting him to be better this year.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">UD says the Heat are healthy again, and are getting counted out 👀</p><p>Watch full episode here: <a href="https://t.co/aaEEy8vkLc">https://t.co/aaEEy8vkLc</a> <a href="https://t.co/Hgi9wrl9Ck">pic.twitter.com/Hgi9wrl9Ck</a></p><p>— The OGs Show (@theOGsShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/theOGsShow/status/1839768696538997078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>As Haslem mentions the bevy of people that were injured, he does have a point as Miami were ranked towards the top of the league in missed games and had over 30 different starting lineups throughout the season which was a franchise high.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Terry Rozier looking to be fully healthy after neck injury</b></h2><p>One of the players he mentioned was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-terry-rozier-takes-big-step-in-rehab-from-mysterious-neck-injury">Heat star Terry Rozier who spoke about his recovery</a> since he missed the last 11 games of the season with a neck issue.</p><p>“I’m still the same old Terry when I play. Whatever happened in the past, I won’t let it affect how I play. … I’m going to play how I play. But nothing affects how I go now. I’m still myself, so I feel good,” Rozier said via The Miami Herald.</p><p>Rozier is expected to be a key piece for Miami as he was acquired before last season’s trade deadline to be an upgrade at point guard over Kyle Lowry. He’s looking to be fully healthy by training camp which starts on Oct. 1 as he said earlier that he is super close to being able to play five on five.</p><p>“Where I’m at right now is just about fully, fully, fully cleared to play 5-on-5,” Rozier said. “But I am doing every on-court activity, playing a little bit of 3-on-3. So I figure in the next couple weeks, I’ll be graduating to 5-on-5. I feel great.”</p><h2><b>Duncan Robinson feels “great” after back problem</b></h2><p>Another injury that Haslem mentioned in his prediction was Duncan Robinson who dealt with a back issue that kept lingering towards the end of the season that was noticeably limiting his performance. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-why-duncan-robinson-is-primed-for-bounce-back-year">Robinson would speak on his recovery for the Heat</a> which was filled with positive anecdotes.</p><p>“I feel great,” Robinson said Monday. “We took all the necessary steps, seeing who we needed to see. Not restricted in any way. Have [not been limited] for the better part of eight weeks. Playing pickup. No limitations.”</p><p>“It’s still a focus and emphasis in terms of what I’m doing in the weight room. [But it] hasn’t given me any issues,” Robinson continued. “It was a rude awakening turning 30 [this past April] and having back issues within a month. Father Time is undefeated.”</p><h2><b>Haslem says people are counting Heat out</b></h2><p>These injuries don’t even include main stars Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro who each missed a significant portion of the season so Haslem’s point is valid, but the concern remains if the team will figure out a way to stay healthy. Still, Haslem would also mention the bigger workload for Haywood Highsmith, Bam Adebayo’s leadership, and the team having an exceptional head coach in Erik Spoelstra.</p><p>“Haywood Highsmith is, you know, somebody who’s going to feel a bigger void this year now that we lost Caleb,” Haslem said. “You know, we understand, you know, what’s expected of Bam, you know, to be our leader on both ends of the basketball court. And then we got La Spoelstra Nostra, baby, you know what time it is, you already know what time it is, man. So, you know, I’m looking for the Heat to be right back in the playoffs. And once again, they counting us out. But you know, we ain’t worrying about that. We just got work to do, we gonna chip away at it every day.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/predicting-heats-record-after-2024-25-season-schedule-release">The Heat look to prove everyone wrong once again</a> as they begin the preseason on Oct. 8 against the Charlotte Hornets and the regular season opener on Oct. 23 facing the Orlando Magic.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Udonis Haslem’s bold Heat prediction for 2024-25

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-udonis-haslem-reacts-shams-not-voting-bam-adebayo-dpoy');   ga('set', 'title', 'Udonis Haslem reacts to Shams Charania not voting Bam Adebayo as DPOY');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Heat-news-Udonis-Haslem-reacts-to-Shams-Charania-shunning-Bam-Adebayo-in-DPOY-vote.jpg"></figure><h1>Udonis Haslem reacts to Shams Charania not voting Bam Adebayo as DPOY</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-30T18:18:15-07:00">July 30th, 6:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-30T18:18:15-07:00">July 30th, 6:18pm</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Mike Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Miami Heat legend and three-time NBA champion Udonis Haslem took exception to popular NBA insider Shams Charania’s recent snubbing of Bam Adebayo in his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-heats-bam-adebayo-reveals-his-role-on-stacked-team-usa-roster">Defensive Player of the Year ballot</a>. While guesting in Haslem’s podcast, which he hosts with another ex-Heat Mike Miller, Charania revealed that he voted for Minnesota Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert over Adebayo as DPOY for 2023-2024.</p><p>This recent accolade puts the Frenchman in an elite club together with NBA legends Ben Wallace and Dikembe Mutombo with four Defensive Player of the Year honors.</p><p>Meanwhile, the only player with more than two DPOY honors is Dwight Howard, with three. He was also the only player to win it in three consecutive seasons (2009, 2010, 2011).</p><h2>Udonis Haslem’s praise for Bam’s role on Heat</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Bam-Adebayo-watching-the-game-from-the-bench-1.jpg"><figcaption>© Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Shams voting for Gobert over Bam Adebayo as DPOY triggered a reaction <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5evncDrXqcI" rel="noopener">during his guest appearance</a> in Haslem’s and Miller’s podcast titled “The OGs Show.” After Shams’ admission, Haslem praised Bam’s incredible defensive versatility and ability to anchor a solid defense as an interior presence.</p><p>Citing Bam’s ability to guard multiple positions, Haslem said, “Who the f**k you know that can start the game off on Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. We started Bam on JB in one game, and JT in the playoffs.” Then, he challenged Shams to “name another 5 that does that.”</p><p>Further, Haslem mentions Bam’s importance to the Miami Heat’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-team-usas-bam-adebayo-reveals-what-really-matters-playing-behind-joel-embiid-anthony-davis">gritty defensive identity</a> as a “lunch-pail, hard-hat team, chop wood carry water.” According to him, the Heat’s style of play has consistently put the team at the top of the Eastern Conference in the playoffs. “At the end of the day, it’s either us or Boston,” Haslem said, referring to the latest NBA champions.</p><p>Besides defense, Haslem also sang Bam’s praises on the offensive end. “Not only is our defense spearheaded by him,” he said, “but our offense as well.”</p><p>He added, “We always know how well we’re playing by how many shots Duncan Robinson get up, how many shots Caleb Martin get up, how many shots our other guys can get up.” The Heat’s offensive synergy, Haslem continued, “is all built off the movement of Bam Adebayo.”</p><p>His versatility in playing multiple positions both on offense and defense didn’t escape Haslem’s notice. “He’s our trigger,” he said. “Sometimes he plays the point forward for us. There’s so many things that Bam got to process offensively.”</p><p>Last season, Bam Adebayo was third in DPOY voting, next to Gobert and San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama, who finished second.</p><p>However, Bam was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the first time in his career in 2024. He joins celebrated defenders Gobert, Wembanyama, Anthony Davis, and Herb Jones.</p><p>Adebayo and the Miami Heat squared off with the eventual champions Boston Celtics in the first round of the 2024 Playoffs.</p><p>During the five-game series, the 27-year-old star averaged 22.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 3.8 assists. He also shot 49.5 percent from the field in the losing effort while guarding the Celtics’ best players, particularly Jayson Tatum.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Udonis Haslem reacts to Shams Charania not voting Bam Adebayo as DPOY

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-what-summer-league-standout-pelle-larsson-learned-from-udonis-haslem');   ga('set', 'title', 'What Heat Summer League standout Pelle Larsson learned from Udonis Haslem');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/What-Summer-League-standout-Pelle-Larsson-learned-from-Udonis-Haslem.jpg"></figure><h1>What Heat Summer League standout Pelle Larsson learned from Udonis Haslem</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-24T15:05:16-07:00">July 24th, 3:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-24T15:05:16-07:00">July 24th, 3:05pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-summer-league-hero-has-instant-reaction-to-winning-title">Miami Heat second round pick Pelle Larsson</a> had an impressive showcase during the Summer League where he showed that the team could be right once again for having an eye for talent. However, there was an important lesson that he learned from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-nba-summer-league-championship-ring-fans-buzzing">one of the Heat’s</a> legends in Udonis Haslem, who currently has a front office position, as <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article290361289.html" rel="noopener">he spoke to the Summer League team</a> in saying to embrace the role they are in according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.</p><p>“He was just saying, ‘Be the guy that they drafted you to be,’” Larsson said about what Haslem told the team. “I’m not going to come in and be a star player for the team. So I might have two minutes. In those two minutes I’m on the court, I got to play my [butt] off and defend and rebound. That might be all I get to do, even if I don’t get a shot. I’m just locking into that mentality and just being a dog defensively and using my body to my limits because that’s probably what I’m going to get to do when I get to the real team.”</p><h2><b>Larsson speaks on his strengths after Heat wins Summer League title</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Pelle-Larsson-after-hitting-the-game-winning-shot-for-the-Heat-in-the-Summer-Laegue-final.jpg"><figcaption>Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-what-miami-is-expecting-of-pelle-larsson-in-first-summer-league">Larsson has done that 100</a> percent during the stint in Las Vegas where he has shown his talents on offense and especially on the defensive end. Even the Swedish-born player would say that he is a “well-rounded defender on and off the ball” which was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-miami-summer-league-title-triggers-wild-fan-celebrations">praised by Miami assistant</a> general manager Adam Simon and others within the organization.</p><p>“I think it could be a misconception if you just look at the stats and you see 40 percent from three,” Larsson said. “But if you actually watch film and look into the games, you can see that being a well-rounded defender on and off the ball is kind of my strength and just playing within the team. By playing within the team and playing with good players, they’re going to find you for open shots and you’re going to get advantages just from that.”</p><h2><b>Heat Summer League coach calls Larsson a “tireless worker”</b></h2><p>The University of Arizona product was selected with the 44th overall pick in last month’s NBA Draft and has already made an impact, even scoring the game-winning<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-summer-league-star-gets-real-on-potential-2-way-deal-with-miami"> shot leading the Heat to victory</a> in the Summer League final. He would also score 16 points as Miami’s Summer League head coach in Dan Bisaccio spoke highly of how he is a “tireless worker” and how he has “embraced his defensive role.”</p><p>“I think one of the best things that’s been established for him is he has embraced his defensive role on that end,” Bisaccio said. “Which is guarding everybody on the floor, guarding them 94 feet from the basket and then just being a defensive stopper. And then offensively from there, you can just see his skill set is starting to expand. He’s getting more confident in his ability to attack the paint and make plays for himself and also others. So we’re going to look for him to continue to find that confidence and continue to find his role.”</p><p>Now, Larsson gets to reset before ramping up for the upcoming season as he hopes to make an immediate impact with the main roster. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-key-veteran-warns-of-unfinished-business-after-previously-taking-less-to-return">The Heat are looking to improve</a> after finishing with the eighth seed for the second straight season and having a 46-36 record as they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Boston Celtics.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

What Heat Summer League standout Pelle Larsson learned from Udonis Haslem

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-miami-is-celtics-biggest-threat-udonis-haslem-says');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat is Celtics’ biggest threat, Udonis Haslem says');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Miami-is-Celtics-biggest-threat-Udonis-Haslem-says.jpeg"></figure><h1>Heat is Celtics’ biggest threat, Udonis Haslem says</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-22T08:54:11-07:00">June 22nd, 8:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-22T08:54:11-07:00">June 22nd, 8:54am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former star and current front office member for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-udonis-haslem-rips-las-roster-after-jj-redick-hire">Miami Heat in Udonis Haslem has</a> been making the rounds at ESPN on various shows giving his thoughts on multiple topics within the world of basketball. While on an episode of “First Take” Friday, he was asked which team is the biggest threat in the Eastern Conference to the defending champions Boston Celtics and you can probably guess what his answer was.</p><p>Yes, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-early-heat-2024-nba-draft-targets-with-no-15-pick">he would say the Heat</a> have the <a href="https://x.com/FirstTake/status/1804164825141923848" rel="noopener">best chance with a</a> core of main stars like Jimmy Butler, and “young superstars” like Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, plus he mentions other players like Duncan Robinson, Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., and Nikola Jovic. The response he gave was part in frustration as he asked why no one ever talks about the Heat when discussing the teams that can beat the Celtics.</p><p>“I’m tired of this. Duncan Robinson. Terry Rozier. Jimmy Butler. A young superstar in Bam Adebayo. A young superstar in Tyler Herro. Jaime Jaquez Jr. Niko Jovic. Why don’t nobody ever say the Miami Heat?” a passionate Haslem said on the ESPN morning show Friday. “The last four of five years, it’s come down to the Miami Heat or the Boston Celtics. Milwaukee stuck themselves in there, but it’s come down to the Miami Heat or the Boston Celtics. And we got La Spoelstra Nostra.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsUD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ThisIsUD</a> says Miami will be the biggest threat to Boston next season 👀</p><p>Had to channel his inner <a href="https://twitter.com/stephenasmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stephenasmith</a> for this one 😭 <a href="https://t.co/YPMn1GoTNA">pic.twitter.com/YPMn1GoTNA</a></p><p>— First Take (@FirstTake) <a href="https://twitter.com/FirstTake/status/1804164825141923848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Haslem says a “healthy” Heat team can challenge the Celtics</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Heat-players-swarm-Jayson-Tatum-during-Game-4-of-the-Eastern-Conference-Finals-in-March-of-2023.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>While there is no doubt people will say Haslem has bias since he has been with the team for 20 seasons and is a current front office member as said before, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/biggest-needs-heat-must-address-in-2024-nba-offseason">history is on his side as Miami</a> has been the team to thwart Boston in the past. The two rivals have met in the playoffs in four of the last five seasons where they are tied 2-2 in those series.</p><p>“So I’m sitting here asking, why don’t nobody ever say the Miami Heat?” Haslem continued on ESPN’s “First Take” as he is now the Vice President of Basketball Development for Miami. “A healthy Miami Heat is the team that can challenge Boston because we’ve done it the last four out of five years. I’m sick of this, man. This got to stop, the Heat hate got to stop.”</p><p>Host of the show Molly Qerim would give a response to Haslem saying there is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-2-unrealistic-jimmy-butler-trades-to-consider-2024-nba-offseason">no hate towards the Heat</a> when discussing the teams that can beat the Celtics next season. She would question the team with the continuous speculation of the situation surrounding their main star in Butler.</p><p>“It’s not Heat hate,” Qerim said. “We don’t even know if you’re going to have Jimmy Butler.”</p><h2><b>Is Qerim’s concern about Butler valid?</b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-miami-wizards-set-mexico-city-clash-for-2024-25-season">The concerns surrounding the Miami’s</a> top player in Butler started when it was reported that he is seeking a two-year contract extension worth around $113 million. In response, Heat President Pat Riley was <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1787546558617330077" rel="noopener">non-committal during</a> his end of season press conference last May.</p><p>“Well, you know, we don’t have to do that for a year and so we have not discussed that internally right now but we have to look at that and then making that kind of commitment,” Riley said.</p><p>“Well, I mean, if you request we can either accept or we can say we’re going to think about it,” Riley said. “We’ve not made a decision on it and I think you can make too much out of this. You still got two years left on the contract. Theoretically he’s got a player option. But that’s something that we have to give some real thought to based on a lot of factors. I don’t want to go through the litany of factors right now because they all go up into different hypotheticals, but yeah, that’s a big decision on our part to commit those kinds of resources unless your somebody who’s really going to be there and available every single night, that’s the truth.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pat Riley on if he will be giving Jimmy Butler a contract extension this summer.</p><p>“Well, we don’t have to that for a year, so we have not discussed that internally…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatCulture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatCulture</a> <a href="https://t.co/JnJwCuKfbS">pic.twitter.com/JnJwCuKfbS</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1787546558617330077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Haslem confident Butler will be back with Miami</b></h2><p>However, Haslem would refute Qerim’s concern about Butler as he was confident that he will be back <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-nikola-jovic-nursing-injury-ahead-of-summer-olympics">next season with the Miami</a> as it will be sixth season with the team. The former player would also question if people not mentioning the Heat as a threat is not “sexy” enough of a pick.</p><p>“We do know we’re going to have our best player,” Haslem said. “You ain’t heard us say he’s going somewhere. We just hear y’all saying he’s going somewhere. Ain’t none of us ever saying he’s going somewhere. So what, is it not sexy enough for y’all because all we do is win? Because we win with guys that y’all don’t know.”</p><h2><b>Heat and Celtics rivalry ignited after NBA Finals</b></h2><p>Even after the Celtics won their 18th championship, which is a NBA record, there have been some shots aimed at the way of the Heat. Besides having traveled to Miami to celebrate their title win, former player Brian Scalabrine asked Boston star Jayson <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jayson-tatum-takes-shot-at-heat-ahead-of-finals-parade">Tatum about the trip to Miami</a> where the 25-year old had a <a href="https://x.com/danield1214/status/1804161959262130271" rel="noopener">snarky response</a> according to ClutchPoints Celtics reporter Daniel Donabedian.</p><p>“You guys have been on a lot of trips to Miami,” Scalabrine said. “A lot of hard-fought trips to Miami. Was this one a little sweeter taking that trip down?”</p><p>“They always easy,” Tatum answered.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jayson Tatum talks about how sweet it was to go to Miami with the trophy:</p><p>“They always easy.”</p><p>The rivalry isn’t going anywhere ☘️🔥 <a href="https://t.co/kkeS6TC8WE">pic.twitter.com/kkeS6TC8WE</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1804161959262130271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Tatum’s response is no doubt made in jest as history would say otherwise as Miami met Boston three times in the Eastern Conference Finals where the former won twice and even in the third in 2022, it came down to the last shot. Haslem would echo the same sentiments saying that Tatum must have been “still drunk” from celebrating his first championship.</p><p>“I think he’s still drunk from the party,” Haslem said. “He’s gotta still be tipsy from the party, there’s no way he could believe that. It’s OK, that’s what he’s supposed to say. Congratulations to the Boston Celtics. I ain’t gonna be no hater, we understand they’re the champs. We’re going to get fully healthy, then we’ll see what happens.”</p><p>In any sense, it was easy for the Celtics this last playoffs as they beat the Heat in five games in the first round where they were missing Butler for the whole series due to an MCL sprain. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-jimmy-butlers-love-for-heat-could-be-tested">Miami is trying to improve</a> after a second straight eighth seed finish where they had a 46-36 record.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat is Celtics’ biggest threat, Udonis Haslem says

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-udonis-haslem-rips-las-roster-after-jj-redick-hire');   ga('set', 'title', 'Udonis Haslem rips Lakers roster after JJ Redick hire');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Udonis-Haslem-rips-LAs-roster-after-JJ-Redick-hire.jpeg"></figure><h1>Udonis Haslem rips Lakers roster after JJ Redick hire</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-21T14:27:20-07:00">June 21st, 2:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-21T14:27:20-07:00">June 21st, 2:27pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It is official that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-jj-redick-does-have-coaching-experience">JJ Redick will be the next head coach</a> for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-dallas-jj-redick-lakers-jared-dudley">Los Angeles Lakers as it</a> was heavily rumored for a long time since the former player impressed as an analyst and started a podcast with star LeBron James. However, one person that is pumping the brakes on any lofty expectation is former player and current front office member of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-udonis-haslem-issues-lebron-james-level-warning-la-amid-jj-redick-interest">Miami Heat in Udonis Haslem</a>.</p><h2><b>Haslem says Lakers will miss playoffs next season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/JJ-Redick-covering-the-NBA-Finals-between-the-Celtics-and-Mavericks-on-June-14.jpg"><figcaption>Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The former teammate of James has been appearing frequently on various shows across ESPN and since the news broke from Adrian Wojnarowski about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-magic-johnson-honest-opinion-jj-redick-hire">Redick being the next Lakers</a> head coach, he was asked for his opinion on the current events. In the specific question of what the ceiling is for Los Angeles next season, Haslem would say whether or not Redick comes in with a creative game plan, there is <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1804248725461832194" rel="noopener">“no way”</a> they are making it to the postseason.</p><p>“I love the Lakers and and I love everything that they got going on, but ain’t no way in hell that they go to the playoffs this year with that roster,” Haslem said on “Get Up” on ESPN. “JJ Redick can draw up the intersection of Puerto Rico, it does not matter. A couple of little giants for y’all, but it does not matter who’s on that roster because these young guys Ant-man SGA, Luka, he’s gonna get more experienced he’s going to grow out of some of those bad habits that he had and these guys are getting better and I like to call this right now idols are becoming rivals, all the young guys that have watched these guys dominate all this time, this is their chance and they are not letting off the gas.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“Ain’t no way in hell that they go to the playoffs this year with that roster. JJ Redick can draw up the intersection of Puerto Rico, it does not matter.”</p><p>Udonis Haslem doesn’t believe the Lakers are a true title contender next season.</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/GetUpESPN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GetUpESPN</a>)<a href="https://t.co/BBcGPdDRhK">pic.twitter.com/BBcGPdDRhK</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1804248725461832194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-jj-redick-mindset-takes-lakers-job">The Lakers have</a> been on the hunt for a head coach ever since they relieved Darvin Ham of his duties after the team lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Denver Nuggets. Even with Redick’s name thrown around, the team was actively pursuing UConn basketball head coach Dan Hurley to take the job and was even proposed an offer, but he decided to stay at the collegiate level.</p><h2><b>Haslem questions if players will believe James is talking through Redick</b></h2><p>This would not be the first time Haslem has questioned the attractiveness of the job in Los Angeles as besides the expectations any person has associated with the Lakers, people will always question the legitimacy since James has been vocal with any team. The same sentiments were echoed by Haslem as he was on ESPN’s “NBA Today” and said that players on the Lakers will question where <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1804251675915428297" rel="noopener">“the message is coming from”</a> whether it be Redick or James.</p><p>“I mean, they’re gonna question where the message is coming from,” Haslem said. “They’re gonna question what’s the intent of everything, we understand how great of a basketball mind that JJ Redick is, but we also understand how great basketball mind that LeBron James has. And we also understand that these NBA players today spend 95 percent of the time focusing on the things they can’t control. You can’t control the relationship LeBron has with with JJ Reddick, you can’t control the plays that JJ Reddick is going to run, you can’t control the schemes and the defense that JJ is going to run, but I guarantee everything that JJ says, somebody’s going to question if the LeBron James has something to do with it on the back end.”</p><p>“That’s just how it’s going to be,” Haslem continued. “And I told JJ that to his face when I saw him in the finals. It’s nothing about JJ that I don’t he can’t do it. It is nothing about JD that I don’t think he’s capable. He has a bright future, he has a great basketball mind, but this is what the NBA is today. Guys that worry about things they cannot control. That’s why I kept the job for five extra years.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“I guarantee everything that JJ [Redick] says, somebody’s gonna question if LeBron James had something to do with it on the backend. That’s just how it’s gonna be… Guys are worried about the things they cannot control.”</p><p>— Udonis Haslem 👀<a href="https://t.co/r9RmzNKOYP">pic.twitter.com/r9RmzNKOYP</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1804251675915428297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Lakers hoping Redick can breathe life into team</b></h2><p>At any rate, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/los-angeles-lakers-news0bold-predictions-for-jj-redicks-first-year-as-head-coach">the Lakers organization is looking</a> for any way to boost the team after another disappointing season as they now put faith in Redick. Last season, Los Angeles had a 47-35 record which put them seventh in the Western Conference, but as said before, they were beat in five games by the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Udonis Haslem rips Lakers roster after JJ Redick hire

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-brian-grants-admission-playing-with-young-dwyane-wade-udonis-haslem');   ga('set', 'title', 'Brian Grant’s admission on playing with young Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem with Heat');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Brian-Grants-admission-on-playing-with-young-Dwyane-Wade-Udonis-Haslem.jpg"></figure><h1>Brian Grant’s admission on playing with young Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem with Heat</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-22T12:51:07-07:00">May 22nd, 12:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-22T12:51:07-07:00">May 22nd, 12:51pm</time><address><a>Scotty White</a>Scotty White is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has been in the sports journalism industry since 2020. He has covered athletics at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California and is now serving as an Associate Editor and Chicago Bulls beat writer at ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Brian Grant started his NBA career back in 1994 with the Sacramento Kings. He ended up spending 12 seasons in the league and he played for five different teams. In addition to the Kings, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-brian-grant-dishes-on-role-franchise-changing-shaquille-oneal-heat-lakers-trade">Grant played for the</a> Portland Trailblazers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns. Grant <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jaime-jaquez-impulse-decision-fans-floored-rookies-new-look">was with the Heat</a> for four seasons, from 2000 until 2004, and he got to play with Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem.</p><p>On a recent episode of <i>Legends Lounge, </i>Brian Grant discussed what it was like playing with Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem. Wade was a rookie, but he was still as confident as ever. If he felt like he was open, he was going to shoot the ball. That’s what the coaches wanted him to do, and he had no trouble doing it.</p><p>“So Dwyane <a href="http://apple.co/44QKBrO" rel="noopener">is going on slashing</a>, shooting,” Grant said on the show. “I go ‘hey man, pass it down boy.’ He goes, ‘coach tells me if I’m open shoot, I’m gonna shoot.’ I was like, okay. Yeah, right now I gotta battle this cat over here, Udonis, who’s slinging me and throwing me around. I even took the boys fishing. like, can you quit slinging me around?”</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwyane-Wade.jpg"><figcaption>© Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Udonis </b>Haslem was physical and hard to go up against</h2><p>Wade was a shooter, and Haslem was one of the most physical players on the team. It was difficult to go up against him in practice, but Grant liked Haslem a lot, and he revealed what Haslem used to call himself, too.</p><p>“I’m cranking it up,” Brian Grant said. “I said, that’s hard work. Like the hard work to be putting on me every day. Now, he (Udonis Haslem) was cool. Dade County’s Finest. That’s what he referred to himself as, Dade County’s Finest.”</p><p>Grant went on to play for the Lakers and the Suns after he was done playing in Miami. His time with the Heat was certainly the end of his prime, and he played just one season with Phoenix and one with Los Angeles after that. He decided to retire in 2006 after finishing off his career with the Suns.</p><p>Brian Grant ended up playing in the league for a long time and he played with some great players like Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem. When you end up spending 12 years in the league, you’re going to have some good stories to tell. His experiences with the Heat sound about right, and he probably has a lot of other things to share about his time in Miami as well.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Brian Grant’s admission on playing with young Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem with Heat

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-udonis-haslem-issues-lebron-james-level-warning-la-amid-jj-redick-interest');   ga('set', 'title', 'Udonis Haslem issues LeBron James-level warning to Lakers amid JJ Redick interest');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Udonis-Haslem-issues-LeBron-James-level-warning-to-LA-amid-JJ-redick-interest.jpg"></figure><h1>Udonis Haslem issues LeBron James-level warning to Lakers amid JJ Redick interest</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-14T16:52:27-07:00">May 14th, 4:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-14T22:27:29-07:00">May 14th, 10:27pm</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former NBA player and current ESPN commentator JJ Redick has been named as a prime candidate to fill the Los Angeles Lakers’ head coaching vacancy for the last few weeks. Many prominent figures around the basketball world have expressed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-jj-redick-la-coaching-rumors-draws-sarcastic-george-karl-take">their distaste for Redick</a> possibly jumping into the fire without any coaching experience, and another one threw his hat into that ring on Tuesday.</p><p>Former Miami Heat player Udonis Haslem thinks that hiring Redick <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1790497067032318143" rel="noopener">would be a terrible idea</a> for the Lakers, via NBA on ESPN.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"If it’s JJ [Redick], it's gonna be a cynical locker room…  They're gonna wonder, is it JJ's message or LeBron's message?" </p><p>Udonis Haslem talks about how the Lakers' squad would respond to Redick as head coach 👀</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ESPNNBA</a>)<br> <a href="https://t.co/4VTUpwdo6S">pic.twitter.com/4VTUpwdo6S</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1790497067032318143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I’m gonna go ahead and say it,” Haslem said. “If it’s JJ, it’s gonna be a cynical locker room. You’re gonna see guys that are gonna say ‘is coach gonna do a podcast after the game with LeBron?’ You’re gonna have a cynical locker room with guys that are gonna side-eye everything that JJ says, ’cause they’re gonna wonder is it ‘JJ’s message or LeBron’s message?'”</p><p>Haslem was referring to Redick’s and James’ new <i>Mind the Game </i>podcast, where the two have been discussing their basketball knowledge at length. While Redick may be an expert on basketball concepts and mechanics, sitting in the coach’s chair is an entirely different ballgame. If Los Angeles hired him, it would look like the team hired him because he’s James’ friend.</p><p>On top of that, Haslem threw an unheralded name out there as someone the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-lakers-3-leading-head-coaching-candidates-emerge">Lakers should take</a> a hard look at.</p><h2><b>Haslem thinks that Chris Quinn would be a better option than JJ Redick for the Lakers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Former-Heat-player-Udonis-Haslem.jpg"><figcaption>© Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Chris Quinn is a name that even the most diehard NBA fans may not know of, but that could change soon. The Heat assistant coach is <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lakers-coaching-search-james-borrego-chris-quinn-amongst-initial-wave-of-targets/" rel="noopener">reportedly a potential target</a> for Los Angeles, via CBS Sports.</p><p>“I’m not just saying this because Chris Quinn is my guy, but Chris Quinn has relationships and coached LeBron James in Miami prior to LeBron going to the Lakers, so I know he’s a guy that LeBron respects,” Haslem said. Now, is he a true, true candidate? Who knows, because we understand how this goes, you might put names out there when you already know who you’re gonna pick, but I think Chris Quinn really has an opportunity to go into that situation, some Miami Heat culture, but also sprinkled in with what they’re doing now and what LeBron likes to do.”</p><p>Balance is key in all aspects of life, including coach-player dynamics. James has earned the right to have some influence over how the operation runs, but unlike Redick, Quinn would have the trust of the entire locker room based on his track record.</p><p>“You have to have a healthy medium,” Haslem continued. “It can’t be all Chris Quinn’s way, but it can’t be all LeBron’s way. You gotta meet in the middle, and I think Chris Quinn to go in there and have the respect of LeBron James, and have the respect of the locker room, and it’s not gonna be cynical. It’s gonna be a flat, clean slate, start from scratch.”</p><p>Only time will tell if Los Angeles chases headlines instead of making a more logical, non-flashy choice.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Udonis Haslem issues LeBron James-level warning to Lakers amid JJ Redick interest

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-udonis-haslem-hits-tyler-herro-with-reality-check-on-miami-role');   ga('set', 'title', 'Udonis Haslem hits Tyler Herro with reality check on Heat role');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Heat-news-Udonis-Haslem-hits-Tyler-Herro-with-reality-check-on-Miami-role.jpeg"></figure><h1>Udonis Haslem hits Tyler Herro with reality check on Heat role</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-02T14:55:57-07:00">May 2nd, 2:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-02T14:55:57-07:00">May 2nd, 2:55pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ex-celtics-big-man-brian-scalabrine-gets-nsfw-response-from-udonis-haslem-after-game-1-accusations">Miami Heat legend Udonis Haslem made</a> a few appearances on various shows on the ESPN network Thursday and gave his thoughts on the current state of the team after they were eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs. One of the many interesting talking points that was brought up was the role of Heat star Tyler Herro and where he fits on the team.</p><p>On the show “NBA Today,” he was asked by former player and current basketball analyst Kendrick Perkins if <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-gets-brutally-honest-on-lessons-learned-from-ugly-playoff-series-vs-celtics">Haslem sees players like Herro and teammate Bam Adebayo taking</a> that big leap next season. He would confidently say that Adebayo would as well as Hero, but as a <a href="https://twitter.com/HeatvsHaters/status/1786141744645406813" rel="noopener">“sixth man.”</a></p><p>“Moving into the future, in today’s NBA, you can still be sixth man, you can still get all your money, still get All Star in today’s NBA, you can still do all that in today’s NBA,” Haslem said. “Tyler’s role for us, and the best role for him, is to probably be a sixth man.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“For Tyler, his role, he’s great as a sixth man. When he won Sixth Man of the Year, that’s a great role for Tyler.</p><p>We are better when we got Duncan Robinson in the starting lineup, making plays, being that trigger for us and spraying and creating for other guys.” </p><p>Udonis Haslem… <a href="https://t.co/hN4moHO7rD">pic.twitter.com/hN4moHO7rD</a></p><p>— 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙏 𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 (@HeatvsHaters) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeatvsHaters/status/1786141744645406813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Haslem says that sixth man role should take nothing away from Herro</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tyler-Herro-shooting-the-ball-during-the-Heats-Game-5-loss-to-the-Celtics.jpg"><figcaption>Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Herro has actually won Sixth Man of the Year back in 2022 where in that season, he averaged 20.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, and four assists per game. However, he has been a mainstay in the starting lineup the past few seasons since he has developed as a basketball player.</p><p>On the other hand, the conversations of Herro being the sixth man again came back up this season among fans as ways to unlock the University of Kentucky’s best. For Haslem, he said that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-heats-jimmy-butler-seeking-113-million-contract-extension">for the Heat’s best “chemistry</a>,” it involves Duncan Robinson in the starting lineup and Herro on the bench.</p><p>“That’s taking nothing away from what Tyler does as a basketball player. But for our chemistry, we are better when we got Duncan Robinson in the starting lineup, making plays, being that trigger for us and spraying and creating for other guys,” Haslem said. “Tyler can come off in that second group, doesn’t have to worry about getting other guys involved. He can just play basketball, score and be who he is.”</p><p>Hearing this from Haslem speaks volumes as not only is his voice well respected in the franchise, he also has been a teammate to Herro for a long time, and has a front office role with Miami. While those talks are present, there was no room for him to be on the bench as of recent, as he was needed in the starting lineup this postseason.</p><h2><b>Adebayo and Herro talk about how Celtics held down the Heat guard</b></h2><p>With the injuries to Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier, Herro was called upon alongside Adebayo to be the main engines for the team. While Adebayo had a solid series, it was a frustrating one for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-vocal-how-celtics-shut-down-tyler-herro">Herro as besides an exceptional</a> Game 2, the Celtics held him down for the most part as the big-man talks about what their rivals did to him.</p><p>“They definitely got him out of his rhythm,” Adebayo said. “Sending him different coverages, pressing him full court. They just took him out of his rhythm.”</p><p>This past season, Herro has averaged 20.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game while shooting 44.1 percent from the field. Herro himself spoke after the game and talked about how he looks upon the series and what it will unlock to make him a better player.</p><p>“I obviously haven’t looked back on the whole series, it just ended, but feel like I’m going to be able to take away a lot from how they guarded me throughout the whole series,” Herro said. “The face guards, double teams, switches, really crowding the paint when I did get in the paint and then really making it tough on me at all times, not allowing me to kind of see one go through to catch a rhythm. But, at the end of the day, it’ll make me better. So I’m excited to get in the work this offseason.”</p><h2><b>Haslem on the Heat’s dire needs</b></h2><p>After being eliminated in the playoffs, a year prior to making the NBA Finals as an eighth seed, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-shoots-down-excuse-with-classy-reaction-to-debacle-vs-celtics">Haslem was asked where the Heat</a> need help for next season. He would say another scorer, while mentioning if Rozier was healthy that he fills in that role, and a veteran big-man so that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-feels-in-his-heart-that-miami-has-an-offensive-resurgence-for-game-5-vs-celtics">Adebayo can</a> move to the power forward spot.</p><p>“Definitely need another scorer. If [Terry Rozier] was healthy, we could see him filling that role. With [Rozier] not being healthy, we don’t really know. If ‘he’s healthy, then he fills that role. Without T-Ro, we didn’t really have that.”</p><p>“I think we need another scorer and maybe another veteran guy, a big, a big fellow who can go down there and help Bam,” Haslem continued. “I think Bam can play four [power forward] and move around a little bit. If we get a center, maybe in the draft or through free agency, then we can move Bam to the 4. He can guard all five positions but he would have even more of a matchup at the 4 position where we can post him up and do different things with him. Go for a center and possibly another scoring guard.”</p><h2><b>Haslem on what needs to happen this off-season for Miami</b></h2><p>He was also asked about Butler and if he can continue to be the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-erik-spoelstra-vocal-on-1-major-motivation-to-win-game-5-vs-celtics">No. 1 option on the Heat like he has</a> been for the past five seasons. Haslem would respond first with a question insinuating that it’s much more complex than him being the No. 1.</p><p>“Who says he has to continue to be the No. 1 option?” Haslem said. “As guys get a little bit older, they move to the side and they let the young guys take over. Jimmy is still a great player. Jimmy can still take over the game.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-terry-rozier-jaime-jaquez-jr-ruled-out-for-must-win-game-5-vs-celtics">The Heat had a frustrating season</a> filled with a bunch of injuries, especially at the worst time being in the postseason. Haslem said before anything else, Miami has to “get healthy” and also talked about the motivation of Pat Riley amidst a disappointing finish.</p><p>“To the hospital first to get healthy,” Haslem said. “We’ve got to get in the lab. If I know anything about Riles [Pat Riley], his job is to put the team in the best position to win a championship. We all understand we don’t have that right now.”</p><p>“He damn sure ain’t going nowhere after that loss last night,” Haslem continued. “I’ll tell you that. If I know him, he was up until 4 or 5 a.m. trying to figure out how this goes. This man literally told me when I got in there, ‘hey, there’s two things, there’s winning and there’s misery. There’s no in between.’ He’s miserable right now; he’s trying to figure out a way to win…Right now we’re all miserable. We can’t live like this. So we’re going to figure it out.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-heat-takeaways-from-the-deflating-game-4-loss-vs-celtics">Miami finished with a 46</a>-36 record and have an interesting off-season upcoming to say the least.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Udonis Haslem hits Tyler Herro with reality check on Heat role

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/ex-celtics-big-man-brian-scalabrine-gets-nsfw-response-from-udonis-haslem-after-game-1-accusations');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ex-Celtics big man Brian Scalabrine gets NSFW response from Udonis Haslem after Game 1 accusations');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ex-Celtics-big-man-Brian-Scalabrine-gets-NSFW-response-from-Udonis-Haslem-after-Game-1-accusations.jpg"></figure><h1>Ex-Celtics big man Brian Scalabrine gets NSFW response from Udonis Haslem after Game 1 accusations</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-04-22T12:29:57-07:00">April 22nd, 12:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-04-22T12:31:07-07:00">April 22nd, 12:31pm</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat is so deep that even former players are getting into it.</p><p>With under a minute to go in Boston’s Game 1, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/4-celtics-takeaways-from-wire-to-wire-game-1-win-heat-nba-playoffs">114-94, win over Miami</a> on Sunday afternoon, Heat forward Caleb Martin collided with Celtics star Jayson Tatum.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Things getting heated between Jaylen Brown and Caleb Martin after Martin upends Tatum, who took a hard fall 👀<a href="https://t.co/85fxggdwG3">pic.twitter.com/85fxggdwG3</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1782127516443930847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>That resulted in a hard fall, and although Tatum got up quickly <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jayson-tatums-true-feelings-controversial-caleb-martin-hard-foul">and moved on</a> after the play, some of his teammates weren’t in a forgiving mood.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A bit of skirmish breaks out after Caleb Martin upends Jayson Tatum. Notice Jaylen Brown in the fray sticking up for his guy. <a href="https://t.co/6vj9DuwrpK">pic.twitter.com/6vj9DuwrpK</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1782126904251666837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla and a few other players realized that clashes like that happen, especially in the NBA Playoffs. However, former Celtic and current <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ex-celtics-player-brian-scalabrine-calls-for-caleb-martin-to-be-suspended-after-shady-foul-on-jayson-tatum">media personality Brian Scalabrine</a> had a different view on the matter.</p><p>Following Boston’s wire-to-wire victory, Scalabrine argued that Martin’s loose ball foul wasn’t an accident. He then went as far as saying that Martin should <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1782145547513602491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1782145547513602491%7Ctwgr%5E5382af971e3fe087f9d3d51142ed38b4dad098f4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fex-celtics-player-brian-scalabrine-calls-for-caleb-martin-to-be-suspended-after-shady-foul-on-jayson-tatum">potentially be suspended</a>, via NBC Sports Boston’s postgame broadcast.</p><p>“Erik Spoelstra called a timeout with a 1:30 down by 16, 30 seconds later that play happens … that looked shady to me … That to me is a dirty play … I think Martin should get suspended for that.”</p><p>The “White Mamba,” who won a championship with the Celtics in 2008, ended up <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ESX1ogpwv/">clarifying his comments</a> on the Dan Le Batard Show on Monday morning.</p><p>“Listen, I don’t have a problem with the play,” he admitted. “I just thought the play was bush league. In the sense that he ran into it, took advantage of it, he braced himself, he ran into Jayson Tatum while he was in the air … Also, remember I’m not jaded by all this. When Jaylen Brown did that thing to Duncan Robinson I thought that was bush league too.”</p><p>When Scalabrine says “that thing,” he’s referencing when Celtics star Jaylen Brown got involved in a dust-up with Heat sharp-shooter Duncan Robinson during a regular season game in February.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown was assessed a Flagrant 1 after taking down Duncan Robinson on this play.</p><p>Agree with the call? 🤔<a href="https://t.co/q3Ux5elXCg">pic.twitter.com/q3Ux5elXCg</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1756787911133938023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>That explanation wasn’t good enough for Udonis Haslem, who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Heat.</p><p>“Shut yo sucka a** up!! He got pushed,” Haslem commented on Instagram. “Brian Weak a**!!”</p><p>Given the Heat lifer’s lengthy history with the Celtics, this response isn’t a surprise. Miami and Boston have met in the playoffs seven different times, and Haslem was a part of the Heat for six of them. The only outlier is this year, as the 43-year-old officially retired last season.</p><h2><b>Udonis Haslem’s distaste for the Celtics is nothing new</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Udonis-Haslem-in-Heat-jersey.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Even though his playing days are finished, Haslem has rekindled the beef between the Celtics and Heat whenever possible.</p><p>Last December, the Florida native shared an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-why-udonis-haslem-bill-russell-legend-miami-jersey-retirement">example of his hatred</a> for the Green Team that shocked the NBA world. During the late Bill Russell’s jersey retirement ceremony, Haslem complained about having to honor a Celtics player in the Heat’s stadium, via The OGs Show.</p><p>“I love Bill. No disrespect to Bill … Why the f*** he got to hang in here? The s*** that comes out the people’s mouths to us when we are playing [at the TD Garden]? I might not take back what I said, now that I think about it.”</p><p>A month later, Haslem <a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpointsnba/p/C2LuclOtNey/">showed some respect</a> to the basketball and human rights champion, via playmaker.</p><p>“Let me talk on this one time. First, as a black man, I understand what Bill Russell has done for us aside from basketball,” he acknowledged. “What he’s done as a black man just for us to move forward in life … If I apologize to anybody, it’d be to Bill Russell’s family.”</p><p>He didn’t provide the same peace offering to Celtics fans or the city of Boston:</p><p>“The Boston people? Y’all got a better chance of wrestling an alligator,” he joked. “I’m not apologizing to you motherf***ers for nothing.”</p><p>Clearly, the bad blood between the Celtics and Heat is legitimate. Yet, this rivalry is best suited for the court.</p><p>Game 2 of the first-round playoff series tips off in Beantown on Wednesday at 7 P.M. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ex-Celtics big man Brian Scalabrine gets NSFW response from Udonis Haslem after Game 1 accusations

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/udonis-haslem-drops-chris-bosh-heat-truth-bomb-that-will-catch-lebron-james-attention');   ga('set', 'title', 'Udonis Haslem drops Chris Bosh-Heat truth bomb that will catch LeBron James’ attention');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Udonis-Haslem-drops-Chris-Bosh-truth-bomb-that-will-catch-LeBron-James_-attention.jpeg"></figure><h1>Udonis Haslem drops Chris Bosh-Heat truth bomb that will catch LeBron James’ attention</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-06T10:49:59-08:00">March 6th, 10:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-06T10:49:59-08:00">March 6th, 10:49am</time><address><a>Randall Barnes</a>Randall Barnes is a Fall 2019 Graduate of Fort Valley State University, an HBCU (Historically Black College or University) in Fort Valley, Georgia, where he majored in Media Studies. He is the Founder of HBCU Pulse, a multimedia outlet with the mission to tell the authentic stories of HBCU Life via traditional, digital and social media outlets to amplify our voice. He is also the host of HBCU Pulse Radio, which can be heard on SiriusXM Channel 142 HBCU Fridays at 5 p.m. EST and wherever you get your podcasts.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former Miami Heat veteran Udonis Haslem <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1765433104271847648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener">is making headlines</a> on the latest edition of his <i>The OGs</i> podcast with former teammate Mike Miller. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-paul-pierce-claps-back-udonis-haslem-beef" rel="noopener">topic of conversation</a> shifted to the 2010-2014 Heat which featured LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh. Per Haslem, Chris Bosh was the most important player on that team.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“Everybody thinks our most important player was [LeBron James]. Our most important player was [Chris Bosh]… If LeBron went down, you could bring in Dwyane Wade and get similar results. There wasn’t another CB.”</p><p>— Udonis Haslem 🗣️</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/theOGsShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@theOGsShow</a>) <a href="https://t.co/9iwtejd5Xt">pic.twitter.com/9iwtejd5Xt</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1765433104271847648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>“Everybody think that our most important player was Bron. Our most important player, not our best player, but our most important player was CB. Yeah. He was our most important player. Because if Bron went down, you could bring in D Wade and it’s not the same player, but you’re going to get similar results of what you’re going to get out of the player. Making plays, he can go for 30. We couldn’t, we couldn’t simulate it. We ain’t have another CB. If [he] went down and he got hurt, we didn’t have another one of those.”</p><p>Udonis Haslem<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-rumors-lebron-james-dwyane-wade-chris-bosh-signing" rel="noopener"> isn’t incorrect</a> in his assertion. Chris Bosh was an important part of the Miami Heat Big Three, stretching the floor to allow Wade and James to drive to the basket and being the key to the team’s small-ball lineup.</p><p>However, some NBA fans disagree with the assertion that Bosh was the most important player on the Heat team and argue that LeBron James was. Many point to the team’s record without James in the four seasons they were together on the Heat. The Miami Heat had a 9-9 record without James in the lineup, versus a 16-9 record without Bosh.</p><p>Nevertheless, Bosh was important to the Miami Heat’s success and deserves to be celebrated for his role in their two championships.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Udonis Haslem drops Chris Bosh-Heat truth bomb that will catch LeBron James’ attention

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-news-paul-pierce-claps-back-udonis-haslem-beef');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Paul Pierce claps back amid Udonis Haslem beef');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Paul_Pierce_claps_back_amid_Udonis_Haslem_beef.webp"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Paul Pierce claps back amid Udonis Haslem beef</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-22T16:10:34-08:00">February 22nd, 4:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-22T16:10:34-08:00">February 22nd, 4:10pm</time><address><a>Jay Postrado</a>Jay is a lifelong motorsports and tennis fan. His need for speed may no longer be on the grid or courts but has stayed with him through writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Beef in the league lasts longer than players’ careers especially when they’re playing for rival teams. This has been the case between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics. The two franchises still continue to have heated battles on the court and when there’s no basketball being played, they lampoon each other. Paul Pierce and Pat Riley’s former player, Udonis Haslem, have one of these types of squabbles.</p><p>The two reignited their spat just over a month ago. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-paul-pierce-slaps-lakers-warriors-with-harsh-playoff-prediction-amid-struggles" rel="noopener">Paul Pierce questioned</a> why Udonis Haslem’s jersey was retired on the Heat rafters and they started exchanging statements. The Celtics legend then went on to address comments<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_4NunkQTGA&amp;t=445s" rel="noopener"> about his beef</a> with Haslem on The Dan LeBatard Show.</p><p>“First of all, I’m trying to remember when he told me that because I never remembered hearing that. Second of all when we played Miami, when Udonis Haslem was out there, I don’t remember no hard screens, no hard fouls, no s— talking,” Pierce said.</p><h2><b>Long-standing Celtics-Heat rivalry</b></h2><p>The Heat and Celtics first met each other during the prime of these two players. Dwyane Wade and Haslem were not strong enough to withstand the green storm. They lost the series after five games. Since then, Pat Riley and the Heat have won three postseason best-of-sevens <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-paul-pierce-gets-brutally-honest-on-whats-ruining-nba-global-basketball" rel="noopener">while the Celtics have two</a> under their belt.</p><p>Pierce does not think that stuff that happened within their career is a factor in their current beef. Instead, he posits that this could be something different.</p><p>“Now that we’re in retirement, trying to get our podcast off, I’m starting to hear this hate you know. That’s cool I know I rub people the wrong way, I never liked Miami I respected them but it is what it is you know. I’d rather do it in a telephone booth, if you need more room in a grocery store that’s cool too,” he declared.</p><p>Haslem has always felt some sort of annoyance against the Celtics. He blasted the whole league for having to retire Bill Russell’s jersey in their rafters when the legend passed. Moreover, his aggressiveness comes out when talking about the 17-time NBA Champions. Beef can be ingrained into personalities which makes them stick even after careers have passed.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Paul Pierce claps back amid Udonis Haslem beef

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-udonis-haslem-claims-duncan-robinson-is-a-better-shooter-than-kevin-durant');   ga('set', 'title', 'Udonis Haslem claims Heat’s Duncan Robinson is a better shooter than Kevin Durant');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Udonis-Haslem-claims-Duncan-Robinson-is-a-better-shooter-than-Kevin-Durant.webp"></figure><h1>Udonis Haslem claims Heat’s Duncan Robinson is a better shooter than Kevin Durant</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-24T08:02:08-08:00">January 24th, 8:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-24T08:02:08-08:00">January 24th, 8:02am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/udonis-haslem-and-mike-miller-ft-the-knuckleheads/id1721767820?i=1000642684782" rel="noopener">latest episode of “The OGs”</a> with former <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-paul-pierce-disses-udonis-halsem-after-jersey-retirement" rel="noopener">Miami Heat players Udonis Haslem</a> and Mike Miller, they discussed the best shooters in the NBA currently. Haslem would discuss including the likes of Heat stars Duncan Robinson and Tyler Herro on a list like that while taking Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant off the list.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-breaks-down-frustrating-offensive-woes-they-need-to-resolve" rel="noopener">The former Miami</a> captain would then claim that Robinson would beat Durant in a shooting competition, making him the better shooter. There was some pushback since Durant is an all-time great player, but Haslem said that the argument is not about how they are as an <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1749876426797424837" rel="noopener">overall basketball star,</a> but saying Robinson is a better shooter according to the latest episode.</p><p>“We ain’t saying scorer’s, we ain’t saying basketball players,” Haslem said on his show. “The word upstairs says shooters…shooters. In a shooting competition Duncan Robinson, yes I think he will beat KD.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Udonis Haslem says Duncan Robinson is a better shooter than Kevin Durant </p><p>(🎥 <a href="https://twitter.com/theOGsShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@theOGsShow</a> / <a href="https://t.co/jvWqUNcBwN">https://t.co/jvWqUNcBwN</a>) <a href="https://t.co/gi6262bhw0">pic.twitter.com/gi6262bhw0</a></p><p>— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1749876426797424837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Haslem has a point on Robinson vs. Durant</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Heat_news_Bam_Adebayo_s__sick__reaction_to_Miami_s_last-second_loss_amid_Udonis_Haslem_jersey_retirement.webp"></figure><p>On the surface, while Robinson is a solid <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-issues-important-question-for-nba-over-load-management-rule" rel="noopener">player for the Heat</a>, comparing him to Durant could be jarring for most people since he is established as an all-time scorer. However, Haslem is not totally off if the conversation is about who is the better “shooter.” Looking at career numbers, Robinson is 40 percent from three-point range where as Durant is 38.8 percent from beyond the arc.</p><p>There is no doubt that Durant is the better scorer, but shooting the deep shot is a whole different conversation. However, reducing the scope and looking at this current season, Robinson is shooting 45.8 percent from the field and 41.1 percent from deep in 41 games. For Durant, he is shooting 53.1 percent from the field and 46.4 percent from three-point range in 36 games.</p><p>Durant’s Suns teammate in big-man Jusuf Nurkic was critical <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-has-sick-reaction-to-last-second-loss-amid-udonis-haslem-jersey-retirement" rel="noopener">about Haslem’s comments</a> that he took to social media on X (formerly known as Twitter) and<a href="https://twitter.com/bosnianbeast27/status/1749895213055947030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1749895213055947030%7Ctwgr%5Ebff82040965703167bd674d227d53218276a6729%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fheatnation.com%2Fvideos%2Fsuns-big-man-claims-udonis-haslem-needs-help-for-saying-duncan-robinson-is-a-better-shooter-than-kevin-durant%2F" rel="noopener"> posted a graphic of himself</a> that said “That brotha needs help.” This was in reference to when he said that about Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green after their incident earlier this season.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/vE6yReJNT2">https://t.co/vE6yReJNT2</a> <a href="https://t.co/VUA6wOHmbB">pic.twitter.com/VUA6wOHmbB</a></p><p>— Jusuf Nurkić 🇧🇦 (@bosnianbeast27) <a href="https://twitter.com/bosnianbeast27/status/1749895213055947030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Haslem has been celebrated recently by the Heat</b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-udonis-haslems-heartwarming-reaction-to-getting-jersey-retired-by-team" rel="noopener">Haslem has been all over</a> the news the past couple of weeks as the Heat retired his number and jersey on Jan.19 where the team faced the Atlanta Hawks. Despite receiving some flack from former Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce about the celebration being given and not earned, Haslem disagrees and expressed that he hopes his journey inspires others.</p><p>“I earned it. It was not given,” Haslem said at his halftime speech. “I had to work twice as hard just to have a seat at the table. So to finally see that, I hope that there’s somebody that can relate to this because I think all of us have been in situations where somebody has told us what we can’t do or what we’re not capable of, put a cap on us.”</p><h2><b>An impressive resume for Haslem</b></h2><p>Undrafted out of the University of Florida, he has the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-kevin-loves-emotional-response-after-kyle-lowry-terry-rozier-trade" rel="noopener">most rebounds in Heat history</a> with rebounds and ranks among the team in all-time leaders in games played (second), minutes (second), and field goals made (fifth). He has been a part of three championship teams and appeared in seven NBA Finals.</p><p>Adding to his impressive resume, he is one of three to have played at least 20 years with the same organization including Kobe Bryant with the Los Angeles Lakers and Dirk Nowitzki with the Dallas Mavericks. There is no doubt Haslem’s legacy will live forever with the Heat as he has passed on the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-terry-rozier-brings-much-needed-energy-boost-to-miamis-championship-pursuit" rel="noopener">torch of the “Heat Culture”</a> to the likes of Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, and even the recently acquired Terry Rozier.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-heat-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-1-24-2024" rel="noopener">Speaking of Rozier, his debut with the team </a>is undetermined as the Heat says <a href="https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1749899374774087691" rel="noopener">he is questionable</a> for Wednesday’s game against due to the “trade pending” against the Memphis Grizzlies per their X account. He could play Thursday on the tail-end of the back-to-back against his former team in the Celtics.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Udonis Haslem claims Heat’s Duncan Robinson is a better shooter than Kevin Durant

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-lebron-james-reacts-udonis-haslem-miami-jersey-retirement');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James reacts to Udonis Haslem’s Heat jersey retirement');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/heat-news-lebron-james-reacts-to-udonis-haslems-miami-jersey-retirement.webp"></figure><h1>LeBron James reacts to Udonis Haslem’s Heat jersey retirement</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-20T15:35:50-08:00">January 20th, 3:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-20T15:35:50-08:00">January 20th, 3:35pm</time><address><a>Peter Sampson</a>Peter Sampson has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Portland Trail Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Miami Heat legend Udonis Haslem had his jersey retired by the team on Friday, and tributes are pouring in.</p><p>Perhaps no player understands Haslem’s impact on the Heat and their championship runs over a decade ago than LeBron James, who was teammates with Haslem on the Heat from 2010-14.</p><p>LeBron paid tribute to the retired Heat legend on his Instagram page:</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/image-4.png"></figure><p>Heat coach Erik Spoelstra shared his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-udonis-haslems-jersey-retirement-sparks-surreal-erik-spoelstra-reaction" rel="noopener">thoughts on Haslem’s jersey retirement</a>:</p><p>“Really mixed emotions about it. We had a great dinner last night, it was really just cool seeing a bunch of Heat lifers show up for that…to celebrate UD’s impact on our entire organization, on our hearts, and all of 305 down here,” Spoelstra said. “One common thing that UD said is just how fast it goes, then all of a sudden, you have a night like this. Now, not everybody can have a night like this and that just speaks to UD’s greatness as a culture steward and the relationship that is created here in this organization, it’s remarkable. You look at the names that are up there and UD’s name is going to be up there tonight, it’s surreal.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-udonis-haslem-details-unbelievable-journey-to-immortality" rel="noopener">Haslem spoke about his journey</a> to Heat immortality.</p><p>“I think it’s huge for not just me, but for my family and obviously for the city of Miami,” Haslem said. “Being a hometown kid and not doing it the traditional way. Having to go through a lot of adversity, not being drafted, not being maybe what people would consider a household name or whatever.”</p><p>Haslem went undrafted out of the University of Florida in 2002 and ended up winning three championships and appearing in seven NBA Finals.</p><p>“So for me, I think, there are going to be more kids that are going to look at my story and be able to relate to my story because everybody can’t be a LeBron James or a Kevin Durant,” Haslem said. “Most people are going to have to be somebody like myself, who has to overcome obstacles and has to work for a lot of things.”’</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James reacts to Udonis Haslem’s Heat jersey retirement

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-udonis-haslems-heartwarming-reaction-to-getting-jersey-retired-by-team');   ga('set', 'title', 'Former Heat star Udonis Haslem’s heartwarming reaction to getting jersey retired by team');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Udonis_Haslem_s_heartwarming_reaction_to_getting_jersey_retired_by_Miami.webp"></figure><h1>Former Heat star Udonis Haslem’s heartwarming reaction to getting jersey retired by team</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-20T08:41:24-08:00">January 20th, 8:41am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-20T08:41:24-08:00">January 20th, 8:41am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-heat-takeaways-from-the-loss-vs-hawks" rel="noopener">Despite the Miami Heat losing</a> Friday night to the Atlanta Hawks, the organization celebrated <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-dwyane-wades-heartwarming-moment-udonis-haslem-jersey-retirement" rel="noopener">the legacy of Udonis Haslem by</a> retiring his jersey up to the rafters of the Kaseya Center. He is the sixth former Heat player to <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1748532822740967650" rel="noopener">have his jersey retired</a> along with Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Shaquille O’Neale, Alonzo Mourning, and Tim Hardaway.</p><p>“Look at the list of the guys I’m sitting with,” Haslem said during his halftime speech. “That’s what’s huge to me. That’s what makes me feel so amazing is the core group of guys that I’m sitting with. Pat Riley ain’t just putting anybody up there. The Arisons ain’t just OK’ing anybody to go up in those rafters.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Udonis Haslem’s jersey getting raised up. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatCulture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatCulture</a> <a href="https://t.co/v82ox5hVWx">pic.twitter.com/v82ox5hVWx</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1748532822740967650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Haslem says he “earned” this moment</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/heat-news-udonis-haslem-details-unbelievable-journey-to-miami-immortality.webp"></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-miami-udonis-haslem-gift-during-jersey-retirement-is-just-touching" rel="noopener">Haslem’s journey has</a> been well-documented, but it is truly one to behold. He bleeds Florida through and through after being raised in Miami, going to the University of Florida, being un-drafted out of college, and playing for the Heat for 20 years. He is one of three players in NBA history to stay on one team for at least 20 years with the others being Kobe Bryant and Dirk Nowitzki.</p><p>“I earned it. It was not given,” Haslem said. “I had to work twice as hard just to have a seat at the table. So to finally see that, I hope that there’s somebody that can relate to this because I think all of us have been in situations where somebody has told us what we can’t do or what we’re not capable of, put a cap on us.”</p><p>Despite most likely not being able to go into the Hall of Fame like the other five players who had their jersey retired did, he has the most rebounds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-kevin-love-jaime-jaquez-jr-get-mixed-bag-of-injury-updates-vs-hawks" rel="noopener">in Heat history with</a> rebounds and ranks among the team in all-time leaders in games played (second), minutes (second), and field goals made (fifth). His impact on and off the court speaks volumes as there were all-time faces of the Heat organization there to celebrate Haslem.</p><p>“Liberty City, Overtown, Little Havana, Little Haiti, everybody, tonight when this jersey goes up in the rafters, all of y’all coming with me,” Haslem said. “The love y’all show me in this city, I love you guys, I appreciate you guys. …. 305, you got to hold it up. You got to hold up the 305. Tonight, we all celebrate, 305.”</p><h2><b>Bam Adebayo is “sick” they lost on the special night for Haslem</b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-udonis-haslems-jersey-retirement-sparks-surreal-erik-spoelstra-reaction" rel="noopener">The Heat won’t totally</a> lose their long-time captain as he took a front office role as Vice President of Player Development. He’s been a mentor to so many, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-has-sick-reaction-to-last-second-loss-amid-udonis-haslem-jersey-retirement" rel="noopener">including star Bam Adebayo who said</a> to ClutchPoints after the game to the Hawks that <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1748574091408245039" rel="noopener">he is “sick” they lost</a> since Haslem “embodies winning.”</p><p>“I’m sick we lost this game. Just because he embodies winning,” Adebayo said. “…And you know, you take stuff like that to heart and you come up with this type of game and you lose on a special night like this, especially for a guy that’s un-drafted, three championships with the same organization for 20 years. He’s an anomaly. He’s one of those people who they don’t come around often because it’s not a lot of opportunity in this league for guys like that. For him to have this moment I’m blessed to be a part of blessed that he’s my OG but I’m really down we lost this game on this night.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Bam Adebayo about the bittersweet night of UD’s number retiring, but losing to Atlanta. </p><p>“I’m sick we lost this game, just because he embodies winning…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HEATCulture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HEATCulture</a> <a href="https://t.co/Q51FH4jXBn">pic.twitter.com/Q51FH4jXBn</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1748574091408245039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Jimmy Butler said Haslem “should be an inspiration to so many”</b></h2><p>Another star in Jimmy Butler also expressed his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-pat-riley-makes-case-for-udonis-haslem-hall-of-fame-argument" rel="noopener">gratitude for Haslem</a> and what he accomplished with Miami. He said to ClutchPoints how glad he is that his <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1748573646572884299" rel="noopener">jersey is getting retired</a> and the long-time player should be an inspiration to many.</p><p>“I’m happy for him, everything he’s done for this organization, for this city, for the game of basketball. He should be an inspiration to so many,” Butler said. “Just because people always count you out or view you lesser and you can be great if you embrace your role and be a star in that role. I think he’s taught everybody something different, something special, which it is only right that number never be worn again here.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Jimmy Butler about Udonis Haslem’s number getting retired. </p><p>“I think he’s taught everybody something different, something special, so it’s only right that number will never been worn again.” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HEATCulture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HEATCulture</a> <a href="https://t.co/CDjBBOrBVX">pic.twitter.com/CDjBBOrBVX</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1748573646572884299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2022-23 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
3.9	1.6	-	0.3	0.1

2022-23 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
3.9	1.6	-	0.3	0.1

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