The Miami Warmth will retire Udonis Haslem’s No. 40 jersey in a ceremony on January 19 throughout halftime of their Friday evening matchup in opposition to the Atlanta Hawks. Haslem will turn out to be the sixth HEAT participant to have his jersey retired, becoming a member of Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.
“It’s about an ideal legacy, a Thank You second that has been earned over 20 years of being an unimaginable championship participant and most significantly, the very best chief,” stated HEAT President Pat Riley. “He’s going to have his day and I can’t wait to see his jersey hold within the rafters.”
Haslem retired final season after spending his whole 20-year NBA profession with the HEAT, accumulating three NBA Championships, seven Jap Convention Championships, 12 Divisional Titles, 16 postseason appearances, having by no means missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons, and was an NBA All-Rookie Second Group choice. He’s one in all solely three gamers in NBA historical past to play not less than 20 years with one franchise, becoming a member of solely Kobe Bryant and Dirk Nowitzki. Haslem was a 16-time HEAT captain, probably the most in crew historical past, and completed because the franchise’s all-time chief in offensive, defensive and whole rebounds, turning into the one undrafted participant in NBA historical past to turn out to be their crew’s all-time rebound chief. His 5,791 boards are the fourth-most amongst undrafted gamers within the Fashionable Draft Period (1966), trailing solely Moses Malone, Ben Wallace and Brad Miller. Along with being Miami’s all-time rebounding chief, Haslem ranks second in video games performed, second in begins, second in minutes, fifth in subject objectives made, fifth in double-doubles, seventh in factors, ninth in subject objective proportion, tenth in blocks and eleventh in steals. Among the many HEAT’s all-time postseason leaders, he ranks first in offensive rebounds, second in whole rebounds, second in video games performed, third in defensive rebounds, third in begins, third in minutes, fifth in double-doubles, seventh in subject objectives made, seventh in free throws made, eighth in factors, eighth in blocks and tied for ninth in double-figure scoring video games. Moreover, Haslem’s 147 postseason appearances are probably the most by an undrafted participant in league historical past.
