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Heat Central: Chris Bosh speaks on making things right with the Heat organization when he got his jersey retired: “It was really on the Heat to do that. Speaking with those in charge, Pat Riley, Nick and Micky, they were so cordial during the process. We had to make amends. There was some battles with me trying to come back and play and all that stuff. Having my name up there in the rafters next to Shaq, D Wade, Hardaway, Haslem, that’s the greatest. Alonzo mourning. I have to stunt on the NBA players. If you think you’ll have a career like mine you gotta go to Miami and look up there. You gotta long way to go. It’s a long way up there… if you’re lucky you get to do what you love. I love basketball… two championships, I couldn’t make it up if I wanted too.” (Via nbataketwo YT)
Heat Central: Bobby Portis explains what led to the face off with Spo and Udonis Haslem 💀 “Quite honest what I remember? Jimmy Butler was kicking our…. I can’t even say the bad word…. I remember coming here game 4 up 16 with 9 minutes left… then this guy just goes into straight flow state… Game 5 comes and I’m trying to fire my team up. Right after the timeout UD came up to me and got in my face which is kind of funny I’m here now.”
“I remember when I got into it with Poole… I remember one person when the Jordan Poole incident happened with me who was really, really outspoken about it, and it really bothered me, was Udonis Haslem,” Draymond Green said. “I saw Udonis Haslem get into it with guys on teams that was younger than him before. Ala Jimmy Butler. Then he came out like, ‘That’s ridiculous! You get into it with your young guy I would never. I can’t believe you did that…' So when I first saw this, I was like damn. This is two young guys Udonis Haslem has raised. If you raised this young guy in the light of what you was saying about me, and now he punches this other young guy, that y’all kind of co-raised, are you going to have that same energy?”
Udonis Haslem: @Money23Green I see some things just don’t change. lol. You was on sucka shit four years ago when you swung on Jordan Poole and you on sucka shit now. I usually don’t engage but since you went so far left to get my attention here it is!!! If you think your big 32 year old, 3 or 4 rings at the time having ass swinging on a 23 year old Jordan Poole at the time is the same then you are even more delusional that I thought.
Udonis Haslem: First of all Bam is 28. Tyler is 26. Neither one of them got it all figured out yet. Maybe I was giving you too much credit at the time cause I thought you did so that’s why I commented. 2nd, anyone who knows bam knows he’s strong as baby bear. If he would’ve unloaded on Tyler 100% it’s over. You fired off on that young boy like it was a club punch and you never met him before in your life. 3rd yeah I did go at Jimmy. You damn right. The shit you pull in golden state and that shit he pulled in Chicago talking crazy to Hoiberg and disrespecting teammates in practice in Minnesota ain’t gon fly in the 305. So yeah. I checked his ass.
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Udonis Haslem : Ion really vibe you and I think you know that so unless it’s me on prime talking hoops I won’t mention you at all. You brought me into this and I am retired and out the way. I suggest you keep it pushing cause I ain’t giving out no more hall passes bra!
Heat Central: Marc Stein on the reports that former Heat players like Tyler Herro and Jimmy Butler weren’t the biggest fans of Bam Adebayo being chosen as the ‘guy’ for the Miami Heat: “He is Heat royalty for Micky Arison, Nick Arison, Pat Riley. He is the modern day Udonis Haslem. They consider him the absolute franchise pillar. I’ve always heard nothing but he’s held in high regards by his teammates… He is the untouchable there. That part is for sure. He is an extension of Pat Riley, Spo, Ownership.”
He will become the 13th player in NBA history to reach a 20th season, joining LeBron James, Vince Carter, Chris Paul, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Willis, Robert Parish, Kyle Lowry, Udonis Haslem, Jamal Crawford, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "I knew a few off the top of my head, but I hadn't seen the list," Al Horford told ESPN. "It's hard to believe. It's something that, for me, I'm very grateful. It's just so hard to be in this league for that amount of years. There's a lot of commitment, a lot of sacrifice and time. I still feel like I'm able to contribute and have an impact on a team."
Udonis Haslem: "We grew up in a society where if you did not have much money, you were taught to always finish your food. Your parents always made you finish your food regardless of what the hell was going on. I used to see that at the table, my grits get cold and my mama made me cut them like cake. I had to finish that shit. I do not make my kids finish their food anymore. If you are full, push that shit to the side or throw it away. I do not make my kids finish their food anymore. So the finish your food culture, those days of finishing your food, I do not agree with that. Eat until you are full and throw that shit away and you will get some more later."
“Obviously, we had a long rivalry going and competed for a long, long time,” Nowitzki said. “But it’s been great getting to know him, working with him, being on the same team with him. He is a stand-up, honest guy. He always tells you how it is. “Looking back now, I think we would have gotten along great if we were on the same team, or if we had different paths and our paths would have crossed sooner. I love some of the stuff that he stands for, and it’s been super fun getting to know him more, getting to work with him, the banter and, obviously, the trash talk. It has been a pleasure.”
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“Me and Dirk, we’re the best of buddies,” Haslem said. “We probably couldn’t stand each other because we’re so much alike. I say this all the time: We’re the best of buddies, and we have to give credit to Taylor.”
Nowitzki, Griffin and Haslem spoke publicly and agreed the move wasn’t popular with them. Haslem, a 20-year pro with the Miami Heat, was the most demonstrative of the analysts in expressing his thoughts. “As a leader, I would not have walked down there and shook their hands,” Haslem said. “As a leader of my troops and my guys, I would not have shown that weakness. The game is not over. I’ve got eight minutes left. I still got smoke coming out my ears. … Let me calm down for those eight minutes since I’m not in, and then after those eight minutes, I’ll go down there, and I’ll congratulate them and their coaching staff.
Adebayo once went to the media to try to campaign for himself to win the Defensive Player of the Year award. But now older and more experienced, Adebayo isn’t interested in doing that anymore. “I care about winning games,” said Adebayo, who overtook Udonis Haslem to become the Heat’s all-time leader in defensive rebounds on Tuesday.
Bam Adebayo finished Tuesday’s win with 23 points on 24 field-goal attempts. It’s tied for the second-most shots that Adebayo has taken in a game this season. In the process, Adebayo overtook Udonis Haslem as the Heat’s all-time defensive rebounding leader with his fifth defensive rebound on Tuesday. “It’s a testament to his consistency, and we love to see it,” Spoelstra said when told Adebayo is now the Heat’s all-time leader in defensive rebounds. “That’s what records are there for, to be broken, especially when it’s quality people that are breaking records. And Bam is a quality human being.”