20-year Heat vet to leave team after this season

Udonis Haslem has confirmed that this will be his final year in the NBA as he plans to retire after 20 years with the Miami Heat, according to the

Another critic added, “He should’ve retired 5 years ago. He was a non-factor as a player throughout that time, and someone else could’ve had his spot & possibly made a difference for the Heat!”

From a more universal perspective source, “Respect for haslem being the voice on the team, but this team needs a younger vet. He old school, and we don’t see that era of basketball much in today’s league.”

“Dude been retired since 2008, finessing the #heat @MiamiHEAT #nba, been getting paid to clap and occasionally get in someone’s face!!,” tweeted another. 

Yet not everyone sees it that way. “[H]he has atleast 4 more seasons in him.”

According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Section 305 in Miami-Dade Arena will be dedicated to Haslem on March 25.

“It’s going to end up being a really cool in-arena aspect that’s going to live on forever,” Heat executive vice president Michael McCullough said. 

McCullough described Haslem as “a man of the people” and noted that “he represents the 305, it worked out really, really well for us to be able to take that section and really create this Udonis tribute section.”

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