Udonis Johneal Haslem is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators, where he was a key member of four NCAA tournament teams. Haslem began his professional career in France with Chalon-sur-Saône and then signed with his hometown Miami Heat in 2003. He has won three NBA championships while playing for the Heat.
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Udonis Johneal Haslem is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators, where he was a key member of four NCAA tournament teams. Haslem began his professional career in France with Chalon-sur-Saône and then signed with his hometown Miami Heat in 2003. He has won three NBA championships while playing for the Heat. He was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a “Gator Great” in 2012. He is the son of John Haslem, a former college basketball player who played for the Stetson Hatters from 1972 to 1974, and his mother, Debra, is from Puerto Rican. He attended Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Florida, then Miami Senior High School. He helped lead Miami High to state titles in 1997 and 1998, playing alongside another future NBA player, Steve Blake.
He went undrafted in the 2002 NBA draft largely due to his lack of size; he measured just 6 ft 6 in at the NBA pre-draft camp. He accepted an offer to join the Atlanta Hawks for training camp and made their roster for the Shaw’s Pro Summer League. On August 6, 2003, Haslem signed with Miami Heat. In June 2006, he helped the Heat win their maiden NBA title with 17 points and 10 rebounds in a 4–2 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. On January 29, 2008, Has Lem scored a career-high 28 points in a 113–106 win over the New Jersey Nets on November 10, 2006. He returned to action on February 23, 2007, after being ruled out for the rest of the season after reaggravating an ankle injury. He averaged 12 points per game in the 2007–08 season.
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