Miami is the toughest tough guy. He retired after the "last dance" with Wade!

In the 22 NBA draft, Haslem, the star center of the University of Florida, wanted to return home in to be no.1, but the reality was that no team was willing to give him a chance until he sat on the bench. But such a blow did not crush Haslem's tough heart. Others chose to turn back when they hit the south wall, but he chose to push the wall down.

Before returning to Miami, Haslem chose to go to Europe. The hard work in the midst of all kinds of dangers not only made him practice a set of steel bars, but also polished his heart with suffering. These years' experience convinced him that the strength of words does not depend on the voice, but on the muscles and fists behind them.

before you fight Haslem, you'd better remember that he would rather die than lose.

Silence is Kim

At the heat recruit conference in 23, almost all the microphones and cameras on the scene were aimed at an oily gentleman and a rookie boy wearing No.3. They talked very professionally and skillfully, as if they were natural partners.

The former led the Lakers to four championships, while the latter just helped Marquette University enter the NCAA semi-finals. However, no one noticed that there was a newcomer holding the No.4 jersey in the corner. His silent expression covered everything, including his name, experience and age. That season, he averaged only 23.9 minutes per game and grabbed the team's highest 2.5 frontcourt rebounds.

This is Haslem's first year in Miami Heat. His silence made the world forget his glory: billy donovan, a famous former University of Florida coach, gave him a full scholarship and a four-year starting position to attract the star center of Miami High School. Haslem rewarded him by helping the team reach the NCAA finals in 2 and finally won the runner-up. His 1782 points in four years ranked third in school history, higher than his younger brothers Noah and Horford.

But in the 22 draft, all this brought him only silence. Until the last place in the second round, Haslem's name didn't pop out of david stern's mouth. The height of 2.3 meters can make him run wild in NCAA, but in the restricted area of NBA, such height will completely lose his ability to survive. Haslem felt the embarrassment of sean may and shelden williams in advance.

so, he decided to leave Florida.

But leaving silently does not mean escaping. The old man and the sea said, "Man can be destroyed, but he can't be defeated." Haslem chose to go to the French League, where it would be a springboard for him to return to the NBA. He told himself that he averaged 16.1 points, 9.4 rebounds and the best player in three weeks. It is actually very difficult to maintain a consistent attitude towards life, especially when all the factors around you are contrary to yourself.

Haslem's performance in France touched Pat Riley as far away as Miami. That's how he discovered the fierce P.J. Brown before. Riley gave him a basic salary of $1 million for two years, but what he got was Haslem's crazy fighting, defense and frontcourt rebounding. In the 24-5 season, the arrival of O 'Neill made the Heat see the hope of the championship. Riley made the unsuccessful rookie Haslem a starter, and the latter became O 'Neill's right-hand man, averaging 1.9 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. "He is the best unknown striker I have ever worked with." Former Heat teammate O 'Neill's evaluation of Haslem is just right.

Haslem spent eight years in Miami in obscurity, working hard and never complaining, even in the summer of 21, when the team changed dramatically. The Heat became the most eye-catching team in the league after recruiting James and Bosh, but Haslem, as a free agent, didn't receive an offer from the Heat, as if he was no longer important to the team. At this time, Dallas and Denver have been extremely diligent-$34 million in five years.

Haslem silently sent a short message to his good friend Wade, which read: We will always be brothers. At that time, Haslem needed money to treat his mother, but he also knew that the team had no more money to keep him after signing James and Bosh in succession. After receiving the text message, Wade called Bosh at the first time, hoping that he could reduce his salary, and then called James, with exactly the same content.

The Heat then held an emergency meeting, and Haslem waited outside the door for the final news, because the Heat not only needed to keep Haslem, but also signed mike miller. Haslem said at the time: "I don't know what will happen. I feel that I may have to leave." Then the agent came out and made an offer to Haslem: 2 million dollars for five years.

"where shall we sign?" Haslem looked around.

Passionate

Mourning and Haslem can sometimes be said to be two completely different extremes in Miami Heat: the former will yell at his teammates when they are out of position, and will hammer his pectoralis major muscles violently after a dunk; The latter is like an unknown passer-by, but it will always appear in every place where holes need to be filled and rebounds need to be grabbed. But one thing, they are connected: their passion for basketball and the team is like the sun on Miami beach, which scorches all the opponents who come to provoke.

In the 25-6 season, Miami Heat didn't start as well as people thought, only 11 wins and 1 losses. Stan Van Gundy, the head coach, had to resign in disguise and return the team coach to Pat Riley, who had promoted him. Given that Riley has trained powerful blue-collar workers such as Charles Oakley, anthony mason and Brian Grant, his use of Haslem is undoubtedly more handy. In the game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Haslem even set his own new scores and rebounds: 24 points and 14 rebounds.

whenever someone breaks into the team's territory, Haslem will drag every opponent who tries to compete with him for territory back to the ground and then push him out of the restricted area. In the Eastern Conference finals that year, Rasheed Wallace suffered a lot from him. In the six games of the whole series, Rashid only contributed 1.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage was only 36%. Riley later gave Haslem greater expectations, and he will take charge of the Mavericks' main player, dirk nowitzki, in the finals.

However, in the second game, Haslem was seriously injured in his left shoulder due to fierce fighting. More unfortunately, the Heat lost two games in a row and fell to the edge of the cliff. However, in the third game, Haslem still appeared in the starting lineup of the Heat. His left shoulder was wrapped in a thick bandage, and he finally grabbed 8 points and 11 rebounds (including 8 frontcourt rebounds) to help the team pull back a city. It would be almost impossible for him to play with such a serious injury if it were not for the critical moment of winning the championship. "He is our heartbeat." Wade said of Haslem. In the last three games of the finals, Nowitzki fell short of the standard under Haslem's defense, making only 2 of 55 shots, averaging 21.6 points per game, 5 points less than his regular season. In the most crucial sixth game, Haslem scored 17 points and 1 rebounds to help the team reach the top smoothly.

"It is often the champion who defeats the champion." Pat Riley often admonishes his players. However, after the Heat won the championship in 26, O 'Neill, antoine walker, james posey and other core players were greatly reduced due to excessive enjoyment, while Haslem still maintained a good shape and state when he started the camp in the new season, as well as a desire for victory. From then on, Pat Riley decided that Haslem was a trustworthy player. Although he was not as talented as Wade, his spirit was extremely valuable in this materialistic league.

In the 27-8 season, when the Heat was in the lowest ebb, Haslem played as the center instead of the injured O 'Neal, and he had to hand-to-hand combat with opponents who were 1 centimeters taller than himself every night, but he still scored 12 points and 9 rebounds per game. With O 'Neal's departure and continuous injuries, the Heat had a 15-67 season. Haslem also suffered from injuries and ended the season ahead of schedule. And he and Wade know that although it is very difficult, as the leaders of the team, they must stick to it.

In the 29-1 season, Pat Riley decided to make the second-year rookie michael beasley the team's starting power forward, which means that Haslem, who has occupied the position for six years, will start the new season as a substitute. But Haslem didn't complain about it, instead, he selflessly passed on his experience to the younger generation, which made Beasley completely convinced him: "I always feel that what he said is more convincing than others. In Miami, Haslem is like my big brother. "

On Haslem's back, there is a dazzling map tattoo of Florida, which is his nostalgia for his hometown when he was in a foreign country. He is willing to fight for it forever as long as the opportunity permits. Therefore, Wade often says to others: "(Heat) is not only my own team, but also Haslem's."

Perseverance is as strong as steel

In the 211-12 season, when the Heat Training Camp was officially assembled, to everyone's surprise, Haslem cut off the furrow hairstyle that he had followed for many years and showed off a inch plate. Haslem had this iconic furrow as early as the University of Florida, and he has kept this hairstyle ever since he entered the NBA.

Just like Iverson and Anthony changed their hair styles, Haslem's move was also aimed at sharpening his ambition. Last season, he was devastated by the defeat in the finals, and he even blamed himself for coming back too late and failing to have a good chemical reaction with the team at the end.

In fact, as early as last year, two weeks after she renewed her contract with the Heat, Haslem's mother Debra died of illness, and she struggled with uterine cancer for two years. Just four weeks later, Haslem himself retired due to injury-he was full of expectations for his comeback, but further examination announced that he would be reimbursed for the regular season. "Last time I won the championship, champagne sprayed into my eyes, so I cried." He said, "This time, I shed real tears."

After the Big Three became an army, Haslem thought they could kiss the championship trophy again, but sometimes, the dream is only one step away from you, and God wants to add something heavy to this step. In order to come back as soon as possible, Haslem endured the operation and embedded four screws in his ankle. Despite his leg in plaster, he worked hard at the gym to strengthen his upper limbs. In January, when he finally got rid of his cast, Haslem couldn't wait to practice shooting.

At this time, the Heat made great strides after a short haze, and finally ended the regular season with 58 wins and 24 losses. After eliminating the 76ers and unplugging the tough Celtics in the playoffs, the Heat lost to the upstart bulls in the first game of the Eastern Conference finals, knowing that the latter swept the Heat in the regular season. In the second game, Haslem made a strong comeback and detonated the Heat's attack with a slam dunk. He contributed 13 points and 5 rebounds and led the Heat to equalize the score. Wade even compared Haslem's emergency comeback to Mourning's return in 25. "What he brought to the team was his toughness, his passion and his fighting spirit. This is what he has always brought to the team. This is the temperament of Haslem. "

After winning the second game, the Heat eliminated the Bulls by 3% in a row. Although it is very important for James and Wade to play without solutions, it is difficult for them to step onto the stage of the finals so easily without Haslem's strong comeback. Perhaps Bulls coach Sibudu can feel the threat brought by Haslem most, and his words are definitely a very pertinent evaluation: "Haslem has always been famous for being tough in the league. I think he is the kind of player that you can't measure with data. He has brought enough hardness and courage to the Heat. "

after losing to Dallas Mavericks in the 211 finals, Haslem had to bear the pain of such a failure, along with teammate mike miller, because they still had a special relationship-in the NCAA finals 11 years ago, Haslem and mike miller, teammates of the University of Florida at that time, lost the championship because they could not beat Michigan University.

"In Florida, we still have some unfinished business." Haslem said.

The last glory

The Heat, which made a comeback in 212, encountered a more terrible enemy than its rivals-injuries.

Wade only played 49 games in the regular season. Bosh was injured in the first game of the series against the Pacers in the playoffs, and Haslem had to stand up and take on more-he got back on the starting line and grabbed 17 rebounds in the fourth game against the Celtics. Facing the Thunder in the finals, he had 11 rebounds in the first game. Miami is second in history.

Haslem fulfilled his promise-including accepting any role of the team in order to win. In the 212-13 season, Haslem averaged only 18 minutes per game, a career low, but still grabbed 5.4 rebounds per game, including 1.3 rebounds in the frontcourt.

He can still be hot against the Pacers in the East Finals, making 8 of 9 shots and twice, scoring 17 points and 16 points respectively, and he can also accept that he can hardly play in the finals with the Spurs. The Spurs have Duncan+leonard Green Manu Park, and the Heat can only send Battier, Miller and ray allen to deal with it besides the Big Three.

When Bosh grabbed the key rebound in Game 6 and threw it to ray allen. Haslem jumped higher than anyone else on the bench. Watching the arc go straight into the net, he knew that the champion had another chance to return to Miami.

As frustrated as San Antonio people were in 213, so terrible will be in 214. One month after Miami lost the 214 championship, James announced his return to Cleveland. The disintegration of the Heat's Big Three is equivalent to directly withdrawing from the championship. A few days later, Haslem announced the renewal of the contract. Unlike other veterans who are fascinated by LeBron's gravity, Haslem has already decided to devote his basketball career to Miami.

For Haslem, the hardest time has not yet come.

After the end of the 215-16 season, the league salary cap soared. Wade hoped to get a contract with an annual salary of about 18-2 million to renew his contract with the Heat, while Riley only offered a contract with an annual salary of 1 million. Miami fans even crowdfunded on the website, hoping Wade would stay. Haslem gave his old buddy unlimited support. "Although he is very unaccustomed to wearing other teams, I support all his decisions."

Haslem continued to stay in the Heat. His appearances were getting less and less, and his playing time was running out. He spent more time coaching Whiteside and Adebayor on the sidelines.

His contract is signed with Heat once a year, as if waiting for an agreement.