The Udonis Haslem question…again

I don’t believe there is a story about the Miami Heat that Brady Hawk hasn’t written. He has covered the well-known free agency targets and even got to the point of desperation where he was making a case for Josh Jackson to join the Heat. He almost convinced me until I remembered it was Josh Jackson. The one name that hasn’t been mentioned throughout his onslaught of articles — Udonis Haslem.

That’s right. The culture captain himself has been left off of the laundry list of prospective Heat players for the 2020-2021 season by the man with 1,000 articles (and apparently no bedtime). *Scoffs* some boy wonder he is. Just kidding. Brady has been carrying Heat coverage on FiveReasons and has left some of us wondering if we are even worthy of calling ourselves contributors. Great job, bro.

So what does the 17-year veteran’s future hold? The answer is the same as it has been for the past few seasons — mind your own damn business. That final roster spot will have UD’s name on it until he is good and ready to retire.

Udonis Haslem said there’s levels to this https://t.co/6GcpsrQDwH

— Dew (@YoungestBode) November 2, 2020

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. This conversation has been tossed around for years always resulting in number 40 still being on the roster. My guess is that this year will be no different. Udonis will once again patrol the sidelines and the locker room snuffing out any and all counter-culture mentality. And being honest, it should be no other way.

Royal A. Shepherd (@RoyalAShepherd) has written for several major newspapers, including the Tallahassee Democrat and the Augusta Chronicle, and now contributes to Five Reasons Sports.