On August 16, the Miami Heat officially announced that they had signed a one-year, $2.6 million contract extension with veteran captain Uduness Haslem. The new season will be the 19th season of His Ha's career, and he has become the fifth player in NBA history to play for the same team for at least 19 seasons, along with Dirk Nowitzki, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and John Stockton.
Compared with the other four, Haslem is inferior to them in terms of personal achievements and historical status, but as the spiritual pillar of the team, Haslem is "one person, one city" for Miami.
The 41-year-old became the oldest active player in the new season, playing only 3 minutes last season and being jokingly claimed by fans for $2.56 million for 3 minutes. But the Heat, from the boss to the players, thought it was worth it! Head coach Spollstra and team boss Jimmy Butler both admire the team's leadership ability. This is the home has an old, such as a treasure.
We often see a scene where when the team is behind or slack on the field, there is always a person on the bench in the suspension phase who stands up, loudly reprimands his teammates, loudly awakens his teammates, and stimulates their morale, and this person is Haslem.
As a native of Miami, fans call him "Mr. 305", as we all know, 305 is the area code of Miami, and fans have habitually associated Haslem with Miami. James also publicly said during his time in Miami that Haslem was the captain of the Heat; Wade praised him as the most selfless person!
Speaking of selflessness, in the 2010-14 season, the Heat's Big Three era, because of the problem of salary space, haslem in the playing year for the sake of the overall situation of the team, gave up the high salary thrown by other teams, accepted the salary of the half cut to stay in the Heat, which also led to his career never taking a contract of more than 8 million. You must know that when the Harbin team in the year of playing is a notoriously fierce role, the dirty work on the court can be done, and when the teammates are treated unfairly, he will be the first to take the lead.
So Wade regarded him as a good big brother, when Wade signed a contract with chinese brand Li Ning, he spared no effort to invite the Harbin team to sign a contract, and the Harbin team also became the first member of the Wade team. The two went to China together to be sought after by fans, and the two filmed a brand promotional film together.
As a brand side, although Wade has retired, but Li Ning basketball still gives enough of the treatment of the big brother of the Harbin team, from the past few seasons of the on-field photos, the Li Ning basketball boots worn by the Harbin team will have "UD", "40", "305" symbolizing his personal LOGO, this kind of player version of the boots with a personal exclusive LOGO, which is the treatment that many players dream of.
As a fan, I like to watch the stars kill in all directions on the field and try to turn the tide, but like the Harbin team, from the loss of the draft to the signing of the hometown team, from the blue-collar players to the team leaders, 19 years as a day, guarding Miami. Such stories are also very intriguing and very inspiring!
I hope that in the new season, we can see more performances of Haslem on the court, and we hope to see Li Ning basketball create more beautiful color boots for him!