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Entire Miami Heat Team Attends Udonis Haslem Jersey Retirement At Miami High

The Heat organization showed their support by appearing at ceremony

Shandel Richardson

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Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem has given his all to the organization the past 20 years. 

On Tuesday, the Heat returned the favor. 

The entire roster, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and several staff members were on hand for Haslem's jersey retirement at Miami Senior High School. Haslem starred there, winning state titles in 1997 and 1998. 

"I think it's really cool," Spoelstra said. "He'll have his number retired at every single place that he's been, at Miami High, Florida, here. That says something. That's not nothing. To me, I'm a coach, that just screams winner." 

Haslem, who will retire from the NBA at the end of this season, was appreciative of his teammates being in attendance. He viewed it as the ultimate showing of respect.

"It feels good to be celebrated, appreciated and take a little time to reflect," Haslem said. "...It all started here." 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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