Udonis Haslem
Udonis Haslem Johneal ( born June 9, 1980 in Miami, Florida) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat in the NBA. The 2.03 meter tall Haslem plays in the position of power forward. He won the previous three championships with the Miami Heat in the years 2006, 2012 and 2013.
Career
Haslem attended Miami Senior High School in his native city. He established himself as a good point scorer and rebounder strong. In the College Football NCAA he could convince the team of University of Florida also. He signed up for the NBA Draft 2002. Since there is no NBA team secured the rights to him, was his first professional station Chalon -sur -Saône in France. After this detour, he managed to cross the U.S. summer league squad in the Heat. He was engaged as a reserve player for the minimum salary. But he was at first playing time and held Heat -Star winger Lamar Odom and the young guard Dwyane Wade back free. Haslem played in his rookie season in 75 games and reached on average per game 7 points and 6 rebounds, for which he was appointed Second team in the NBA All - Rookie.
In his second season 2004/2005, when so-called sophomore, the team of the Heat has been redesigned. Lamar Odom and center Brian Grant were exchanged for the center Shaquille O'Neal. In the role as a reserve player behind the star O'Neal Haslem continued to boom. He increased his stats to 11 points and 9 rebounds per game and was elected to the Sophomore team of all-star games. In the NBA Conference Finals the Miami Heat eliminated against the Detroit Pistons.
In the season 2005/2006 there was a new edition of the Conference Finals. Having previously brought another player transfers the forwards Antoine Walker and James Posey and the point guard Jason Chandler Williams to Miami, the Heat defeated the Pistons and came into the NBA Finals. There they played against the Dallas Mavericks to Dirk Nowitzki. Haslem had the task to defend against Nowitzki. Haslem broke his job satisfactorily and played a key role in ensuring that the Heat have a backlog of 0-2 games yet transformed into a 4-2.
The next two years were for Haslem statistically satisfactory for the team but without success. He remained a regular player, but could not prevent the Heat in 2007 were eliminated early in the playoffs and 2008 completely missed the knockout stage after an injury wave. After extensive renovation of the heat due to the signings of LeBron James and Chris Bosh in the summer of 2010, Haslem remained in the squad the team. He reached with the Heat, the NBA Finals in 2011, in which the Heat but the Dallas Mavericks in the subject of the final 2006 edition. The following year, Haslem was able to win with the Miami Heat the second title of his career. The Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals with 4-1. In the 2012-2013 season Haslem and the Miami Heat managed to defend the title. The Heat won the NBA Finals with 4-3 against the San Antonio Spurs. In addition, Haslem is since the 2012/2013 season, the all-time leader in rebounds the franchise.
Private life
Haslem has two sons with his girlfriend, Kedonis and Josiah. During his time at the University of Florida, he earned a degree as a youth helper ( "leisure service management "). Outside of the basketball court is engaged in charitable Haslem for the American Red Cross and the fight against AIDS. Haslem has two brothers and three sisters.