Preface:
There was one person on the Heat who seemed out of place, who had almost never played in a game all season, but everyone on the Heat, whether it was the coach or the team's boss Butler, needed to salute him for three points, and this person was Haslem, a 2003 draft who was about to spend 20 years in the NBA, witnessing the Heat's three most glorious periods, and being called a living fossil of the Heat. Some people say that a player like Haslem is useless, and has no other skills than to rely on the old and sell the old, but in fact, the real championship team needs to have a player of Haslem's type.
Stability comes from the Harbin team
Why the Heat stood out in the East in the regular season and won the first place in the East, in addition to the strength of the Heat, has a lot to do with the veteran hasld in the locker room, and the Heat's stability actually comes from the Harbin team. Looking at the teams in the East, the Celtics, Nets, bulls are very undulating, the Bucks have not found the status of the defending champion throughout the season, Philadelphia has not fallen behind but still hovers around the third or fourth, but only the Heat, no matter how many teams are changed in the East Division at the beginning of the season, the Heat are the first grade, which is the benefit of having a veteran like Haslem.
Haslem has a high voice in the Heat, which Riley acquiesced, as the team's three dynasties elders, he deserves such treatment, but Haslem never crossed the line, he will not command the Heat's tactics, but when the team does not play well, he will use the veteran way to deal with the problem, whether it is the Finals or the regular season, Haslem always maintains passion, you will see teammates around him to listen to him cheer, the Heat Big Three will listen to him, Not to mention the Heat's hairy boys, who called Haslem uncles all said.
In fact, the Heat have a lot of thorns, such as Butler, but in Haslem's side Butler is a good baby, before the Heat at the end of the season made a big contradiction, especially Butler almost and coach Spollstragan, as a professional player, this is obviously out of bounds, so Haslem still resolutely sided with Spollstra, replaced by other teams, once there is infighting, it has long collapsed, but the Heat instead played a wave of winning season ending, haslem although It is out of the blue for Butler, But he can also shake hands with Butler without his meritorious body, which is the veteran's big picture view, and this is haslem's cleverness.
A guiding light for young players
Haslem has been a lost draft, has worked so hard in the league for so many years, and has always played for the Heat in his career, this type of player is definitely worth learning from all young players. And Haslem's most stingy thing is to share his experience with young people, and so many young people such as Adebayor and Hiro, who have benefited from the Heat, such as Hiro. Previously, Hiro just won the best sixth man award, Haslem created a surprise for Hiro, and after the training session, he secretly took out the trophy of the best sixth man to Hiro, which surprised Hiro.
At the same time, Haslem also gave his own advice for young people, he said that he was proud of Hiro, this kind of thing is actually only Haslem to do the most appropriate, the team two generations of torch handover, now the Heat is the world of Hiro. Haslem has never forgotten his identity as a loser, the Heat have a lot of lost drafts, Haslem warned them that the lost draft is not qualified to make mistakes, lazy and do not fight, this personal experience of the statement is more useful than those empty words. The Heat's Dunroe, who came out of the draft and is now one of the best no-ball shooters in the league, said that playing at the Heat as a lost draft, seeing Haslem is enough. By implication, Haslem is his own example.
The team's head coach Spollstra also praised haslem, saying that Harbin has cultivated new people well in the team. In fact, when Haslem gained a foothold in the Heat, Spoelstra was still a newcomer at that time, and now Spoelstra has become the 15th head coach in NBA history and the champion coach of the Heat. But compared to Haslem, Spoelstra's qualifications are even lower, but Haslem does not claim to be a team merit, such an old age still does not miss training sessions, trains with young people, as a professional player even if he can't play, he can infect the whole team.
Scarce things are more expensive
To be honest, there are not many players of Haslem's contemporaries in this league, I am afraid that in addition to Haslem, the other is James, but James and Haslem are different, one is a superstar, and the other is an ordinary person who has risen from the bottom. Haslem only earns 2.64 million a year, but a player like him is not available to every team, first of all, there are few players who can play in the league for 20 years, and secondly, there are few in the entire NBA history of a team for 20 years.
Haslem was a valuable asset to the Heat, and he was actually a symbol of the Heat's team spirit, which made Haslem hard to come by. Of course, for the Harbin team, he is still reluctant to leave, or hope to see this group of Heat teams lift a championship trophy again, so that he is a witness to the glory of the three eras of the Heat, and the history of the team is integrated.
epilogue
Haslem doesn't seem to be important in the Heat, in fact, this is all the rhetoric of some laymen, in fact, Haslem's role is no less than Butler, just one who releases his ability on the court, the other person releases his energy into the locker room, they are the founders of the Heat culture, are indispensable important figures in the team!