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Heat's Udonis Haslem returns for 19th season on one-year deal

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 11, 2021 6:12 PM ET

Three-time NBA champion Udonis Haslem isn't ready to call time on his playing career quite yet.

NBA insider Shams Charania reported Wednesday that Haslem is staying with the Miami Heat for a 19th NBA season via a one-year deal worth $2.6 million:

Udonis Haslem will return to the Miami Heat on a one-year, $2.6M deal for his 19th NBA season with the franchise, source tells @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 11, 2021

Haslem turned 41 years old in June and, per the NBA's official website, is the Association's oldest player. He appeared in a single game during the 2020-21 season and played only three minutes before he was unceremoniously ejected:

Earlier in the day, Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald noted that Haslem has played in 29 total regular-season games since the start of the 2017-18 campaign but has been a Heat captain every year over the past 14 seasons.

Haslem has averaged 7.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 25.1 minutes across 859 career regular-season contests, including 500 starts.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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