Bill Russell’s No. 6 jersey was retired by every NBA franchise after he died in 2022.
Russell even has a jersey hanging in the rafters of the Kaseya Center, which is home to the Miami Heat.
Udonis Haslem, who played 20 seasons with the Heat, took an issue with this. He made a vulgar comment about Russell during a pregame speech.
“We’re playing Boston, so you know his feelings,” Heat center Bam Adebayo said during an appearance on The OG Podcast, which is hosted by Haslem and Mike Miller. “We’re in the huddle. and you know, [Haslem] comes in there and gives a pregame speech and you know they retired Bill Russell’s jersey for everybody in the league.