If it’s up to Erik Spoelstra, Udonis Haslem will return for his 17th NBA season.
“I would love to have him back, unquestionably,” Spoelstra said Friday during the Heat’s season-ending interviews. “There’s no more definitive way that I can say it than that.”
But Haslem, who turns 39 on June 9, is still unsure what he’ll do. He can decide to retire this offseason and end his career with close friend and longtime Heat teammate Dwyane Wade or he can decide to continue his playing career.
Haslem made it clear “it would strictly be a family decision,” and his family wants him to receive the type of appreciation Wade got in his final season.