Udonis Haslem
Udonis Haslem
Udonis Johneal Haslemis an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Florida, where he was a key member of four Florida Gators NCAA tournament teams. He played professional basketball in France for a year, and then signed with the Miami Heat in 2003. He has won three NBA championships while playing for the Heat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 June 1980
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
He is always going to ask for more; usually he's right. We have a lot of areas to improve in. Defense is where our problems are.
He mentioned one thing, one time and we went out and responded. He didn't have to keep telling us and drilling us like little kids. He made one statement about it this morning in the walk-through and we came out and took care of business and that's the sign of a good team, coming out and making adjustments.
I don't know why we're losing. We'll get it right. We've just got to keep working.
He's a great player. The guy made shots tonight. We wanted to take away his penetration and keep him out of the paint. He was hitting his jumpers.
I agree with him 100 percent. Watching film everybody is making minor mistakes and I just think being half a step earlier, or being one step over the left or one step over to the right could change the whole outlook of the play as far as the other team getting an easy bucket or a wide open look.
We just kept pounding it and pounding it inside. We took advantage of their size and took it to the basket. Everything was just clicking.
We wanted to take away his penetration and keep him out of the paint, and he hit his jumper.
Since I've been here, they've made great decisions. And I'm sure they'll make the right decision here.
There's not a time we're in that building that we're not doing some type of conditioning. We never really have a day off.
They pretty much had us dead in the water.
They have a new coach. We have a new team.
We haven't been beating top-10 teams. We felt kind of desperate to get a win. We can beat anybody; we just haven't been doing it.
Instead of saying, 'This guy is supposed to rotate here and this guy is supposed to rotate there,' if you see it, just pull the trigger and cover for that guy, and somebody has to cover for you. That's all out of reaction and you don't have to think about it.
I just went out and played ball tonight. I took advantage of my opportunities.