MIAMI — Every team, like every family, knows itself the best, and thus
knows the folly of trying to figure out some other other team's
troubles. The
Miami Heat
know this better than any team in modern memory, since none has been
more incorrectly, absurdly assessed by outsiders—whether media, fans or
opponents.
...Dealing Udonis Haslem, the 11-season standby, the three-time champion
and all-time franchise rebounding leader, whose jersey will rise to the
rafters shortly after his retirement, and whose Dade County credentials
are so secure that they even survived his stealth move to Broward? The
guy who has taken less money than was available on the open market
twice, and who has embodied the Heat's self-professed, prized "culture"
more than any player other than his on-court "father figure" (and
recently-minted Basketball Hall of Famer) Alonzo Mourning, never backing
down from a challenge, a foe or a fight?
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