LeBron Joins Heat: Reigning Champions Finally Set for a Big Year!
MIAMI — From the start, there has been Heat homage for greatness, their own and beyond. During the team’s initial season, amid Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s retirement tour, a Haitian marble sculpture was presented to the Lakers center in 1989 for his contributions to the game. Famously, there was the retirement of Michael Jordan’s No.
23, when Jordan passed through Miami for the final time as a ...
MIAMI — From the start, there has been Heat homage for greatness, their own and beyond. During the team’s initial season, amid Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s retirement tour, a Haitian marble sculpture was presented to the Lakers center in 1989 for his contributions to the game. Famously, there was the retirement of Michael Jordan’s No.
23, when Jordan passed through Miami for the final time as a player in 2003. And then, yes, a rocking chair for Udonis Haslem when the longtime Heat captain retired in 2023. Which brings us to Thursday night’s visit by the Los Angeles Lakers and what could (but likely won’t) be LeBron James’ final visit to Miami as a player.
For the Heat, it is a waiting game on multiple levels. First, there has to be a definitive word of when the end will be for the most iconic player of his generation, with seemingly a desire from the still-contributing 41-year-old to push forward beyond this season. At the All-Star Game last month, LeBron would only offer.
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