Udonis Haslem’s Son Hints Veteran Could Be Signing With Cavs

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Brad Sullivan

9 years ago

Reshaping the Cleveland Cavaliers roster during this offseason has gone slowly for a variety of reasons. However, if family connections are considered a good indicator of a pending deal, the Cavs could be adding Miami Heat veteran Udonis Haslem to their roster for the 2017-18 campaign. That’s because Haslem’s son, Kedonis, offered a not-so-cryptic message via social media on Friday afternoon.

The 37-year-old Haslem has spent all 14 seasons of his NBA career with the Heat, with four of those years as a teammate of LeBron James from 2010 to 2014. However, Haslem’s seen very limited action during the past two seasons, playing in a combined 53 games. This past season, he averaged 1.9 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.

On Wednesday, the potential of Haslem leaving the Heat for the Cavaliers had been noted:

If the Cavaliers sign Haslem, he would be signed for the veteran’s minimum, given the team’s salary-cap issues. The possible retirement of James Jones would likely put Haslem in the position of taking over Jones’ main role of being more of a steady locker room presence than any actually on-court production he may end up providing.

Brad Sullivan

Brad Sullivan is a lead writer for Cavaliers Nation. He has spent much of life in the Cleveland, Ohio area, and has remained a Cavalier fan from their 1970 beginnings through the return of LeBron James. While that fandom was sorely tested during the Reign of Error known simply by one word, Stepien, that overall historical perspective will be part of his writing for Cavaliers Nation in the months ahead.