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Florida basketball player named to preseason All-SEC first team

Colin Castleton, Florida basketball’s star player, has been named to the preseason All-SEC first team, the only Gator to make the list.

Florida basketball’s [autotag]Colin Castleton[/autotag] has been named to the preseason All-SEC first team on Wednesday. He is the only Florida player to be named to either preseason All-SEC team.

Castleton joins Alabama‘s Jaden Shackelford and Jahvon Quinerly, Arkansas‘ JD Notae, Auburn‘s Allen Flanigan, Kentucky’s Sahvir Wheeler, LSU‘s Darius Days, Mississippi State’s Iverson Molinar, Tennessee’s John Fulkerson, and Vanderbilt’s Scotty Pippen Jr. on the preseason All-SEC first team.

The fifth-year senior is expected to be a central part of the Gators’ team this season. The Deland, Florida, native was recruited by Florida out of high school, but he ultimately chose to go to Michigan, where he was rarely used in his first two seasons. He transferred to Florida ahead of his junior season and was instantly integral to the Gators’ game plan.

Last season, Castleton earned coached second-team All-SEC honors after leading the Orange and Blue with 16 points and 9 rebounds per game. He also became the fourth Gator in history with multiple 15-point and 15-rebound performances since 1996 after surpassing those thresholds against Texas A&M and Florida State. The other three plays to reach that mark since 1996 are [autotag]Marreese Speights[/autotag], [autotag]Al Horford[/autotag], and [autotag]Udonis Haslem[/autotag]. His 116 blocked shots as a Gator for the 10th most in program history.

Florida basketball will look to start their season on Nov. 7 against Stony Brook. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. EST and the game will be broadcast on SEC Network+.

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Lisfranc injury: How 5 players returned after the foot diagnosis

Rookie Wire went back and looked at how some basketball players recovered from a Lisfranc injury.

Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren has been ruled out for the entire 2022-23 season due to a Lisfranc injury in his right foot, the team announced.

Holmgren suffered the injury playing in the annual CrawsOver Pro-Am in Seattle, Washington. He was seen attempting to defend a layup attempt by LeBron James, but came up limping after the play and eventually left the game.

Thunder executive vice president Sam Presti expressed his disappointment for Holmgren but is confident he will come back better than ever. The team expects him to make a full recovery from the injury, which will require surgery.

Lisfranc injuries occur if bones in the middle of the foot are broken or if ligaments in the area are torn. The ligament helps keep the midfoot in place and stabilizes the arch of the foot. It is relatively uncommon in basketball with it popping up more frequently in football.

The recovery time for the injury can vary depending on various factors, but players often return by the next season. It was once viewed as a career-ending injury, especially in football, but advances in medical treatment have allowed players to successfully return.

With that in mind, Rookie Wire went back over the years and took a look at how much time some basketball players needed to recover from the injury and how they played afterward.

Udonis Haslem estaba furioso con Draymond Green por elegir a los Celtics para llegar a las Finales de la NBA, a los fans les pareció gracioso

Lo crean o no, Udonis Haslem sigue en la NBA. SI, de verdad. Ahí sigue. Refundido en la banca del Miami Heat. Si, es el al que han visto en las bandas. Pero no, no es un coach ni algún tipo de asistente… hablando técnicamente. Sigue siendo un …

Lo crean o no, Udonis Haslem sigue en la NBA. SI, de verdad. Ahí sigue. Refundido en la banca del Miami Heat.

Si, es el al que han visto en las bandas. Pero no, no es un coach ni algún tipo de asistente… hablando técnicamente. Sigue siendo un jugador. Sigue recibiendo un salario como jugador e incluso en ocasiones aparece con el Heat  — 13 veces en lo que va de este año, ¡su máximo desde 2017!

Ahí ha estado durante toda esta espantosa serie viendo cada minuto al igual que nosotros. Y honestamente, no estamos seguros que muchas personas lo sepan.

¿De qué otra manera se explican que todos se sacaron de onda cuando Haslem comentó acerca de Draymond Green eligiendo a los Boston Celtics para ganarle al Heat y llegar a las Finales de la NBA?

Y estuvo candente. No es un juego de palabras, pero si viene al caso.

De cualquier manera, después de que los Warriors llegaron a las Finales y Draymond Green fue entrevistado por TNT, Shaq le preguntó a quién creía que se enfrentarían. Y por supuesto, Green inicialmente dijo que podía ver a los dos equipos y no sabía a quién elegir inicialmente.

Pero Shaq lo presionó insistentemente. Y Draymond dijo que creía que jugarían contra los Celtics.

Traducción.- “Vamos a jugar contra Boston.” Draymond Green cree que los Warriors se enfrentarán a los Celtics en las Finales 2022 de la NBA

Y es razonablemente que Green así lo crea. El Heat había estado terrible antes del juego. Pero que lo dijera fue otra cosa. Es algo que no se hace en el entorno de la NBA, y el Heat tenía razón para molestarse.

Pero nadie esperaba que Udonis Haslem fuera el portavoz de esto.  Y se le dejó ir a Green. Le dijo a Chris Haynes : de Yahoo! Sports.

“Draymond rompió el código. No debes decir algo [expletivo] como eso. Es una falta de respeto.” 

Después de que el Heat ganara el juego 6, apareció en la cabina de transmisión de ESPN para agradecerle a Draymond. Obvio de forma sarcástica.

Traducción.- “Dénle las gracias a Draymond” EL Heat se tomó las palabras de Dray de forma personal.

Quería asegurarse de agradecer a Green por la motivación extra a su equipo.  Lo cual tiene toda la lógica. A final de cuentas, Green ya los había eliminado.

Pero a los fans de la NBA les pareció graciosísimo porque, bueno, Haslem realmente no juega. Y es el que parecía más molesto por esto. Por lo menos abiertamente.

Los chistes no se hicieron esperar. Especialmente por eso de “rompió el código” Otra vez.

Traducción.- Tenemos que dejar de pretender que Udonis Haslem importa.

Traducción.- TAAAAAAANTOS códigos rotos esta postempoorada #codeSZN

Traducción.- ¿Violó el código al alegir al ganador de una serie en un programa de análisis de la NBA? ¿Qué tipo de código extraño de la NBA es este?

Udonis Haslem was furious Draymond Green picked the Celtics to make the NBA Finals but fans thought it was hilarious

Yes, Haslem is still in the NBA

Believe it or not, folks, Udonis Haslem is still in the NBA. Yes, seriously. He’s there. Tucked away in the Miami Heat bench.

Yes, that’s him you’ve seen on the sideline. But, no, he is not a coach or any sort of assistant…technically speaking. He’s still a player. He earns a players salary and even checks in games sometimes for the Heat — 13 times so far this year, which is the most for him since 2017!

He’s been there the entire time through this awful series watching every single minute of it along with us. And, honestly, I’m unsure if a lot of people knew that.

How else would you explain everyone being caught off guard by Haslem having something to say about Draymond Green picking the Boston Celtics to make the NBA Finals over the Heat?

He was heated, y’all. Pun definitely not intended but, also, it’s a pretty good pun.

Anyway, after the Warriors advanced to the Finals and Draymond Green made his way to the NBA on TNT set, Shaq asked Green who he thought they’d be playing. And, of course, Green initially said they could see both teams and he didn’t know how it’d go initially.

But Shaq pushed him on it over and over and over again. And Draymond told the crew who he thought they’d play, and that was the Celtics.

It’s reasonable for Green to feel that way. The Heat had been pretty awful leading into the game. But it was another thing for him to vocalize it. That’s a pretty big no-no in NBA circles, and the Heat had the right to be upset about it.

But absolutely no one expected Udonis Haslem to be the vocal leader on that train. He was letting Green have it. He spoke to Yahoo! Sports’ Chris Haynes about it.

“Draymond broke the code. You ain’t supposed to say some [expletive] like that. That’s disrespectful.” 

Then, after the Heat actually won game 6, he also popped up by the ESPN broadcast booth to tell Draymond thanks. In a sarcastic way, of course.

He wanted to make sure to thank Green for the extra motivation for his team. Which makes total sense! After all, Green did count the Heat out here.

But NBA fans thought this was hilarious because, well, Haslem doesn’t really play. Yet he’s the guy who seemed to care most about this. At least openly, anyway.

The jokes were flying. Especially because of the whole “broke the code” thing. Again.

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Video de trifulca en banca de los Heat muestra lo que pudo haber detonado todo

¿Está todo bien en Miami? En la cancha, seguro sí: a partir de la mañana de este jueves, este equipo ya tiene asegurado su lugar en la división y es el sembrado No. 1 en el Este. Pero durante la derrota contra los Golden State Warriors, los ánimos …

¿Está todo bien en Miami?

En la cancha, seguro sí: a partir de la mañana de este jueves, este equipo ya tiene asegurado su lugar en la división y es el sembrado No. 1 en el Este.

Pero durante la derrota contra los Golden State Warriors, los ánimos se caldearon durante un tiempo fuera de la segunda mitad. Una mini trifulca, si así quieren llamarle, entre Jimmy Butler, Udonis Haslem y el entrenador Erik Spoelstra. ¡No fue la mejor imagen! Pero tal vez fue mejor que pasara ahora y no en la postemporada.

Una toma por atrás de la banca mostró lo que pudo haberse dicho y lo que hizo que escalara el problema. AVERTENCIA: Hay lenguaje no apto para el trabajo:

Traducción: Erik Spoolstra: “¿Qué? ¿Crees que me voy a pelear contigo?”
Udonis Haslem a Jimmy: “Te voy a partir la mad..e.”

 

Wow. Spoelstra habló sobre el tema al final del partido:

Traducción: “Tenemos un grupo muy competitivo y extremo y nos estaban partiendo el trasero…”
El entrenador Spo habla sobre el encontronazo del Heat en el 3er cuarto.

 

Traducción: El momento en el que PJ Tucker oyó a Jimmy Butler diciendo alguna locura… Knicks en Miami mañana en la noche. 

 

Artículo traducido por Ana Lucía Toledo

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Jimmy Butler had a heated argument with his teammates as the Warriors blew out the Heat

We have trouble in actual paradise.

Few things have been able to deter the Miami Heat this season. For the most part, they’ve sat in first place in the Eastern Conference since the opening tip. From Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo to Kyle Lowry and Tyler Herro, their roster is of an All-Star quality from top to bottom. The Heat’s coach, Erik Spoelstra, has become one of the NBA’s top whiteboard-drawers, as he may earn his first Coach of the Year Award.

It’s seemingly truly nothing but sunshine and good basketball in South Florida.

With all of this peace and harmony in mind, it’s hard to imagine that Wednesday night against the Steph Curry-less Warriors (+3 underdogs) could have gone worse. First, Golden State went into Miami and humiliated the East’s best team on their floor, 118-104. Then, they pushed the Heat to spill over some boiled-up tension.

Between who, you might ask? Why none other than Butler, Spoelstra, and long-time Heat veteran Udonis Haslem.

Ouch, that’s not a great look for a team currently riding high. I’m not sure what Butler, Spoelstra, and Haslem said to each other, but it can’t have been all that friendly. It’s also worth noting that the argument between the trio happened after a 13-0 Warriors run to start the second half. For a team as battle-tested as Miami, one opponent’s second-half run shouldn’t lead to this much on-court internal fireworks.

Whatever the case may be, the Heat and their leadership core better get it together soon. The current No. 8 seed Nets — and Miami’s likely first-round playoff opponent — come to town on Saturday. The last thing Butler and Co. want is another lapse in focus that leads to them jawing with each other.

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Udonis Haslem warns Jokic brothers not to start up trouble in Nuggets-Heat rematch: ‘Miami is my city’

Will the brothers show up?

The last time the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat met earlier this month, the NBA world got some serious drama during and after the game.

There was Nikola Jokic’s vicious cheap shot on Markieff Morris, who hasn’t played since. Heat players tried to confront Jokic and the Nuggets in the hallway after the game, Markieff’s twin brother Marcus tweeted threats at Jokic … and Jokic’s siblings responded to Marcus by starting up a Twitter account just to respond (it’s since been deleted).

Well, the two teams meet Monday night, and there’s apparently been talk about the Jokic brothers actually coming to Miami for the game, and longtime Heat vet Udonis Haslem will have none of that. Via the Miami Herald:

Jokic’s brothers could be at FTX Arena, though, with multiple reports speculating that Strahinja and Nemanja Jokic purchased tickets to attend Monday’s game between the Heat and Nuggets. …

“I have nothing to do with that, man. We’re going to play a basketball game,” Haslem said. “That’s over with. I don’t have nothing to do with that. I keep hearing about the Jokic brothers buying tickets to come to the game. They better stay in line and don’t come down there and start trouble. Miami is my city. It’s my city.”

OK then!

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This very wild stat is not a good look for Ben Simmons and his future with the 76ers

Wow this is really bad. Really, really bad.

Look, we have no idea what will happen between now and September when the NBA season starts for the 76ers.

But Ben Simmons probably won’t be on the roster. He just had a disaster of a series against the Hawks where he was an absolute no-show for the 76ers on the offensive end. Just straight up not good. He didn’t exactly get a ringing endorsement from Joel Embiid and Doc Rivers, either.

And they were absolutely in the right not to do so. His play was indefensible. He legitimately cost them the series with his lack of aggression offensively. And this is coming from me, a staunch Ben Simmons supporter.

But this stat. Y’all…this one. It’s bad. Even I can’t defend this. It shows us exactly how bad Simmons was offensively in this series.

Alright, follow me real quick. Udonis Haslem played 3 minutes for the Miami Heat this season. He took two shots, total, in those 3 minutes. That’s one more shot than Simmons took through six straight fourth quarters against the Hawks.

That. Is. Not. Good. Mind you, Haslem was actually ejected in the only game he made an appearance in this season.

Funnily enough, it came against the 76ers and he got into it with Dwight Howard.

Sheesh, man. Ben has got to be better.

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Udonis Haslem played just 3 minutes in his season debut for the Heat before being ejected

A legendary debut from Udonis Haslem for his 18th season with the Heat.

Udonis Haslem, at 40 years old, has now officially played in 18 seasons for the Miami Heat. Unfortunately for him, his 2021 NBA season debut lasted less than three minutes after Haslem was ejected following an altercation with Dwight Howard.

On Thursday, during the Heat’s match against the Philadelphia 76ers, Haslem checked into the game for his first on-court action of the season. It was going quite well too, as Haslem managed to shoot 2-2 from the field and nabbed a rebound in his short time on the court.

In the second quarter, however, Haslem got in the face of Howard after the pair got into it during play. Haslem was then ejected after a technical foul was called and he left the court with just three minutes played in his season debut.

As always, Twitter was quick to jump in and provide hilarious commentary on the event

If it is, in fact, Haslem’s last regular season appearance for the Heat, what a way to go out. At 40-years-old, Haslem is currently the oldest NBA player on an active roster after spending 18 seasons in Miami, and he is now the oldest player to get ejected from a game in the last 20 seasons.

Just legendary stuff from Haslem. What a game.

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Udonis Haslem addresses Meyer Leonard’s anti-Semitic slur: ‘We can’t tolerate that here’

Well said.

Miami Heat vet Udonis Haslem didn’t mince words when it came to addressing his teammate Meyers Leonard and the anti-Semitic slur that Leonard said on a Twitch stream earlier this week (which he then apologized for).

“We can’t tolerate that here,” Haslem said, per the Sun Sentinel’s Ira Winderman, “and right is right and wrong is wrong.”

Haslem — who added a little levity by saying he has Jewish friends who call him “Udonis Haslem-berg at times” — wasn’t the only one to address it. Coach Eric Spoelstra added, “There’s just so much more that needs to be done,” and that “there are consequences to words.”

https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/1369829616769261572

That’s exactly what they should be saying. Nice to see no one is taking this lightly on the Heat.

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