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Udonis Haslem salutes team, city as Heat retire No. 40 jersey

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MIAMI -- Udonis Haslem averaged 7.5 points and 6.6 rebounds in his career. He never made an All-Star team. Never had a triple-double. Never signed anything close to a max contract. Never even won a player of the week award.

The stats might seem ordinary.

Yet to the Miami Heat, he's forever legendary.

The Miami native, who spent his entire 20-year career with the Heat -- part of three championship teams and serving as captain in 16 of his seasons -- watched his now-retired No. 40 jersey raised to the rafters on Friday night, the culmination of a career that saw him go from undrafted to virtually unmatched.