Monday, November 22nd, 2010 at 9:00 am  |  88 responses

Reports: Udonis Haslem Out Until February, Maybe Longer

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

Long before the Miami Heat lost a heart-breaker to the Memphis Grizzlies at the buzzer on Saturday night, everyone had already realized that they were in big trouble.

Udonis Haslem injured his foot in the third quarter of that game, and according to the latest reports, Miami might not see its leading rebounder (and toughest player) in action again for a few months.

A doctor will make a recommendation about whether or not Haslem needs surgery to take care of the torn ligament in his left foot.

Yahoo! reports:

Haslem will be examined by a foot specialist Monday, and that doctor will make a recommendation on whether the Heat’s top inside presence will need surgery to repair the injury. Nevertheless, the Heat and Haslem are prepared for the fact that late February and probably March are likely his earliest possible returns to the floor. If surgery is needed, the recovery could push into the spring.

Haslem suffered the injury in a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. An MRI confirming the torn ligament was performed on Sunday in Miami. Haslem has averaged 8.0 points and 8.2 rebounds in 13 games for the Heat, who will miss his toughness on the boards and defensive interior. The Heat will have to turn to Zydrunas Illgauskas to play more minutes in the frontcourt and use lineups that will include LeBron James(notes) at power forward.

For what it’s worth, Pat Riley is telling everyone to calm down, referring to Haslem as “Superman”.

The options out there aren’t exactly great — Erik Dampier ain’t busy these days — but Riley admitted that Miami will seriously consider bringing in an additional big body to fill the void (while releasing another player.) Via ESPN:

“There’s a possibility we might need more rebounding. We need more rebounding, and we need obviously somebody that is going to have a big body in the paint that can make a difference and have an impact. We will consider something like that.”

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  • http://www.need4sheed.com Tarzan Cooper

    Shut up phil. We all know its brons team. Ur shtt is old, try some new stuff. Ur getting more annoying the more u say the same ol stuff, variety ‘brother’.

  • The Philosopher

    LONG… LIVE… THE KING!

  • The Philosopher

    By the way, Tarzan, maybe I should take note from you, for you are surely AND exactly the epitome of new AND original material.
    Oh, wait…

  • Jackie Moon

    I thought it was Eddie House’s team.

  • http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/author/hollymackenzie/ Ghost

    I thought it was Carlos Arroyo’s team.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    I thought it was Joel Anthony’s team.

  • feez22

    … its obviously big Z’s team

  • feez22

    i blame bosh for this injury… i mean we have been blaming him for everything up to this point right?

  • Jackie Moon

    By the way, 13 games is 15% of the regular season … FYI

  • flipnoyce

    Its gonna be a long season, and the ship just keeps falling apart. Patch it up before the post season comes up MIAMI. It could be one of the superstar who’ll go down next or should I say 2n/men. Lebron was already complaining about how much minutes he was getting and now I wonder what excuse he’ll be saying next. Do they really think that it was gonna be a walk in the park when they all got together???

  • http://slamonline.com tealish

    Great game in Miami so far :)

  • BostonBaller

    It’s Riley’s team

  • flipnoyce

    its the guy’s team that signs all their big FAT check.

  • The Philosopher

    ^^Yeah, The King.

  • http://sdfjlkf.com Jukai

    If Lebron plays one more not caring game, “The King” will lose me as a fan

  • JTaylor21

    Juks, sure it’s Bron’s fault when the guy everyone claims it’s “his” team goes 1-13 and stinks up the joint defensively. To be honest, wade has been garbage so far and has come up shorter than a midget in big games but yeah lets go ahead and blame bron.

  • http://www.slamonline melvin ely

    co-sign JT, Wade has been acting like a depressed diva on the floor for a couple of games now. When brandon rush (BRANDON RUSH!) massively outplays you’re best player in a rout against indy (INDY!) there is something wrong. I sincerely believe he’s in sulking mode right now.

  • Jackie Moon
  • http://slamonline.com tealish

    Heat are a funny bunch.

  • http://www.twitter.com/TheDiesel Anton

    Some of you guys need to calm down, it’s not like Miami’s getting blown out by the Pacers at home or anything.

  • AI TO MIAMI!!!

    MIAMI IS STILL GOOD WITHOUT HASLEM. THERE R OTHA GUYZ WHO CAN STEP IT UP

  • LD

    How many minutes did LeBron play tonight?

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    Calm down Heat fans’, you shouldn’t start to panic, unless the Heat get beat by double digits at home vs. the Pacers tonight.

  • http://slamonline.com Krishan

    Jim O’Brien is a shoe in for the hall of fame after that game

  • LD

    Alright Pacers, none of you better tweet anything about bringing your talents to South Beach or Haslem will get pissed cuz you a nobody. And Eddie House got 2 fingaz for all da haters.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    Get well soon Haslem! Signed, Studio Gangsta

  • http://yahoo.com Eboy

    Mark Cuban must be happy BOTTLES UP WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://sdfjlkf.com Jukai

    JTaylor: I was never a fan of Wade. I’m not blaming Lebron solely. The only guy playing to his role is Big Z, and the others aren’t either given a chance or playing to their role.
    But I am a fan of Lebron. A HUGE fan.
    And I’m annoyed he’s proving the haters right.
    He’s not running back on defense. He’s not moving without the ball, prefering to stand at the three. He’s not going for rebounds, he’s not switching properly, it’s terrible.
    It doesn’t look like he cares. He’s not playing games with urgency.
    So is Wade. So is Bosh. But I don’t care about them. I care about Lebron. And he’s letting me down.

  • Pharoah

    Haha Miami is a joke cmon blown out at home to the Pacers. Wow

  • zarky

    lolz..heat lost to the damn pacers, at home! lololol

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    Again. For loss number 6. The Heat is OUTSCORED in the paint, and OUTREBOUNDED by the opposing team. What they’ve shown tonight is NOT RUNNING. I’m so pissed off by not addressing the weaknesses and not implementing what they said they would be. I’m VERY DISAPPOINTED with LeBron’s game language tonight. WHY IS HE TAKING TOO MANY 3-PT. ATTEMPTS?!?!! WTF?!?!?!

  • Tommy

    they signed ericka xD
    second round of the playoffs for the heat would b a surprise for me.
    magic,bulls,celtics are way better than them

  • biged

    At this point I don’t think the Heat are making the playoffs…any other team playing this bad would not be getting this attention. Its only cause they’re high profile that they’re still even a discussion. I guess thats what happen when you add two losers to a team full of scrubs and one proven player….smh

  • rikson

    And whats up with wade and bron..? They both play like different people right now! Bosh… well, thats just bosh. Hell manage to get 16 and 8 through the season, and nobody expected him to do much more. never thought this could happen, but wade finally started to piss me off… Actually both are acting like divas!

  • Mike from Spain

    Heat lost by 16 to the Pacers, at home… ugly stuff.

  • http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/ Anthony

    Some of the comments here made me laughing out loud at work, great.

  • The Philosopher

    I was going to get in Wade’s ass before, but I’ll do it now, since the can has been opened.
    Wade is the perfect example as to why you NEVER, EVER pass the mic on your own set. On your own stage. He is being upstaged by The King, and he is acting pissy.
    He is acting like R. Kelly when Jay Z came into his house (Chicago) and ate his food on his own stage. We all saw how that turned out.
    I called it in the beginning about Wade inviting The King over for dinner. You just don’t do that.
    They will get it together when Pat comes downstairs, though.

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