Haslem plans to retire after season: 'Nothing else left for me to do'

Dwyane Wade won't be the only Miami Heat legend hanging up his jersey at season's end.

Udonis Haslem announced he's ready to retire and focus on life outside of basketball after spending his entire 16-year career with the Heat.

"I'm gonna call it done too. There's nothing else left for me to do on the basketball court," Haslem said, according to Basketball Insiders' David Yapkowitz. "My kids are getting older, my son is playing college football at the University of Toledo, my 11-year-old is playing travel baseball and I never see him as he's always out of town. My 8-year-old is playing travel basketball. There's so many other things for me to be engaged in right now."

It's almost a certainty that the Heat will retire Haslem's jersey after he won three championships as the team's starting power forward.

Haslem entered the NBA alongside Wade in 2003. Unlike Wade, however, he receives few on-court opportunities, instead playing a supporting role as the emotional leader for the Heat's up-and-coming core.

"My role is a little bit different now, my role is whatever is needed each night. Being down some guys, I was called upon to play. We were down two guys and I was called upon to go out there and contribute and give them some minutes," Haslem said. "Seventy percent of the time, my contributions are my voice, my leadership, my experience, and everything I can give to these guys."

Haslem has appeared in just three games this season and just 70 contests over the past four years.