MIAMI (AP) – Udonis Haslem is back with the Miami Heat – this time, as an executive.

The long-awaited move was completed Tuesday, when Haslem was hired as Miami’s new vice president of basketball development. It comes five months after his 20-year playing career with the Heat ended, the last 16 of those as a team captain.

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Haslem is one of two players to play for all three of Miami’s NBA title teams, with Dwyane Wade being the other. Haslem had long spoken of joining the Heat front office or ownership group after retirement, and he had been at some practices in recent week into’unhinged’ Judge Engoron

Haslem – a Miami native and the franchise’s all-time rebounding leader – was the NBA´s oldest active player at 43 when he retired after last season. The three-time champion was the third player to spend a two-decade career with one franchise, joining Dallas´ Dirk Nowitzki and the Los Angeles Lakers´ Kobe Bryant.