Udonis Haslem Injury: Updates on Heat Forward's Quad and Return

Miami Heat big man Udonis Haslem has yet to see the court in 2014-15, as he continues to deal with a quad injury.

Latest Update from Saturday, Nov. 8

The Miami Heat's official Twitter feed has an update on Haslem's status:

Latest Update from Wednesday, Nov. 5

The Heat had the latest on Haslem's status:

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Udonis Haslem (quad) will dress for tonight’s #HEATgame vs the Hornets but will not play.

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) November 5, 2014"

Latest Update from Tuesday, Nov. 4

Udonis Haslem will be out of action tonight against the Houston Rockets according to Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel:

Original Article from Sunday, Nov. 2

As the team's official Twitter feed noted, Haslem was held out of Sunday's game against the Toronto Raptors, marking his third consecutive absence to start the season:

Haslem isn't a major contributor, but he logged 14.2 minutes per game last year and can play a solid role off the bench.

With Chris Andersen also sidelined and Josh McRoberts still limited by his toe injury, the Heat featured a major dose of Shawne Williams (28 minutes) and Justin Hamilton (18 minutes) in the frontcourt next to Chris Bosh and Luol Deng.

Although Haslem is hardly going to make a huge impact on any given game, his health is important for Miami's depth. Erik Spoelstra doesn't likely want Bosh and Deng logging nearly 40 minutes per game, as they did Sunday.