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Miami Heat: 10 stars you forgot played for the Heat

By Sam DiGiovanni

NEW ORLEANS, LA - MARCH 22: Amar'e Stoudemire #5 of the Miami Heat react after scoring against the New Orleans Pelicansduring the first half at Smoothie King Center on March 22, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - MARCH 22: Amar'e Stoudemire #5 of the Miami Heat react after scoring against the New Orleans Pelicansduring the first half at Smoothie King Center on March 22, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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6. Jerry Stackhouse

Jerry Stackhouse played in 970 games in his 18-year NBA career; seven of them were with the Heat.

The 6’6″ shooting guard was drafted by Philadelphia third overall in the 1995 draft. He made the All-Rookie first team but was traded two years later to the Detroit Pistons. In Detroit, he became a two-time All-Star, averaging 29.8 points per game in the 2000-01 season, good for second in the league behind league MVP Allen Iverson.

Stackhouse was traded in 2002 to Washington and then to Dallas in 2004, where he became a key contributor to their 2006 team that lost to Miami in The Finals. He played the last half of the 2009-10 season with the Milwaukee Bucks before joining the Heat.

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At 36 years old Stackhouse signed with Miami, his sixth team, right before the 2010 season. He was signed in the wake of an injury to key reserve Mike Miller, much to the delight of several key Heat players, per Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinal.

"“I think he proved last year, coming back with the Bucks, he’s a very productive player,” guard Dwyane Wade said, with Stackhouse out of the league in 2009-10 until joining Milwaukee at midseason and pushing it to an unexpected No. 6 playoff seed in the Eastern Conference. “He’s a matchup problem in the post, also. He can stretch the floor, shoot the ball very well, a guy who’s 6-6, 6-7. “It’s a good option, to be able to have the luxury of having a guy like that out there.”"

Stackhouse was cut just a month after he signed, averaging just 1.7 points and 1.0 rebound in 7.1 minutes per game. He spent a season with the Atlanta Hawks and another with the Brooklyn Nets – appearing in less than 40 games with each team – before retiring.

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