Heat/NBA finish line: Anderson was waived by the Heat in Sept. 2006, six weeks later signing with the Bobcats. Anderson's NBA career came to an end in 2007-08 with Charlotte.
2016 update: Anderson owns several entrepreneurial pursuits, including hotel, automobile, clothing and media businesses, while also writing screenplays and books.
Of note: Anderson was one of two players from the 2006 championship team who declined to sign a commemorative basketball from the team's championship season (Shandon Anderson was the other). He told HoopsHype.com in 2014, "It was just fun to be around guys who wanted to win. Pat Riley does things the way he wants. We won a championship and it was great to be part of that championship team."
Shandon Anderson
2005-06 season: Appeared in 48 regular-season games for the Heat, starting one, averaging 2.6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.6 assists. He then appeared in 13 playoff games, for 90 total minutes.
Heat/NBA finish line: Anderson was not re-signed as a free agent in the 2006 offseason, with his NBA career coming to an end at that point.
2016 update: Anderson took an interest in vegetarian eating and lifestyle, as well as art, during his NBA career, which led to the opening of Drink Art, a restaurant in Atlanta, after attending the Living Light Culinary Institute and the Natural Gourmet Institute.
Of note: Anderson was one of two players from the 2006 championship team who declined to sign a commemorative basketball from the team's championship season (Derek Anderson was the other). He told CNN in 2014 of retiring after winning the 2006 title with the Heat, "I needed a change. I told myself that my last year in the NBA was to win a championship and after I did that, I knew it was time to try something new." He then turned to cooking and the arts.
Earl Barron
2005-06 season: Appeared in eight regular-season games for a total of 45 minutes, averaging 1.6 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.0 assists. He did not appear in the playoffs.
Heat/NBA finish line: Barron was not retained after the 2007-08 season, continuing his NBA career through 2014-15, with time with the Knicks, Suns, Bucks, Trail Blazers and Warriors.
2016 update: Barron has been playing for the Fubon Braves of the Super Basketball League in Taiwan, with Joe Lin, a younger brother of Jeremy Lin, among his teammates there. Among his performances this past season was a 46-point, 20-rebound game.
Of note: Barron participated in the 2015 World Series of Poker, eliminated in the early stages.
Michael Doleac
2005-06 season: Appeared in 31 regular-season games, starting three, averaging 3.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists. He then appeared in eight playoff games for a total of 72 minutes.
Heat/NBA finish line: Was traded from the Heat to the Timberwolveson Oct. 24, 2007 along with Antoine Walker, Wayne Simien and a first-round pick for Ricky Davis and Mark Blount. He played 24 games during that 2007-08 season in Minnesota before retiring.
2016 update: Doleac teaches physics and coaches the boys' varsity basketball team at Park City High School in Park City, Utah. He returned to his alma mater, the University of Utah, after his career to pursue a master's degree in physics.
Of note: Doleac had expressed a goal of pursuing a medical career after his Heat tenure, but instead enrolled in a pilot program designed to help fill the shortage of science and math teachers in Utah.
Udonis Haslem
2005-06 season: Appeared in 81 regular-season games, starting 80, averaging 9.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists. He then started all but one of the Heat's playoff games, suspended for one for throwing his mouthpiece toward referee Joey Crawford.
Heat/NBA finish line: Haslem is one of two players, with Dwyane Wade the other, who have remained with the Heat since that inaugural franchise title.
2016 update: Haslem becomes a free agent on July 1, expected to be offered another contract to extend his Heat career into a 14th season.
Of note: Haslem and Wade are the only players with rings from each of the Heat's three championship seasons.
Jason Kapono
2005-06 season: Appeared in 51 regular-season games, starting two, averaging 4.1 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.7 assists. He then appeared in one playoff game for two minutes.
Heat/NBA finish line: Kapono appeared in 67 games for the Heat in 2006-07, emerging as one of the NBA's premier 3-point shooters, turning that exposure into a free-agent contract with the Raptors in the 2007 offseason. His NBA career ended in 2011-12 with the Lakers, before a stint in the Greek League in 2012-13.
2016 update: Kapono was on the cusp of joining the Warriors for what turned into Golden State's 2014-15 championship season, cut at the end of training camp. "I figured why not give it a shot?" Kapono said, ultimately retiring at 33.
Of note: Kapono is the parent of twin girls who are 4 1/2 and twin boys who are 2 1/2, playing golf when he can.
Alonzo Mourning
2005-06 season: Appeared in 65 regular-season games, starting 20, averaging 7.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.2 assists. He then appeared in 21 playoff games, all as a reserve, closing with a dominating defensive performance in the title-clinching victory in Dallas.
Heat/NBA finish line: Mourning was forced into retirement by a devastating knee injury sustained in the middle of the 2007-08 season, having previously returned to the NBA after a kidney transplant.
2016 update: Mourning just completed his seventh season as the Heat's vice president of player programs.
Of note: Mourning was enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014, a year after Gary Payton became the first player from the Heat's 2006 championship team to be enshrined. Shaquille O'Neal will join them in Springfield in September.
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Shaquille O'Neal
2005-06 season: Appeared in 59 regular-season games, starting 58, averaging 20 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists. He then started all 23 playoff games.
Heat/NBA finish line: O'Neal was traded by the Heat to the Suns on Feb. 6, 2008, for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. His NBA career ended after appearing in 37 games with the Boston Celtics in 2010-11, limited by a debilitating calf injury.
2016 update: O'Neal is best known for his role as a studio analyst forTNT and NBA TV, while also involved in a variety of entertainment and entrepreneurial ventures.
Of note: After an ugly parting with the Heat that essentially resulted in a trade demand, O'Neal and the Heat have mended fences, with O'Neal's Heat No. 32 to be retired next season.
Gary Payton
2005-06 season: Appeared in 81 regular-season games, starting 25, averaging 7.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists. He then appeared in all 23 playoff games as a reserve.
Heat/NBA finish line: Payton retired from the NBA after returning to the Heat for the 2006-07 season on a minimum-scale one-year contract.
2016 update: Payton has worked as an NBA analyst for several outlets, including NBA TV and Fox Sports 1, now helping guide his son, Gary Payton II, through the NBA pre-draft process, with the younger Payton having recently completed his senior season at Oregon.
Of note: Payton is working with the NBA and Mountain Dew to promote 3-on-3 halfcourt basketball, which has been pushed for inclusion as an Olympic sport.
James Posey
2005-06 season: Appeared in 67 regular-season games, starting 63, averaging 7.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists. He then was shifted into a reserve role in the postseason, playing off the bench in all but one of his 22 playoff appearances.
Heat/NBA finish line: Posey left the Heat for a two-year contract with the Celtics as a free agent during the 2007 offseason. His NBA playing career ended after spending the 2010-11 season with the Pacers.
2016 update: Posey is in his second season as a Cavaliers assistant coach.
Of note: Posey remains the only player from the 2005-06 Heat to go on to win a title with another team, as part of the Celtics' 2008 championship.
Wayne Simien
2005-06 season: Appeared in 43 regular-season games, starting two, averaging 3.4 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.2 assists. He then appeared in two playoff games for a total of seven minutes.
Heat/NBA finish line: Was traded from the Heat to the Timberwolves on Oct. 24, 2007 along with Antoine Walker, Michael Doleac and a first-round pick for Ricky Davis and Mark Blount. His eight games for the Heat in 2006-07 were the last of his NBA career. His final professional season was in Spain in 2008-09.
2016 update: Simien moved from his basketball career into the Christian ministry "Called to Greatness," which ministers college students, serving as campus director at the University of Kansas.
Of note: Of his brief, 51-game NBA career being followed by this lengthier career in the ministry, Simien earlier this year told Athlon Sports, "When that became more exciting to me than putting a ball through a hoop, I knew that’s when it was time to make that transition full time."
Dwyane Wade
2005-06 season: Appeared in 75 regular-season games, all as a starter, averaging 27.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists. He then started all 23 playoff games, averaging 28.4 points, including 34.7 against theMavericks in the NBA Finals.
Heat/NBA finish line: Wade is one of two players, with Udonis Haslem the other, who have remained with the Heat since that inaugural franchise title.
2016 update: Wade becomes a free agent on July 1, to be offered another contract to extend his Heat career into a 14th season.
Of note: Wade and Haslem are the only players with rings from each of the Heat's three championship seasons.
Antoine Walker
2005-06 season: Appeared in all 82 regular-season games, the only player on the roster to do so, starting 19, averaging 12.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists. He then started all 23 playoff games.
Heat/NBA finish line: Was traded from the Heat to the Timberwolves on Oct. 24, 2007 along with Wayne Simien, Michael Doleac and a first-round pick for Ricky Davis and Mark Blount. Walker appeared in 46 games for Minnesota in 2007-08, the final games of his NBA career. He was dealt to the Grizzlies in the 2008 offseason, waived by Memphis before appearing in a regular-season game, playing briefly thereafter in Puerto Rico and the D-League.
2016 update: Walker is working as an NBA analyst for "120 Sports," a digital-only sports network based in Chicago, with Sports Illustrated among the network's equity partners.
Of note: Walker's monetary woes have been well chronicled, going from $108 million in career earnings into bankruptcy in 2010, which led to producing a documentary as a cautionary tale to other athletes, "Gone in an Instant."
Jason Williams
2005-06 season: Appeared in 59 regular-season games, starting 56, averaging 12.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 4.9 assists. He then started all 23 playoff games.
Heat/NBA finish line: Williams left the Heat to sign with the Clippers as a free agent in the 2008 offseason but then announced his retirement before training camp. He sat out 2008-09 but then returned to play two seasons with the Magic and Grizzlies in 2009-10 and '10-11 before announcing his retirement on April 18, 2011.
2016 update: Williams remains a regular at Magic home games in Orlando and is a fixture on the pro-am circuit in Central Florida. Even at 40, his ballhandling videos from those prom-am games still go viral.
Of note: Williams has committed to playing in The Basketball Tournament, a summer single-elimination tournament for non-NBA players known for its $1 million winner-take-all prize. Williams is on a team that features former Heat guard Mike Bibby.
Dorell Wright
2005-06 season: Appeared in 20 regular-season games for a total of 132 minutes. He did not appear in the playoffs.
Heat/NBA finish line: Wright left the Heat to join the Warriors as a free agent in the 2010 offseason, also playing with the 76ers, Trail Blazers and in China before rejoining the Heat at the end of this past season.
2016 update: Wright becomes a free agent on July 1 and is not expected to be offered another contract by the Heat.
Of note: At 20 at the time of the Heat's 2006 title, Wright remains the youngest player to win a championship with the Heat.
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