Haslem: Gary Payton once tried to hit me with broomstick during fight

Miami Heat practices apparently used to get pretty wild.

Udonis Haslem, who has spent his entire NBA career with the Heat, recently looked back on his time in Miami in an interview with GQ's Tyler R. Tynes, including some of his memorable scuffles. The fight he considers the "worst" involved former teammate Gary Payton and a broomstick.

"Worst fight? Me and Gary Payton got into it at practice once," the 41-year-old Haslem said.

"I don't know what we were talking about, but shit went left. We started arguing, and Gary went and got a broomstick! Pat (Riley) kicked us outta practice. We had a game that night, and me and Gary didn't speak the whole game. He was finna hit me wit' a broomstick!"

Haslem's "best" fight was one in which he tried to get in between Shaquille O'Neal and Pat Riley.

"Best fight? Probably the one when Shaq and Pat got into it," he said. "It wasn't even a fight, they were just going at it. The fight was me trying to hold Shaq back, and he threw me like a sack of potato chips.

"I'm trying to save Pat's old ass, and Shaq grabbed me and swung me. He threw me down like that, and I was just trying to stop him. Imagine if he really wanted a piece of me? I would've had to tase him!"

Haslem, the league's oldest active player, signed a one-year deal in August to return to the Heat for his 19th season.