HOLLYWOOD, Fla. >> Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem revealed today that LeBron James returned to South Florida before the NBA Finals to spend time with himself and Dwyane Wade.

Asked about the possibility of James returning for another tour with the Heat, with James eligible to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers as a free agent, Haslem divulged that James visited Miami before the Cavaliers were swept by the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals.

“Right before they started the Finals against Golden State, I spent some time with ‘Bron,” Haslem said during a visit to the Heat’s youth camp at South Broward High School. “He was in Miami. Me, him and Dwyane got together and we spent some time together and we just chopped it up and we just talked.”

Relocation, however, was not on the table.

“That,” Haslem said, “wasn’t part of the conversation.”

But that doesn’t mean it might not be again.

“Obviously, he was getting ready for the NBA Finals,” Haslem said. “But there are great pieces here and we all know the city loves him and we all know what he’s capable of doing.

“I’m sure the organization and I would love to have him. But, as a friend, once again, I support LeBron with whatever decision he makes. So we’ll see.”

An impending free agent himself, Haslem said he would serve if called.

“Am I going to be a part of the recruiting process? Hell yeah,” he said. “If he reaches out and we talk, I’m going to throw it out there. But you just never know.”

James joined the Heat in 2010 free agency, advancing to four consecutive NBA Finals and winning championships in 2012 and ‘13 alongside Haslem, before returning to Cleveland in 2014 free agency. He holds an option for next season that otherwise would allow him to again become a free agent.

Haslem stressed that it was not as if James’ mind was on anything but the Finals during the brief reunion.

“Nah, not at all,” he said. “Our conversation is way deeper than where LeBron goes next year.”

He said it is an enduring friendship that transcends team affiliation.

“A lot of things that I give him a different point of view on, and he gives me a different point of view on a lot of different things, too. So we police each other,” Haslem said. “That’s the one thing we do. We aren’t afraid to have those uncomfortable conversations with one another and check each other when each other is wrong or kind of lose sight of what’s most important. And that’s what we’ve kind of been doing, focusing on a lot of business things. As well, knowing in the back of our minds that we have decisions to make.”

Haslem said he has heard the conjecture about a James-Heat reunion, but appreciates that it is only conjecture, with the Heat limited from a salary-cap and personnel perspective.

“That’s what everybody is saying and that’s what I’ve been hearing,” he said. “Honestly, I hear it more on the outside than I have from him.”

Then there is the question of whether Wade will be back in the NBA next season, extending his reunion with the Heat after starting last season as a James teammate in Cleveland. Like Haslem, Wade is an impending free agent.

“Me and Dwyane, we talk daily,” Haslem said. “I talked to him on the way here. We have great conversations. We have great conversation. I don’t want to talk about too much what we talk about.

“A lot of the conversations that we’re having, hopefully we can make a decision together. But we both know that doesn’t always work out the way we hope it to.”