While it shouldn’t be considered a shock, the Miami Heat are expected to offer Bam Adebayo a “lucrative extension” this offseason, Heat insider and beat reporter Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald reported Friday morning.
As a foundational piece for the Heat who is still a few years away from turning 30, the expectation is that Adebayo will receive a lucrative extension from the organization this offseason to keep him in Miami for years to come,” Chiang wrote.
A “lucrative extension,” per se, all but certainly entails it will be a max extension.
The size of Adebayo’s max contract will depend on whether he makes the All-NBA team or not. He is currently eligible for a three-year, $165.8 million extension which won’t begin until the 2026-27 season; if he makes an All-NBA team, he would be eligible for a four-year supermax worth approximately $245 million.
He will be entering the fourth year of a five-year, $163 million extension he signed ahead of the abbreviated 2020-21 season. He is on the books for roughly $72 million over the next two seasons with cap hits of $34.8M and $37.1M over the next two seasons, respectively.
A normal max extension would guarantee him over $235 million through the 2028-29 season, his age-31 season, while a supermax guarantees him over $300 million. This is all assuming that this year’s cap raise sticks at a 3.66 percent increase with the subsequent seasons following a 10 percent increase, which is what it was (approximately) over the previous two seasons. If this year’s projection changes, it will affect what his final salary will be when that extension kicks in.
Adebayo, who will turn 27-years-old in July, has been a franchise pillar ever since he was taken No. 14 overall in the 2017 draft. If anyone has earned a (super)max extension, it’s him.
He averaged 19.3 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.9 blocks last season with the Heat, shooting 52.1 percent from the floor, 35.7 percent from 3-point range–albeit on a small sample–and 75.5 percent from the free-throw line. He recently finished in the top-3 in Defensive Player of the Year voting, his highest finish ever, marking his fifth consecutive top-5 finish for the award.
As I alluded to in our offseason preview, you could practically guarantee that Adebayo’s receiving a max extension of some sort this offseason. He was always going to get that money–and rightfully so. The biggest puzzle piece is whether or not Jimmy Butler, who will be 35-years-old by the start of next season, receives an extension.
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No brainer. Give Bam all the money. He can be the defensive anchor for a title team. Now the Heat just need a best player on offense.
nice well be picking at 15. will be crazy if we pick Nikola Topic, lol. so we have 2 nikolas
Lol I don’t think he will drop down that far, we will have to get either Devin Carter, filipowski, or edey.
Totally agree
hows the shooting of filipowski or edey? i mean, will either of them be a good partner with bam? or theyll just clog the lane even more
Miami can use some more clogging, rebounding, interior scoring and defense.
Filipowski is the best shooter at the C spot. Edey will provide Rebound, size, and rim protection but will start his career on the bench.
Filipowski would be the best fit next to bam in the draft, he shot 35 percent from 3, so he can play the 4 or 5. He’s still 7’0 250, so he would be more nimble then edey. I think he’s a hybrid of gobert and love. Also if we don’t get a big from a trade or an free agency, then I think he would be ready enough to start with bam. If we still have Jimmy and trade herro, dunc, and picks for Murray, we could do a big lineup of terry,Murray, butler, bam,powski. That would give us size, rebounding, rim protection, maybe top 3 D, and everyone can shoot 3’s, especially if bam continues getting better in that department. We could be a top 3 – 5 seed with that lineup. Also forgot to mention he’s probably the best passing 7 footer coming out with 2.8 assists a game(basically 3).
He could work.
https://nbadraft.theringer.com/_nuxt/img/shades-of-icon-black.77d5f51.svg
SHADES OF Healthy Zach Collins
PLUSES
MINUSES
If we could get him, or Devin Carter, or maybe trade back some, and get edey. Then I would call the draft an A+.
Nuggs woke up tied their series. That looks like a west finals. Ant with 44 not enough. Denv showing better system and adjustment Minn relying on individual talent at least the past 2 games
denv has jokic team player.edwards more of a one on one player .take the great team player anyday of the week
man joker had lot of bounce tonight 7ft 280 thats impressive.after about 90 games played to have that energy wow hats off to him.like to know the guy that takes care of his big ass body maybe the heat should hire him and let him work with our oft injures players
That’s what a 3-time MVP looks like.
Anthony Edwards said the series was over after 2 games. Maybe now he realizes that it takes 4 games to win a series. Reminds me of the time Trae told Heat fans the game was over in Miami in December 2019 only to have the Heat come back to whip his skinny ass by 16 in O.T. Sometimes, the younguns need to learn a little humility by eating a little crow.
minn okc their time is coming soon not quite yet.gotta taste some defeat first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsWk3AlGSHU
And NY lost. Lost big. Played tired?
It’s cuz thibs running them into the ground he got all the starters playing 40 plus minutes a game with a 7 man rotation.
Thibs old school 80s-90s dude. Where players are doing those kinds of minutes regularly. So maybe the soft ass generation story this decade is true. But that’s also the way I see it Thibs is running his guys to the ground ala Bulls tenure.
og julius mitch out.take those players off your team
Wow atl getting the first pick is crazy. Now do they try to build around Trae and Murray or do a full rebuild trading away Murray and trae?
Adam Silver must be cheating again!! It’s rigged! It’s a conspiracy! That Quin Snyder is a low down blankety blank! LOLOL!!
LOL it gotta be, especially if pop old ass getting lucky last year with the first pick at the right time. Also fun fact that was the first hawks got the 1st pick since 1975.
It’s why it’s spo over pop for me tbh. Never tanked no matter who was on the team at any point whilst coaching. Don’t get me wrong pops a hof coach but tanked twice on purpose. Give spo his team from last year they win 25-30 on effort alone
I’m a big Pop fan, but your point is well taken.
Facts! You’re definitely spot on with that, I’ll take spo over pop too, and I’ll take spo over Kerr as well. Who walked into an all time great team like the warriors.
And Kerr coaching team usa is a joke
If spo was coaching the team USA, they would be an actual powerhouse, and not an overrated team getting smacked up .
Tanking is the gm’s and owner’s strategy. Maybe a bit of the coach too. Imagine if Heat was out of the playoffs and in the Hawks position who would you guys get at #1?
I would get clingan, he’s more nba ready offensively then sarr. Also perk says he has ceiling of Rudy gobert.
Excellent article on the “Jimmy Butler Situation.”
Should The Heat Offer A Lucrative Contract Extension To Jimmy Butler Or Trade Him: Pros, Cons, Final Decision
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/should-the-heat-offer-a-lucrative-contract-extension-to-jimmy-butler-or-trade-him-pros-cons-final-decision/ar-BB1mfljV?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=d6da7d59d7d6420da005f7c98a3a51a3&ei=21
So there’s a rumor going around that Durant had conversation with OCHOCINCO, and supposedly Durant would consider a trade to miami…idk if that’s true or not, so take it for a grain salt. It is interesting to think about, I went on the suns blog, some want Jimmy, the majority rather trade kd to pellies. (my thoughts)but kd wouldn’t wanna go there, so probably a 3 or 4 team trade. Furthermore the minority said include jaquez,bam,duncan. Those are some of the suns thoughts, what do y’all think? Would you trade Jimmy for kd or would you try to do a 3 or 4 team to trade to try to pair kd with Jimmy, and bam…if possible?
If I’m reading that right, they might ask for Butler, Bam, Jaquez, and Duncan for KD? Tell the Suns no problem, as long as they toss in Booker. Haha
Lol ikr they’re delusional if they think they’ll get most of that for an aging, injury prone player.
They will ask for Bam or Butler. Butler for KD straight up?
What about Butler and Herro for KD and whatever salary needs to be included?
Does that even move the needle for us?
tys gonna be hard to deal u would have to attach him with jim.
As a former Suns fan, I think Phoenix is in a huge hole after paying Durant, Booker and 17ppg Bradley Beal a ton of money and have no bench. KD is just a high priced soulless mercenary with no loyalty looking for somehwere more desirable to land, like he has since he left Golden State. Sounds like a personal problem…his. Miami has 99 problems and he isn’t one of them.
Yes, there gonna have to suffer through all of that thanks to James jones.
AMEN! He’s not exactly good at picking winners. Monty? Beal? Nurkic? WTF?
Do you think budenholzer can get them out of the 2nd round? If they added some depth
If they go way over the cap…yes.
need some josh hart type players that do the dirty work which is as good as scoring.josh hart is the best pure rebounder since the worm
8th seed banged up Miami Heat > 6th seed star studded Suns with not even a single win in the playoffs lol. they cant touch Bam. KD wants a superteam where he can just ride it out to a ring. imo he lost out on his supposedly first rodeo with Heat when he chose the Suns. as if Pat can offer something to the Nets that time haha. but that KD Jimmy straight up trade sounds intriguing. too bad we cant have a trial period
I feel the same way as you lol, but only way I would do a trade for kd is if we can do 3 or 4 team trade, and somehow pair him with Jimmy and bam. I don’t he moves the needle much if trade him for jimmy.
Lots of good performances across the league. It will be a bit hard but not impossible for Bam to make all NBA dude deserves max but imo not (yet) the supermax. I believe that is reserved for players who can carry a team with little help. But that’s just me thank God lol. Heat should have room, $$$ that is, for a couple of good pieces to contend again. Or one big who can carry his own weight both ends. Anyways congrats in advance Mr. Adebayo! You personify Heat culture and hope you continue to improve. Specially in offense hehe
Pay the man! He gives 100% every game and is the team’s franchise player. He also deserves to have a younger team around him for the long haul. Hopefully, that is the direction Pat decides to go because what we have now isn’t good enough.
bam should be your third best player.hes a great defensive player and rebound guy,need a big center and a 20 pt scorer,where have i heard that before
Bam is a very good two-way player. He should be second best player behind a guy like Mitchell.
in crunch time no where to be found.butterfingers.work in progress on offense.rate them 1 to 6 kat porzingis sabonis bam chet vucevic