Even after a poor shooting start, Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo has taken a noticeable leap from 3-point range in 2024-25 after showing glimpses of extending his range late last season. The three-time All-Star is shooting 35.7 percent from 3-point range on a career-most 2.8 triple tries per game this season. Last year, he […]
While he continued to impact the game in myriad ways, one of the biggest disappointments to begin the 2024-25 season was Bam Adebayo’s efficiency–or lack thereof. Over his first 30 games, the Miami Heat big posted career-worsts in scoring (16.2) and field goal percentage (45.0). His impact offensively was minimized by his touch within 15
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Coming off their worst 10-game slide in nearly two decades, the Miami Heat are riding their first four-game win streak since mid-December. Their second–and most notable–win of their newfound surge was against Jimmy Butler and the Golden State Warriors, which was Butler’s first game against his old team since getting traded in early February. There
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For the first time in their NBA careers, Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo are arguably the two biggest building blocks for a Miami Heat organization that’s had difficulty adjusting to life after Jimmy Butler, who they traded to the Golden State Warriors ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline. The Heat are 4-14 since the
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No Miami Heat player has played better the last two months than three-time All-Star Bam Adebayo. But the lauded big man was recently praised by new teammate Davion Mitchell, who had very high praise for Adebayo’s defensive aptitude. “He can guard from the Joel Embiid’s to the [Shai Gilgeous-Alexander]’s,” Mitchell said. “If you can guard
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Bam Adebayo made history in the Miami Heat’s 106-90 win on Monday night, breaking the franchise record for the most double-doubles, previously held by former Heat big man Rony Seikaly (221). Adebayo’s record-breaking 222nd double-double featured him scoring 19 points while hauling down 15 rebounds, his fifth game with at least 15 boards this season–40th
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Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo became the first player in franchise history to win two gold medals last summer, winning gold with Team USA during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, who was an assistant on the staff, was also the franchise’s first head coach to receive said honor, while Serbian
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The Miami Heat are still trying to navigate Jimmy Butler’s tumultuous situation, but he’s no longer the hottest name on the trade market. Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox, who’s in the fourth year of a five-year, $163 million deal, is. Though the most likely outcome is that Fox ends up in San Antonio, his preferred
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It It hasn’t been perfect since the Miami Heat suspended Jimmy Butler seven games for multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team. The Heat lost by 36 to the tanking Utah Jazz at home, blew a 17-point lead to the Sacramento Kings that resulted in a double-overtime loss and turned the ball over 16
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The Miami Heat suffered a 19-point loss to the Boston Celtics on the second night of a back-to-back Monday evening inside of TD Garden, their worst loss since losing 116-97 on opening night to the Orlando Magic. Miami shot just 35.6 percent from the floor and 22.9 percent from 3-point range. A lid was on
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