With Heat training camp beginning Tuesday, one of the fascinating storylines will be whether rookie big man Bam Adebayo is ready to give the Heat quality minutes this season, and whether Erik Spoelstra will entrust him with those minutes, perhaps at backup center, when he has other veteran options.
We hear Adebayo has been impressing the Heat in offseason workouts.
I asked Chet Kammerer, the Heat’s vice president of player personnel who was instrumental in the drafting of Adebayo, what the 6-10 Adebayo can do at an NBA level now.
“The one thing I think he can do - and it was borne out this summer - is he can defend,” Kammerer said.