SI.com · Nov 29, 2019
Bam Adebayo is the Heat’s Mr. Everything
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Most bigs in the modern NBA serve a hyper-specific purpose. There are the roll men and rim protectors (Clint Capela and Rudy Gobert, for example) alongside with the floor spacers (Kristaps Porzingis and Brook Lopez), with only the superstar talents allowed to flash their full skillset. The center position is increasingly one of specialists. Bam Adebayo is an outlier.
“The perfect word for Bam Adebayo is dynamic,” Heat center Meyers Leonard told The Crossover. “He does everything we could possibly ask of him.”