{"id":2074094,"date":"2026-08-02T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2074094"},"modified":"2026-08-02T18:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:20:41","slug":"bam-adebayo-looking-for-growth-in-teaming-with-giannis-happy-for-lebron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2074094","title":{"rendered":"Bam Adebayo \u2018looking for growth\u2019 in teaming with Giannis, happy for LeBron"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MIAMI \u2014 Count Bam Adebayo among those in favor of Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s arrival in Miami.<\/p>\n

In his first public comments of the summer, Adebayo shared his thoughts on the Miami Heat acquiring the two-time MVP from the Milwaukee Bucks via trade, which saw Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel\u2019el Ware, Kasparas Jaku\u010dionis and draft capital head north.<\/p>\n

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On Sunday, Adebayo was awarded the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy, the NBA\u2019s social justice award for players serving their community. Prior to accepting the trophy, the three-time All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist fielded questions from a group of students within his basketball camp.<\/p>\n

When asked who his favorite Miami Heat teammate was, Adebayo promptly said, \u201cI\u2019m gonna have to go with Giannis (Antetokounmpo).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look forward to the excitement around the season,\u201d Adebayo said of his reaction to Miami acquiring Antetokounmpo. \u201cI feel like (Heat team president) Pat (Riley) has been trying to get somebody of that star level for a while, so being able to have that shift change and that change \u2026 man, we\u2019re looking for growth and to obviously win games.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When referencing growth, Adebayo is acknowledging Miami\u2019s four-year rut in the Play-In Tournament, which the Heat hope to amend with their newly minted star frontcourt. Antetokounmpo\u2019s arrival is one of the biggest moves of the NBA offseason, one that also reshaped the league.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be great competition,\u201d Adebayo said of the new-look East. \u201cThat\u2019s what you look for. That\u2019s what brings the best out of a player, when you have great competition. So I\u2019m looking forward to it. It\u2019s gonna be a fun season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Miami acquired a two-time MVP via trade, rumors of a hopeful reunion with LeBron James \u2014 a four-time MVP, NBA champion and the league\u2019s all-time leading scorer \u2014 circulated before he signed with Philly, where he\u2019ll prepare for his 24th season. Adebayo and James have been Olympic teammates and maintain a close relationship.<\/p>\n

Adebayo also understood the business side of James choosing what will likely be his final NBA stop, despite hopes for a return to the franchise where he won his first two titles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI consider LeBron like a brother,\u201d Adebayo said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been Olympic teammates, but even before that, we always had down-to-earth conversations. I\u2019m happy for him. You want the best for somebody. That\u2019s really how you go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MIAMI \u2014 Count Bam Adebayo among those in favor of Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s arrival in Miami. In his first public comments of the summer, Adebayo shared his thoughts on the Miami Heat acquiring the two-time MVP from the Milwaukee Bucks via trade, which saw Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel\u2019el Ware, Kasparas Jaku\u010dionis and draft capital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-2074094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2074094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2074094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2074094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2074094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}