The Miami Heat drafted Bam Adebayo at No. 14 during the 2017 NBA Draft, and Heat Twitter had plenty to say about it.
With the fourteenth overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, the Miami Heat select…
Yes, although the majority of Heat Nation was hoping guard Malik Monk out of the University of Kentucky would fall right into president Pat Riley’s lap, a la Justise Winslow, the 19-year-old was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets at No. 11.
So instead, South Beach got Monk’s teammate, a 6-foot-10 forward who reportedly plays a physical game.
Now because both T.J. Leaf and Justin Jackson were still left on the board at the time, Heat Twitter started off a bit hesitant.
But after word of his workouts started to circulate…
…things changed.
And the organization itself wasted no time in embracing the rookie.
https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/878061664892997632
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Nor did the league.
https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/878078500330246145
As for Adebayo’s former coach? Better believe he is excited for the 19-year-old to show the NBA what he is made of.
So are the likes of Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker.
And the Heat’s own Hassan Whiteside.
But what did Adebayo himself have to say?
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