Miami Heat Roundtable: Maybe some changes should be made

What do you think Bam Adebayo still needs to work on, to be able to one day transition into the team’s starting center?

Tachauer: I definitely think Bam Adebayo is the future of this franchise, but it’ll be a few more years until I’m comfortable with him being the team’s starting center. While he has already improved his ball-handling and playmaking, his scoring abilities still need to develop; particularly, his jumper. Obviously the big man can take it to the rim with ease, and has also excelled lately at connecting with different guys for successful alley oops. But without an additional shot, he’ll get left behind in the “traditional center” void, which will never fit in with Miami’s system.

Nurse: Adebayo needs to work on perfecting his 15-foot jump shot. After the Heat drafted Adebayo, scouts raved about the jumpers that he knocked down in workouts. But so far, the fans have rarely seen this. He also does not have any go-to post moves; so if he can turn his decent stroke into something consistent, Adebayo can be a more athletic version of Serge Ibaka, from a few years ago.

Eyrich: I actually think he’s practically there already. In my opinion, Adebayo is the best center on the team. He has things to learn of course; with pacing and matchups being a couple of them. I mean, defensively, there are matchups that will currently still torch Adebayo. So if you want to really pin point one thing that would help him grow into having a more successful future with the team, I think it would be him learning how to adapt to matchups.

Rahming: Above anything: scoring consistently. Looking over his profile so far this season shows that out of 27 games played, Adebayo has scored single-digit points 18 times. That cannot be customary for him as a starter. He needs to get double-digit points and rebounds much more often to be considered seriously as a starting center in the NBA.