‘Bam Adebayo or bust’ might just be a reality for the Miami Heat
By Will Salinas
Bam Adebayo Has To Be Involved In The Offense For The Miami Heat To Peak
Yes, he did struggle in the loss, only recording 10 points on 11 attempts, but the Heat need to get their guy in a rhythm. He took three shots in the opening quarter and one of them was a three-point attempt that he missed badly.
The frustrating part is that getting him the ball shouldn’t be this hard. Bam doesn’t really do anything out of the ordinary that he hasn’t already been doing.
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Poster slams, short jumpers, and even getting to the free throw line. It’s clear he knows what he wants on offense and yet, nothing happens.
The lack of success in the pick-and-roll is absolutely mind-numbing. With an athletic guy like Bam and all the creative playmakers like Tyler Herro, Kyle Lowry, and Jimmy Butler, for a pick-and-roll to result in anything other than a Bam Slam is a failure on the offensive end.
It’s not going to work every time, but the majority of Bam’s attempts being short jumpers is underutilizing him.
This is on, both, the team as a whole and Bam himself. Both need to hold each other accountable when it comes to getting him the ball.
Bam even said it himself saying, “It just depends if Tyler wants to throw the ball or not.” He was laughing, but all jokes contain some truth.
Throw the man the ball, especially if he wants it. Bam making his attempts isn’t the end-all or be-all, but rather what the Heat get when he does.
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More possessions means that he opens the floor and now the team, as a whole, gets a better shot selection. Take this next play, in example.
Bam makes a spectacular catch and readjusts into a post-up, though he has had a rough shooting night so far, he’s made it clear he’s a threat.
By posting up, a help defender comes, allowing Bam to make the easy pass to Tyler for the three. A couple of plays later after the one above, he drove on the fast break, drew the transition defense in, and found Tyler in rhythm, which is so key for him when it comes to hitting his shots.
An Adebayo drive or short jumper will always be a better option that a dribble handoff behind a screen that is released immediately. There’s no rhythm in that, rather great shot-making when it goes in.