Official "Damn Bam" Adebayo thread

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Damn... Riley with the 1-5 statement

[PizzaLord305]

After a couple of days to digest, I like this pick a bit more cause of his playing style and who we have on this team already, that Haslem dude. A perfect role model and mentor for bam. I think he could fit a similar role to the one udonis had in the past. If udonis can help bring the junk yard dog out of bam this year, that would be awesome.

If he can come off the bench or start every once in a while, play hard as hell, limit his turnovers, and hit an open mid range jumper every once in a while, he'll have earned the right to have been selected at 14. Ok he doesn't shoot 3's, but we play fast and have plenty of other guys who space the floor. The biggest drawback to having luke at the 4 last year to me was that people at his lunch defensively. If we chose to play bam at the 4 to start some games here and there or in a lineup next to whiteside, no ones eating that guys lunch lol he's a monster physically.

[Heat_Fan_87]

if this kid can find a way to make 3's, like that practice video, look out, would be the perfect stretch 4 for us, him and whiteside playing D together, should be exciting.

[Feel_the_Heat15]

Adebayo made 13 of his 25 threes at a Hornets' workout.

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Also, I heard on local radio that hours before the draft started, that regardless who was still on the board at 14, the Heat we're going to select Adebayo. I guess the Heat really thinks that Adebayo could be an amazing player in the future.

[Heat11114]

Man, wth were you guys expecting at pick 14? Take a look at the history of pick 14? Getting a rotation player on a playoff team is a good pick.

[Heat_Fan_87]

Man, wth were you guys expecting at pick 14? Take a look at the history of pick 14? Getting a rotation player on a playoff team is a good pick.

i forgot who posted previous #14 picks, but they looked decent, this kid is the most athletic big that was in this draft, moves his feet super fast. what wasn't expected was him showing a pretty solid 3pt shot. his floor is probably reed. he reminds me a little of thad young. who was the 12th pick in 07. he's bigger than thad tho.

[dshearn]

if this kid can find a way to make 3's, like that practice video, look out, would be the perfect stretch 4 for us, him and whiteside playing D together, should be exciting.

Let's hope we start to hear the word "coachable" said about him.

We don't have a reason to think he is not coachable, but as soon as we start to hear that the sooner we know we got something.

I really want to see him pick up some of JJ's game and some of UD's game....


This reminds me of Auburn's early 2000s team with Cadi williams,Ronnie brown and Brandon Jacobs. Early on Auburn had Brandon Jacobs blocking for Cadilaic Williams. Jacobs played his roll.

Jacobs ended up a much better RB, but you can't tell that when he is put in a box.

Now we have a 19 year old physical beast who has more skill then he has shown.... let's hope he can be molded

[Heat_Fan_87]

if this kid can find a way to make 3's, like that practice video, look out, would be the perfect stretch 4 for us, him and whiteside playing D together, should be exciting.

Let's hope we start to hear the word "coachable" said about him.

We don't have a reason to think he is not coachable, but as soon as we start to hear that the sooner we know we got something.

I really want to see him pick up some of JJ's game and some of UD's game....


This reminds me of Auburn's early 2000s team with Cadi williams,Ronnie brown and Brandon Jacobs. Early on Auburn had Brandon Jacobs blocking for Cadilaic Williams. Jacobs played his roll.

Jacobs ended up a much better RB, but you can't tell that when he is put in a box.

Now we have a 19 year old physical beast who has more skill then he has shown.... let's hope he can be molded

he has a picture of the single wide trailer he grew up in with his single mom, he said he plans on bringing that picture to miami and hanging it up. humble kid who said he will do whatever is asked.

[MettaWorldPanda]

if this kid can find a way to make 3's, like that practice video, look out, would be the perfect stretch 4 for us, him and whiteside playing D together, should be exciting.

Let's hope we start to hear the word "coachable" said about him.

We don't have a reason to think he is not coachable, but as soon as we start to hear that the sooner we know we got something.

I really want to see him pick up some of JJ's game and some of UD's game....


This reminds me of Auburn's early 2000s team with Cadi williams,Ronnie brown and Brandon Jacobs. Early on Auburn had Brandon Jacobs blocking for Cadilaic Williams. Jacobs played his roll.

Jacobs ended up a much better RB, but you can't tell that when he is put in a box.

Now we have a 19 year old physical beast who has more skill then he has shown.... let's hope he can be molded

Surrounding him with JJ and Haslem has to be as good as it gets for a rookie playing the 4/5 spot. Hopefully Bam can start with JJ keeping his role off the bench.

[Mars]

“I remember when I was coaching back in L.A.,” Riley said of his time with the Lakers. “Jerry West called me on the phone and he said, ‘I want you to come over to Loyola. I’m going to be working out a player,’ you know, back in the ’80s. He didn’t tell me who it was. I went over there and it was an 18-year-old high school kid by the name of Shawn Kemp.

“When I saw [Adebayo] in our gym here, I leaned over to Chet [Kammerer] and I said, ‘He reminds me of Shawn Kemp.’ At least physically and the mature, already developed athletic body for professional basketball. So that was a comparison and we all know what kind of career he had.”

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[dshearn]

if this kid can find a way to make 3's, like that practice video, look out, would be the perfect stretch 4 for us, him and whiteside playing D together, should be exciting.

Let's hope we start to hear the word "coachable" said about him.

We don't have a reason to think he is not coachable, but as soon as we start to hear that the sooner we know we got something.

I really want to see him pick up some of JJ's game and some of UD's game....


This reminds me of Auburn's early 2000s team with Cadi williams,Ronnie brown and Brandon Jacobs. Early on Auburn had Brandon Jacobs blocking for Cadilaic Williams. Jacobs played his roll.

Jacobs ended up a much better RB, but you can't tell that when he is put in a box.

Now we have a 19 year old physical beast who has more skill then he has shown.... let's hope he can be molded

he has a picture of the single wide trailer he grew up in with his single mom, he said he plans on bringing that picture to miami and hanging it up. humble kid who said he will do whatever is asked.

Right in the feels

[Feel_the_Heat15]

Trying to compare Adebayo's FTR(free-throw rate) to other players. The highest I've found in the NCAA is Joel Embiid's .836. Adebayo's FTR was .831 but in conference games it was .907 and he took fewer shots at the rim than Embiid.

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Trying to compare Adebayo's FTR(free-throw rate) to other players. The highest I've found in the NCAA is Joel Embiid's .836. Adebayo's FTR was .831 but in conference games it was .907 and he took fewer shots at the rim than Embiid.

Derrick Williams: .87 FTr/ 56.8% 3P @ Arizona

[Feel_the_Heat15]

Trying to compare Adebayo's FTR(free-throw rate) to other players. The highest I've found in the NCAA is Joel Embiid's .836. Adebayo's FTR was .831 but in conference games it was .907 and he took fewer shots at the rim than Embiid.

Derrick Williams: .87 FTr/ 56.8% 3P @ Arizona

Thanks, he was the #2 pick and still draws fouls at a nice rate(a career average .414). Hope Adebayo has a much higher BBIQ than him though.

[MettaWorldPanda]

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[Mars]

When it's still June and Eric Reid's already prepared for Bam dropping threes, you know it was a good pick... Ka-BAM!

[KingDavid]

Last Shawn Kemp video; 10:53

I would retire from basketball if I got dunked on like that.

[Mukesh]

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[MettaWorldPanda]

Last Shawn Kemp video; 10:53

I would retire from basketball if I got dunked on like that.

I got so many great memories of Shawn Kemp. The Reign Man would take so many lives.

[Bishop45]

Last Shawn Kemp video; 10:53

I would retire from basketball if I got dunked on like that.

Dunk @ 10:40 was nasty too, grief