How Bam Adebayo Has Redefine The Center Position

Jayden Young
4 min readMay 13, 2020

If you’ve been watching NBA basketball this season, then you should know that the Miami Heat right now or one of the league’s best teams in Jimmy Butler is the face of the franchise, but the guy will be the future of this franchise is Bam Adebayo. Today I’m going to be explaining to you why Bam, a barrio is redefining the center position in basketball.

Back in July with the Miami Heat traded Hassan Whiteside in a four-team deal than which they acquired Jimmy Butler Bam knew. He was about to have a much more significant role. And so far this season he’s done just that averaging career highs in just about every statistical category. Listed at 6ft 9 255 pounds with long arms high-speed and fantastic mobility bam has redefined the center position with his defensive versatility. And that couldn’t be said anymore on the night of Nov 27 earlier this season when Miami heats coach Eric Spoelstra told Bam that his primary defensive assignment would be to guard Russell Westbrook. One of the toughest most strong points guards in NBA history!! But this decision by Spoelstra didn’t affect Bam because back when he was in high school, he would guard dear on fox Jayson Tatum and Lonzo ball every possession of the game, which is extremely impressive. That night guarding Russell Westbrook wasn’t comfortable. He scored 27 points had seven assist and nine rebounds the heat lost…

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