Bam Adebayo is an ALL STAR.

Bam Adebayo has been a major part of helping the Miami Heat climb up the Eastern Conference standings, and despite Bam Adebayo playing at a DPOY-level and having the best offensive season of his career, he's still largely ignored by most.
Adebayo should most definitely be an All Star alongside Jimmy Butler. His defensive impact may not show up in the box score, but it's very much there. He's an incredibly underrated passer, and Bam's mid range ability has blossomed into a reliable offensive weapon.
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[@jomelledominguez8465]

Finally some one talking about bam. As a heat fan I am so hyped for him, he could become our cornerstone for our team along with hero and butler

[@mentok3027]

Bam has been great this year! Now as a Celtics fan I can't stand the guy, lol, but that means he's doing a lot right. He impacts the game in so many ways. I'd have him in over Jimmy this year.

[@hustleman8797]

What is he doing different? Besides scoring a lil more, in the playoffs his ability to not hit a midrange gets exposed repeatedly he's always been a top 3 defender in the league

[@MrKimsource]

butler is too old to be a cornerstone

[@andresjordana2431]

@@hustleman8797 if you would watch a heat game you'd see his midrange jumper has become elite

[@elijahbeendope]

Same

[@tzamac9346]

One of the main reasons why his assists are down this year is because his teammates continue to brick 3s (33.5% this season). His dribble handoffs are one generator of assists for him. If you look at how bad the 3pt shooting of Strus, Robinson, and Lowry have been as well from passing to their catch & shoot 3s, you'll see why Bam's assists are low this season. Heat are dead last in the PPG (108.5) while in 2nd in the OPPG (108.1).

[@kugodx9]

I was thinking the same thing. God knows how many corner kick outs he does for our guys to brick em.

[@alexrodriguez6537]

Well Duncan has been injured all season that might play a role in low percentages from three

[@BoolatGuzairov]

Bam shall be a frontrunner for DPOY instead of all these drop bigs. Another underrated aspect of defensive bigs is whats happening after they block/contest the shot. The majority of bigs (including JJJ) are out of play straight after block, either celebrate and need to restore position. Bam is out there starting transition / securing the paint, never out of moment.

[@sergioespinosa7261]

I like you now you see things a lot of people don't and bam has so many points from doing that

[@gators9570]

Claxton is ahead of him in DPOY odds, it’s a joke

[@YeaItsEdgar]

Bam is harshly underrated by the media. 😢

[@behindthearcyt]

bam definitely deserves more appreciation he is playing at a DPOY level and you can make a case he should win the award while averaging 20 and 10 on good efficiency

[@mentok3027]

I'm hoping he gets the DPOY this year, but I'm afraid JJJ might get it because of his inflated block numbers. The how/away splits on that are very sus.

[@gators9570]

@@mentok3027 regardless of block numbers Bam is qualitatively a better defender. It’s a shame we focus so much on counting stats like that when defense has way more to do with things that don’t show up in the stat sheet

[@Walrus286]

Even though Embiid was hurt last year in the playoffs, Bam proved he was the only player in the league that could guard him 1 on 1. Such an anchor. 100% should be front runner for DPOY

[@DeVoidAS]

8:55 he doesn't just do this once, he did this multiple times in the game and multiple times in other games too. Bam is such a gem

[@gators9570]

In that Celtics game alone he stopped the ball handler first and then recovered mid pass to stop an alley oop multiple times. Like 2-3 guys in the NBA are capable of that

[@georgeguerra2461]

@@gators9570 yeah basically Giannis and JJJ nobody else

[@macworld3532]

Bam a monster 🔥

[@d.g4466]

Bams leap has been huge for the heat* makes the nights jimmys off feel way better

[@majorhurricane3712]

His leap isnt that big, hes been doing these things ,its just alot of casuals slept on him until now

[@sophiawilliams8650]

@@majorhurricane3712 id argue it was in flashes on offense before he really wouldn’t be aggressive and his mid range was shakier definitely seems to be a change in mindset this year

[@gators9570]

@@majorhurricane3712 Yeah the only real change this season has been his aggression shooting. He could still turn it up a lot. Guys obviously could be a 25 ppg scorer without a 3 point shot

[@Daniel-jz9oi]

@@gators9570 I see him averaging around 23-25 ppg by next season

[@jakizzo]

Happy you pointed out his screening ability. Not many people see this as an aspect of playmaking. But it is to a degree. And he’s excellent at it. Always provides the right angle on the pick because he knows where the ballhandler wants to go with it. Seems to always be on the same page as them and often will readjust for that second or even third screen action on the P&R play. You see it a lot with him and Herro

[@starfishandroid]

@5:35, I watched this game. JV actually started playing higher on Bam because Bam was killing the mid range. They first dared him and payed for it.

[@elijahbeendope]

Thank u someone talks about him 😭 heat nation ❤️

[@bignoob24]

I feel like the Heat might just make the eastern conference finals again. I've learned in the last few seasons to stop doubting teams and Heat are one of them.

[@gerdanbombales]

The Heat will be too good to be transferred to the West lol

[@bignoob24]

@@gerdanbombales There's no way I just said western conference finals. I need to get some sleep.

[@seansalib3620]

@@bignoob24 you said western

[@sergioespinosa7261]

Bam has been my favorite player for some years now and thank you for showing him the respect he deserves.

[@TheTMSxGaming]

Great video, great analysis. This league values blocks so much and loud defensive plays. JJJ and Nic Claxton are getting talked about for their season when Bam has been doin what they’re doing now for years but there’s almost no buzz about him nationally. He really could be an All Star, All Defensive team, DPOY and All NBA player this year

[@ddninja3348]

Finally, some one who know something about basketball. time stamp 5:54... You dont need to shoot 3 pointers in order to space the floor.... Thank you for saying this in your video, its like everyone thinks that you have to shoot 3's in order to space the floor, when thats simply not true. If your knocking down a consistent mid-range, then a player can space the floor just as well as a 3 point shooter.....

[@chipaddict2227]

About time someone starts talking about Bam. He's been having a great season and should be right up there in all star votes with jimmy

[@devontaythomas6953]

Bout time they noticed,🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@obama_yo_mama4653]

THATS WHAT IM SAYING... MFER I SAID THIS GUY WAS GONNA HAVE A SUPER BREAKOUT SEASON, first off, he been good, second off, hes got better offensively, and is still PHENOMENAL on defense. MFER IS A TOP 5 CENTER LISTEN TO ME

[@reallydoe2052]

Top 3

[@mintruth]

You SHOWING respect to BAM has GOTTEN my SUBSCRIPTION!!!

[@mactrips5726]

Reason is because he is not a showboat and doesnt play because of highlights or to entertain people but to win. He plays the right way. He is also not that active in social media, he is basically a low key guy with a passion for the game thats why less people notice him. Most people notice players from the highlight reels

[@kenmoorer4678]

Bam for 2023 All Star game!

[@kugodx9]

Great analysis and great job on the vid overall!

[@gerardotorres1483]

Bam is this generations Kevin Garnett, Chris Bosh, type product. This is my personal favorite sort of player as they are just so difficult to guard. Glad I'm a Heat fan for this. #HeatNation

[@jonathansykes4986]

Kevin Garnett is far better than Bam. Should not even be in the same breath as KG.

[@therealcapartist1690]

Bro said KG...

[@gerardotorres1483]

The key word above, even sperated from the main focus of the players, was the word TYPE. KG was the first iteration of this build. Chris Bosh, growing up, mirrored his game after KG. The very same Chris Bosh, who played in Miami and consistently has influence in the Miami heat organization. I'm pretty sure Chris Bosh has worked with Bam. Coming full circle that Bam is a KG type product. So yes, they can be spoken within the same breath because they share build similarities and greatness, so thank you, sir, "bro said KG" was an amazing argument. 👏

[@YaThat.]

As a non heat fan, i LOVE bam, he SHOULD be an all star

[@coffeeortea547]

You earned my sub with this video. Great stuff!

[@Superbad22]

Thanks for making this video Alex bam doesn’t get enough recognition. Hopefully herro will make more of a leap next year like bam did this year

[@YodaSmokes]

I’ve been high on bam since his 2nd season. I feel like over the last 2-3 years he hasn’t necessarily improved a lot, and he has has moments when going against players like Giannis and embiid he completely shrinks away. Great player, I just want him to prove it against the other great bigs.

[@hawaii-state-of-mind]

Brother perfectly analyzing people need to hear this.🤙🏼

[@jFriedman591]

All star no doubt

[@reallydoe2052]

HEAT NATION THANK YOU FIR THE RESPECT 🔥🔥🔥

[@Shortballa11]

Jimmy and Bam are the most underrated players in the league.

[@johnjones7405]

He need to play this level in playoffs this year. Jimmy cant bail them boys out every game/round. I hope he get snubbed to go harder when it matter

[@centrazz776]

Bam is an absolute beast!! 100% should be an all star!!⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@immafatazn]

i saw vids way back of bam, tatum, jaylen brown, etc… doing one on ones in the mid post during the off-season. I think it was during team usa practice? But anyway he looked super impressive and was killing them and i knew it’d only be a matter of time before he’d start doing it in games too

[@PxPappy]

Haven’t seen a heat vid in a minute thank you

[@TheLexiconMind]

Yes sir and that mid-range lethalness is new to this year. I mean he had it in prior years but You didn't feel it would be automatic like you do now. He's like a machine down there. He has so many shots in his profile. All Star all the way

[@jamaljones6568]

Bam definitely stepped up this year🔥

[@ktownhoodtv]

Agreed 💯

[@urbaindelva7869]

Bam absolutely deserves to be an All-Star this year. I think people are down on him because he didn't really stand out in the playoffs last year outside of a few moments. Also, the Heat just stink offensively. Last time I checked, they are dead last in offensive rating. No spacing, not any kind of motion, no scoring or shot creation outside Bam, Jimmy, or Herro and Jimmy can only really score in the interior. They need guys who are more offensively skilled than what they have right now.

[@contentlounge6652]

You don’t understand how much this is appreciated. Thank you bro

[@dreadwolf6064]

Fr 💯

[@andrewapotheosis]

Let’s go bam!

[@adamtwarowski1053]

Bro starting the discourse

[@DeVoidAS]

Its funny being a heat fan over the last 10 years. Going from the LeBron era where all the eyes are on you to the Wade, Bosh, Whiteside era where the remnants of the Bron era media are, to now where we basically get 0 media coverage. Its only recently that Bam got some media recognition when the Inside guys put him basically as a lock on their all-star reserves list (other than Shaq, surprise2). This vid from Alex will hopefully push that forward even more

[@berserkerkay]

Love bam

[@benbirch6093]

I love Bam!!!! Although I'm a Heat fan

[@armanirashad9250]

All Star fasho 💥

[@johndavidcarino8793]

Wow finally bam

[@ppbucko9853]

love u alex

[@raulpino-bustillo9034]

bam should be All-NBA tbh

[@hiddenpotentialproject806]

He's so much more than an All-Star. Beyond the whole 3 point thing, you'd be extremely hard pressed to find a single guy, regardless of position, that can do what Bam does. He does deserve better. He deserves a franchise that's going to be aggressive in building a championship team, which Miami doesn't seem to be pushing very hard for this year. I'm a Heat fan, but paying damn near 50 million/year for Lowry to average 8 points a game and Duncan Robinson to barely play is ludicrous.

[@georgeguerra2461]

Nobody talks about Bam. I think he is solidly the all nba 3rd team center this year. Hes been at worst a top 20 player in the nba this year.

[@MoreHeatPlease]

Absolutely

[@argc]

Pretty much all of my votes had Bam in the East frontcourt because he was barely seen on the All Star vote returns and I thought he should be in the All Star game. I'm sure no one is interested but I'll just write out my selection based on who deserves it, not who would want to watch it. West backcourt Starters: Morant, Luka Reserves: Fox, Lillard, Shai, Curry West frontcourt Starters: LeBron, Sabonis, Jokic Reserves: George, Markkanen, Zion(replacement: Davis) East backcourt Starters: Mitchell, Brown Reserves: Harden, Kyrie, Trae, Haliburton(replacement: DeRozan) East frontcourt starters: Tatum, Giannis, Durant(replacement: Embiid) Reserves: Bam, Siakam, Jimmy those would have been perfect selections for me.

[@Blorbifink]

Definitely deserves a berth, especially now that the Heat are playing more consistently. I do think however that it would be best for Miami play Bam at the 4 more often, and find another big that they can put in at center. I would have suggested Myles Turner, but the Pacers just extended him. Miami is a small team, and they will need size to battle against the top teams in the East

[@finng1571]

I mean they tried it a lot in the training camp with omer, but he got injured and cant play. Other than him we have no center that should go 20+min. But i think we might see some bam at the 4 later this season

[@nvswrld7585]

I remember 2019 seasons the heat went and took over the all star weekend bam jimmy herro(rising star) Duncan(3pt) and Derrick jones(dunk)

[@andrewlund6596]

man I hope Bam makes the 23' all star game

[@honeybadger1325]

agree

[@SlickyJeffy23]

Yessir let’s go bam!!! Hell average 23 by end of year

[@letsgoeat3327]

His mid-range game is money. It will open up his inside and driving game even more. He will still continue to develop his offensive game. Bam will be a monster in two to three years.

[@user-ek8wd1xk8x]

Aggresive bam is different💥💥i wish him to be more greedy

[@marcel4002]

Ive been saying this for a couple years now. They sleeping on Bam... Btw, it feels like Heat Nation is well represented up in here...

[@akbuckets272]

Most definitely should be an allstar idk why the Heat never gets the recognition we deserve.

[@Basketballislife-vx8xe]

Can you make a video about Nicolas Claxton?

[@ra8hadwr1ght70]

Great analysis look for main stream m to copy you

[@allabouttorise5698]

Yes he definitely is

[@sideactivist]

easily top 5 centers in the league. you could make a case for him being 3 only behind jokic and embiid

[@jaycayuca9866]

He is the best all around snub by nba fans and media.

[@Horizonsvip]

bam should 100% be an all star

[@Shortballa11]

Ima throw a fit if they give two roster spots to the NY Knicks and they don’t vote Bam and Jimmy in.

[@LonelyHoops]

0:25 I expected them to be a the 6th seed

[@king_woobie9417]

Thank you I’m big bam fan since wade left n the media don’t respect the heat

[@ranzu8732]

Apart from him deserving better, he deserves a better back-up big.

[@antinapay]

Then openly say which players they need and which ones in their current roster to trade. I would just love to see a youtuber make an entire league wherein each team has no weakness or max player "A" deserves better but doesn't say how helping "A" without messing up the other teams.

[@crzeglehighvidz]

Bam is the DPOY and the way people talk about him is the strangest thing because they have all these narratives despite not watching the Heat. It's stupid.

[@archeraintsht5698]

It’s not only that they added a veteran point guard that is hurting his assist. Miami’s just not hitting shots right now. Their last in the league in three pointers. Bam is setting people up. They’re just not hitting the shots.

[@timothyfitzgerald5459]

I think he should be in All-Star over. Jimmy

[@bigtittie7295]

As a heat fan we should use Bams playmaking more and he should look to score as much as he can every game, hes our future, Herro is in trade talks every year for some reason and Jimmy gets fatigued and starts missing when he does it all alone, also Lowry needs to go, I love some prime Kyle Lowry but rn he isnt worth 30 mil at his age

[@c.k-da-kxnghere]

Joel embiid is also averaging over 21 and 10 rebounds on over 50% from the field

[@AlexHoops]

His averages reached that after this video was uploaded.

[@jamalwalker]

Welp, he's an all-star

[@Therantguyyeazy]

Thank goodness coaches and players had him voted 5th in east only embid KD Tatum Giannas was voted ahead

[@sebpalacio6310]

dude reminds me a little of kg

[@sincerehurt6750]

its cause his games are quite, nba dont put him on display like others

[@reallydoe2052]

Everyone complains he's not aggressive then when he is for a whole season no one cares

[@CashCave03]

Great point especially from someone like perkins

[@jonathansykes4986]

In 2022-23 NBA Season Bam Adebayo advanced stats are: PER 20.8 (an all-star level, but nowhere close to superstar (28+) levels, numbers Giannis and Jokic have put up multiple times) TS 58.6% (moderate and "equal" to Giannis but still #205 rank in the league and Jokic is 70.2%). WS/48 of 0.144. Basically barely all-star level of ws/48 whereas Giannis and Jokic have put up seasons of 0.250 or higher. OBPM 0.8 DBPM 0.9 BPM 1.7 These are TERRIBLE BPM numbers. At 25, we pretty much know what Bam Adebayo brings to the table. He isn't Jokic, He isn't Giannis, and He is no superstar in the making. Bam Adebayo is a decent sidepiece. Not a team you build around.

[@Soupy_man]

Timberwolves should trade for him. Imagine kat, Rudy and Bam👀👀👀

[@Walrus286]

He’s the only player that can guard embiid 1 on 1 too. I hate Bam. But god damn he is good.

[@SonnyK248]

When Embid isn't an all star starter, what chance does Bam have really?

[@svnami_1041]

bam is the next best big after embiid so hes for sure making it

[@SonnyK248]

@@svnami_1041 so he’s the next best big after the big who isn’t starting? Also the drop off between Embid and Bam is massive. He’s nowhere near his level.

[@nahmanimgood.3194]

He definitely yams dirty enough that he should be constantly on house of highlights.

[@tim.noonan]

No one’s talking about him because the Heat are trending down. Basketball ‘analysts’ don’t acknowledge what I call ‘cultural inertia’ enough in trying to understand player narratives. His team is trending down from last year, so even though he might be having the best season of his career in many ways, it’s not translating to a sufficient amount of success to move the needle. So he gets ignored to an extent such that his increased individual stats are swept under the rug. It’s the same reason Jayson Tatum’s star is still rising - his team is ascending as he is. It’s easy for laypeople to look at his performance and attribute Boston’s success largely to Tatum taking another leap this year. Even though there’s a strong case to snub Tatum for ASG starter, he got the spot because he’s the best guy on the best team right now.

[@reallydoe2052]

Dawg we've been like second in the league record wise since dec15 what do you mean 😂🤣and defense is top 5 now

[@3hristopher]

It’s cause what isn’t being ignored is the play of people like Luka and etc he is playing fantastic but there’s other guys playing at an insane lvl bam is not

[@MvalzCreative]

I like Bam, don't really like the Heat. The way they announced 42 year old UD returning was just so bad imo

[@TypeBeatLove]

Check out my first shorts got scammed out a 7 parley off that Lakers game no call

[@poppatheegoat]

Media and player vote him 5th forward and center it’s the fans who voted him 11th which is stupid . Like it’s stupid nikola vucevic had more fan votes. Bam is 21/10 NV is 17/11 Do I think he better than bam ?? No but it is what it is .

[@johnjones7405]

Vuc really got more votes than bam? Sheesh!

[@jeremybeauregard7684]

0:07 Anthony Davis

[@AlexHoops]

Had to have played at least 30 games this year

[@jackyjamesjeffersonjamaljohnso]

@@AlexHoops embiid is averaging 26 and 11 on 53% and hes played over 30 games.

[@dontmindme4197]

Should have made the allstar game last year

[@andresvelasquez3858]

Who are the fans that voted Nic Claxton over Bam? Smh

[@mauszx]

They just lost to the Hornets.

[@drmontano9414]

Trade Kyle Lowry

[@olaminabryan8026]

I mean there's in my opinion 22 players better then him

[@Miles_305]

Not at centre there isn't

[@olaminabryan8026]

@@Miles_305 Depends do you think pascal siakam is a centre or a power forward. Because he plays a bit of both but I think he's a pf. Also... Jokic? Embiid?

[@tj-23]

@@olaminabryan8026 pascal isn’t better, only jokic and embiid. That’s it

[@johnjones7405]

@@tj-23 i fw miami on the east but the fact siakam got a ring edges him over bam. Tough debate tho.

[@tj-23]

@@johnjones7405 cuz pascal played with Kawhi. If Bam played with 2019 Kawhi, he would have jewelry too lmao

[@csgobetting237]

because he is on a barely 50%win team averaging 20/10 and there are so many players playing better than him atm. He gonna be really good with heat in like a year or 2 but atm his not better than some of the other players on frontcourt

[@simrock8893]

Which 4-5 is better than him on the east except Embiid and Giannis.

[@csgobetting237]

@@simrock8893 Siakam, Capela and Randle all are more efficient than he and have a better record in east

[@mo2k638]

@@csgobetting237 😂😂😂😂

[@mo2k638]

@@csgobetting237 heat are 6th in the east and 2 games behind the cavs bam is averaging 21 and 10 being one of the best defenders only bigs better are Giannis and Embiid in the east

[@reallydoe2052]

@@csgobetting237 you don't watch basketball huh

[@colewrld901]

Because Bam has been mid in the playoffs since the bubble

[@Miles_305]

Nope, he literally carried them for a few games last time