Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat recently turned 22 years old on July 18, and he received some powerful words of wisdom from teammate Udonis Haslem on Instagram.
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As he told Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald, Adebayo was touched by Haslem’s claim that Adebayo had the “mold of a [Heat] lifer.”
“First of all, that is the first time UD has said that much about me, and it just happened to be on my birthday,” he said. “I love UD. He’s like my brother. So it kind of hit the heart a little bit, got a little teary-eyed. It was a good heartfelt message and I probably won’t get that again until my 23rd birthday.”
Certainly, third-year big man Adebayo could learn a lot from Haslem as a figurehead for the Heat organization. Haslem has spent his entire 16-year career with the Heat, and he is second in a variety of team records, such as games and minutes played (behind only Dwyane Wade), and first in total rebounds, offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds in team history.
Could Adebayo follow in Haslem’s illustrious footprints? Bam has the draft pedigree as a lottery pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. A stunning athlete, he played in all 82 games for the Heat last season, producing a multitude of career-highs and starting in a career-high 28 games.
He also showed vast improvement from his rookie season, so perhaps Haslem’s praise was prescient.
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