Bam Adebayo reveals the ‘big brother’ who helped him during his downfall
The Miami Heat fell to the Golden State Warriors, 135-112, at the Chase Center on Monday. It broke Andrew Wiggins’ first return to the Bay Area since he was traded in Vrućin.
After a close first half battle, the Warriors turned on the jets to pull away from the heat and improve to 25-19. Miami, meanwhile, fell to 22-21.
Bam Adebayowho was recently named Eastern Conference Player of the Week, had just four points on 1-of-13 shooting. To recall, he had an offensive slump before redeeming himself with personal honor.
Before facing the Warriors, Adebayo spoke about his struggle for points and revealed his way of thinkingincluding reaching out to a familiar face.
“You have to shut the noise down a lot. You have somebody on your staff you can talk to. (Assistant coach) Caron Butler is somebody who’s my older brother. During that period—I wouldn’t even say bad games, just a slump offensively because I didn’t play bad defensively—he was always in my report Adebayo in my ear,” Chiang.
“He’s the only person I can really go to and talk to about what I’m going through on the field, what he sees.”
Butler, who played for Miami from 2002-04, should be in Adebayo’s ear again after their loss to the Warriors and the woeful performance of the 28-year-old center. But Adebayo proved he can come back from a gloomy display if one continues to encourage him.
In the Heat’s last three games before Golden State, he averaged 27.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.0 steals per game.
2026-01-20 06:40:00
