Amid an up-and-down season for the Miami Heat, Bam Adebayo has remained a steady, influential force for the franchise that drafted him 14th in 2017.

Considering the Jimmy Butler situation is one that has even caught some NBA veterans off guard, Heat captain Bam Adebayo was asked about how the situation is playing out with the team younger

Miami Heat legend Udonis Haslem has made it clear in the past he has former teammate Bam Adebayo’s back. Now, Haslem is trying to motivate Adebayo, even if it takes some tough love. Haslem ranked his top five big men on a recent episode of NBA Today.

To continue on with the lineup change, Spoelstra would trot out Ware to start the second half along with Adebayo, Butler, Robinson, and Herro. It led to nothing but exceptional play from Miami as when Ware eventually was subbed out by Nikola Jovic, the Heat outscored the Spurs 36-13 when the rookie big-man and Adebayo were on the floor together.

Led by NBA MVP candidate Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets have marched their way to fourth place in the West with a 25-16 record. After a 57-win 2023-24 season ended in a second-round exit, the Nuggets are looking to build a championship-caliber team.

Anthony Chiang: Bam Adebayo has been downgraded to questionable because of a lower back contusion. The plan is for him to warm up with the intent to play tonight vs. Clippers. -via Twitter ...

The Nuggets vanquished the Heat in Jimmy Butler’s return from a seven-game suspension. Jamal Murray lit up everything in front of him. And Nikola Jokić had his 17th triple-double of the season. “I thought our guards did a hell of a job on [Tyler] Herro and [Duncan] Robinson,

A sense of a drama has been in the air for weeks with the Miami Heat, and drama was exactly what was delivered Sunday at Kaseya Center. Even more dramatic was the drama did not involve Jimmy Butler. Instead,

For Miami, Tyler Herro scored 22 points, followed by 16 points and 11 rebounds from Bam Adebayo. The Heat are now 20-20 for the season, dropping a half-game below the Detroit Pistons to the No. 9 spot in the East.

All-Star voting ended Monday, and for the first time, this Power Rankings host was given a ballot. The coming weeks will see a slow reveal of all the All-Star Weekend participants, with starters set to be announced Thursday night.

Which 24 players will make the 2025 NBA All-Star Game next month in San Francisco? Here's our roster prediction.

The Denver Nuggets (25-16) routed the Miami Heat (20-20) and ruined Jimmy Butler's return in a 133-113 finish Friday night. Here’s a look at four major takeaways from the matchup: 1. Jimmy Butler was much more engaged It was not difficult for Butler's return from his seven-game suspension to be a massive improvement over his previous two starts.