- Report: Opposing teams wanted Miami Heat to attach 1st-round pick to offload onerous contracts
- Jimmy Butler praises tennis star Carlos Alcaraz, who says he gets nervous playing in front of celebrities like Heat star
- Erik Spoelstra’s level-headed comments after Miami Heat get walloped by Brooklyn Nets
- Tyler Herro indicates Miami Heat are looking to finish 6th seed or higher
- Gilbert Arenas admits he couldn’t ‘beat [Dwyane] Wade for s–t’
- Tristan Thompson says Miami Heat LeBron James was ‘scariest’ version, Mario Chalmers on some ‘sucka s–t’
- Jimmy Butler admits he doesn’t start ‘playing for real’ until after the All-Star break
- Jimmy Butler on Dwyane Wade: ‘I always want to make him proud’
- Erik Spoelstra ‘open to anything’ amid Miami Heat’s ever-changing center rotation
- Stan Van Gundy says Dwyane Wade is the best last-shot player he’s ever seen
Erik Spoelstra confused by people’s obsession with Bam Adebayo adding a 3-point shot
- Updated: October 14, 2021
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra recently spoke about rising star Bam Adebayo.
When the topic of 3-point shooting came up, Spoelstra said that he doesn’t understand why “everybody is so obsessed” with the idea of Adebayo adding a consistent 3-point shot to his arsenal.
“I don’t know why everybody is so obsessed about that,” Spoelstra said. “The guy is improving in every aspect. I watch him in his workouts. He can make the corner three as good as basically any of our bigs. But he has the ball in different areas.”
Spoelstra spoke about some of the other things that are more important than Adebayo’s 3-point shooting.
“More importantly is his assertiveness and his ability to attack different gaps and be able to make mid-range and long-range shots with great accuracy now,” Spoelstra said.
Many NBA fans certainly do have an obsession with the 3-point shot. As the game has evolved, the 3-point shot has become increasingly glorified.
Adebayo has never really been a threat from beyond the arc throughout the early stages of his career. He rarely shoots 3-pointers, and when he does, they fall at a career clip of just 15.9 percent.
Regardless, the big man is a very productive player. Many folks are expecting him to have a great 2021-22 campaign after he averaged 18.7 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game last season.
Adebayo hasn’t attempted a single 3-point shot in the preseason, but it’ll be interesting to see if he tries to work on that element of his game throughout the regular season.
You must be logged in to post a comment Login