[https://youtu.be/QOzJYDpVfJA?si=MtEF95vNgd4By9G\_&t=153](https://youtu.be/QOzJYDpVfJA?si=MtEF95vNgd4By9G_&t=153)
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This was 2 years ago.
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Bam still hasn’t learned. He could be the number 2 guy but settles for mid range jumpers. Like fine you have that on your game. Can you do something else? Even if you get stripped by a smaller guy, do an offensive foul or get swatted just keep getting to the rim with your first step. Save that jumper stuff when you’re 36 not 26.
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Shaq in his second year realize he needs to stop finessing it he’s not a finesse player. Bam is the same way, he has good given athleticism and let’s people off the hook.
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Training with Bosh ruined him. He needs to be less like Bosh and KG and more like Zo and Shawn Kemp.
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tldr;
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“Bam Adebayo has the lowest Rim or 3 frequency in the NBA. Only 30.4% of his FGA are 3s or at the rim… Shot-diet is cratering his efficiency. MIA needs to scheme more rim FGA & he needs to rely less on the midrange and aggressively weaponize his athleticism to attack/get fouled”
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tldr 2;
Jimmy Butler: Bam needs to attack the rim because nobody can stay in front of him. Nobody can stay in front of him. Go, you’re going to get fouled or you’re going to dunk on somebody. That’s cool. I love him shooting mid-range jump shots too, but he lets people off the hook. And he play bully ball. I like bully ball.
by StruggleChoice1359
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I remember when Jimmy said he wasnt a fan of Bams mid range and then bam went crazy vs the nets. Bams bread n butter are mid range shot. If he also took advantage of guys closing in for him to cut the to rim and dunk, his mid range would be even deadlier.
It’s time to accept Bam for what he is on offense. Y’all just gonna keep getting disappointed.
everytime i see bam try to bully people he kinda sucks at it so idk about that but he definitely needs to go at the rim more. bam is stronger and faster than most centers, if he has a center guarding him at the free throw line he should not jab step twice then bail the defender out with an inefficient shot, he should take them off the dribble and slide to the rim. like everyone thought bam adding that mid ranger was that “threat to shoot” but it’s not even a threat anymore, it’s just everything he does. and coaches will let him have that shot no matter how much commentators like to say “oh he can hit that shot now, don’t give him that much space.”
The issue with Bam is he’s a big who tries to score in a style of a guard.
Imagine if Jimmy frickin Butler had Bams body. League would be royally fked. Respectfully.
Here’s the problem. He is way smaller than the guys in front of him cause he not a center on offence. Now if he was a bit permitted oriented at the four, he could easily attack centers dribbling downhill. But he simply can’t get shots at the rim from the mid range entry against huge dudes. I don’t rly blame bam for thos
The thing that keeps bam at center is that he guards centers as good as anyone else
This some lazy criticism imo. I disagreed with Jimmy then and I still do now. As much as i like Bam I never thought he showed anything to be this scorer like y’all want him to be. Anthony Davis is a way better scorer than Bam and even he needs a guard to set him up.
>He could be the number 2 guy but settles for mid range jumpers. Like fine you have that on your game.
Does he? I feel like I only ever see him miss these.