Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo Faces Mounting Criticism After Loss to Bucks | Locked On Heat Podcast
The Miami Heat face a critical juncture after a staggering loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, raising questions about their playoff prospects. With Bam Adebayo under national scrutiny and the Jimmy Butler situation hanging over the team, the Heat’s challenges are mounting. Wes Goldberg and David Ramil dissect the team’s talent deficit, Tyler Herro’s All-Star case and Butler’s uncertain future.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:04 Heat’s early lead evaporates in blowout loss
5:32 Lack of talent and focus hurting Heat
11:56 Bam Adebayo’s struggles become national story
19:16 Tyler Herro’s All-Star chances
25:19 Charles Barkley on Heat’s lack of joy
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48 Comments
If The Heat miss the playoffs and we keep our pick this year and somehow we get the same luck that the hawks got last year and hit a top 3 pick do we then trade Bam and built around the new pick and the young guys on the team ?
Wes constantly puttin the blame on Jimmy when he ain’t nowhere to be found smh. Distraction!! Wtf are you talkin about. They picked their side when they maxed out Bam they get millions of dollars too it’s their job you heard Spo. They not babies
Time to sell off players and EMBRACE the TANK!!!! TEAR it down!!
Tobias Harris over me? Bam adebu*%# over me? I understand why Jimmy wants his money.
In today’s NBA you can’t max a player who can’t score. Bam has trade value but we know Riley ain’t moving him. 🫠
It all went south when we lost our MVP Dru Smith 🫠
“Bam Adebayo over me”
-Jimmy Butler
Tyler Herro is not a Allstars. How u say Tyler over Lamelo ? 🤔 theres no way . Its the Allstar Game his game fits that Perfectly.
BAM is missing shots at the rim a lot! He isn't a 3 point shooter and we have enough 3 point shooters so needs to work in the paint!
Yet Bam is a captain! He soft always been soft. I’ve seen Bam take charge in pro am games but for the real thing he play like shit and legit should be in his prime rn smh he aint got it! Still mad how Spo did Hassan when we got Bam he plays scared!
This fanbase turning on Bam is embarrassing. He's been objectively awful this year, but some of these takes on him as a whole are short sided.
I think we saw he doesn't have PF offensive skills. I think he just became expendable unless they figure something out
Idk about saying poor bam has to be captain has to be this and that. He wanted to be the top dog. He’s getting paid to be that.
Ware looks like a 20/10/2 guy right out of the gate. You guys should be stoked by that.
SVG also said Bam needs to dump the three ball. He completely lost his identity from last season and Spo has to take some of the blame. 35 mil for Draymond play isn’t going to help this team
No wonder Butler wants only herro be helping him out I just Dnt knw what’s up with bam Bam Just ain’t got that mamba mentality
Bam, Ware and almost Tyler gets a double double. The rest of the team is trash
Bam just ain’t it lol 😂
The whole heats roster only play gud with other gud players they can’t put no team on there shoulder
Bam just wanna play defense no offense he’s not a Couner stone to no organization
Been saying for most of the season that the Heat should tank and try to keep this years pick. The next years pick becomes unprotected. So what.
Spo let the game get out of control by going straight to small ball in the 2nd quarter (when Bam went to the bench), then let Terry take over and once again stink up the court. Then Spo did not put Bam back into the game until about 6 minutes left in the 2nd quarter. The Heat giving Love a 2 year deal was stupid. They have a back up center that never plays. Why
This team is hot garbage
The Heat need to sign good veterans at minimum deals this offseason. Too many projects result in untradable guys that we either lose or end up overpaying for. Other teams develop their draft picks and pick up the best veteran role players they can. But Riley is lazy and doesn't want to change up the roster and it shows. We suck.
Bam sucks,ware already better than him,why would Spo start pelle over jaquez? When it was clearly working when jimmy got suspended the 1st time,rozier just too short to get a clean shot off.
But the biggest problems are-BAM/SPO and ROZIER.
This is pat Riley fault
Maybe Bam is just a poor man's Ben Wallace
When it comes to the Heat, I don’t take what SVG says too seriously. He’s always gone out of his way to talk good about Miami and Spo so not to be seen as bitter from being forced out bc Riley gave into Shaq.
It’s a classy move by SVG but it’s basically similar but also the polar opposite of someone who’s salty and always bashing a team.
Bam had no answer for Giannis last night. Alley oops, jump shots Giannis was comfortable out there. Shocking to say this when he’s been one of the best defenders.
I like Bam at the power forward position
No trade yet like I said. Just another publicity stunt.
Scoring isn’t Bam game
PAT RILEY AND CHRIS GRIER MAKE IT HARD TO ENJOY MIAMI SPORTS …
This is who Bam is. This year the Heat have not been forcing production thru Bam like prior years.
Oh let’s pretend Bam is a PG, oh let’s let Bam work on his midrange and then 3 point game. Let’s have him cover all guys on the court.
He’s maxed out talent wise and is not a franchise building block.
He’s an undersized super role player that should never be your 1st or 2nd best player and Deff shouldn’t be paid as one.
Need a POINT GUARD TO BE THE FLOOR GENERAL
Jimmy will be the no.3 on the Suns😐 kinda feel like no one has noticed he wants no.1/max money but wants 3rd option responsibilities 😅
He didn't start playing basketball until high school that is 100% why his offensive game looks so unnatural.
BAM is the real story, Jimmy is just a distraction… They shouldn't have maxed him out with multiple years left, he's not a scorer he not a great rebounder yet they didn't even have a conversation with Jimmy about a lower extension..Pat keeps making bad decisions because of his ego
So tired of you guys apologizing for Bam.
@wesgoldberg mentions these guys are still humans when it comes to the Team but when it's Jimmy he should go out there and ball out. 😂
Ware will be "Rookie of the Year" if Spo keeps his minutes up. He needs to muscle and bulk up a bit in off-season to increase physicality. He's gotta get that Zo intense crazed look as well. Buy that rookie card now.
Bam isn’t a first option..
I think we have to accept what the world kept saying about Miami was true. Jimmy elevated everyone above who they actually are. Jimmy did not just elevate the undrafted he also elevated a defense first player as someone who can be a number 2. But ultimately without Jimmy, Bam is just another guy.
Don’t let the title fool you this is a typical Adebayo apology video. Never in the history Florida sports has a ‘star’ player ever had the ‘media’ cape up for him over and over and over again. HE. IS. NOT. A. FRANCHISE. PLAYER.
Regarding Bam maybe the loss of Kyle Lowry is affecting him? He was a true point guard that can get him in the right positions and now we have …Terry 😩
So this is JB fault ? 😆 his been covering this mess for 5 yrs . STFU . Front office failed and all you guys do is talk shit abt Jb
Stop blaming players — Spo is overrated — why didn’t he double teamed Lillard ? Pathetic coaching
Bam not a good player 11 points my God these people get paid millions 11 points all that practice heat culture 5 baskets in a game