Bam Adebayo isn’t interested in the noise around the Heat’s unfinished roster.
Miami still has three roster spots open, and the summer has dragged into August without a clean answer on what the team will look like when the season opens. There’s also the matter of LeBron James, whom the Heat were pursuing, choosing to sign with a conference rival, the Philadelphia 76ers. None of that has Bam sounding rattled.
“We’ll figure it out,” he said. “We don’t really worry about the outside noise too much. We’ve done a lot more with less.”
That’s the tone coming from the Heat captain right now: no panic, no public hand-wringing, no appetite for the chatter that has followed Miami through the offseason.
Bam also made it clear what the standard is now. This isn’t about simply filling out the roster or answering criticism from national media about a lack of shooting or playmaking. In his mind, the conversation has already moved to something bigger.
“Being able to have that shift and that change, we’re looking for growth,” he said of the Heat landing such a superstar talent. ‘We’re ready to get to work.
The goal is to win a championship. And that’s his mindset.
We have a like mindset when it comes to that. So those conversations are really about winning.”
Whether that confidence matches the private mood inside the building is another question. Publicly, though, Bam is standing behind the front office and trusting it to sort things out when it counts.
The message is even stronger now that Giannis has been acquired. The Heat’s expectations have shifted, and Bam’s comments make that plain. He’s not buying into the skepticism, and as the team captain, he’s unlikely to let it take hold in the locker room either.
For now, the Heat are still waiting on the rest of the roster to come together. But Bam is already setting the tone for what this season is supposed to be about.
Training camp hasn’t arrived yet, and the outside criticism isn’t going anywhere. He just doesn’t seem interested in letting it matter.
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