MIAMI, July 1 – The Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed
center/forward Bam Adebayo. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not
disclosed.
Adebayo appeared in 38 games (all starts) as a freshman at Kentucky and averaged
13.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.50 blocks and 30.1 minutes while shooting 59.9
percent from the field. He was selected to the All-SEC Second Team and the
All-SEC All-Tournament Team after helping the Wildcats win the SEC Championship.
He led the team in rebounds (304), blocks (57) and double-doubles (8) and
finished second on the team in free throws made (154) and minutes (1,145) and
third in points (494). He recorded 101 dunks, the most for a single-season by
any Kentucky player under head coach John Calipari, surpassing Anthony Davis’ 92
in 2011-12 as it also ranked as the second-most in the NCAA last season. He
tallied back-to-back 15-rebound games after posting a 22-point, 15-rebound
double-double at Missouri on February 21 and then a 18-point, 15-rebound
double-double vs. then #13 Florida on February 25, becoming the first Wildcat
since Jared Prickett in 1994 to post consecutive 15-rebound games and the first
time it was done during SEC games since Sam Bowie in 1984. Additionally, he
grabbed 18 rebounds in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Northern
Kentucky, the third-most ever by a Kentucky player during March Madness, helping
the Wildcats advance to the Elite Eight.
Adebayo was selected in the first round (14th overall) by the HEAT in the 2017
NBA Draft.
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