<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-how-bam-adebayo-kevin-love-are-helping-mold-different-miami-rookie');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Bam Adebayo, Kevin Love are helping mold ‘different’ Heat rookie');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/How-Bam-Adebayo-Kevin-Love-are-helping-mold-different-Miami-rookie.jpg"></figure><h1>How Bam Adebayo, Kevin Love are helping mold ‘different’ Heat rookie</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T15:34:42-08:00">December 23rd, 3:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T15:36:48-08:00">December 23rd, 3:36pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – There is no doubt that fans have been wanting to see <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-highlights-kelel-wares-development-amid-sparse-playing-time">more playing time for Miami Heat rookie Kel’el Ware</a>, who was selected with the 15th overall pick in the latest NBA Draft. They would get that wish during the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstras-blunt-reaction-to-historic-collapse-vs-magic">Heat’s collapse to the Orlando Magic</a>, but fans can still take away the continuous improvement from Ware as he’s in the same locker room with dynamic players like Bam Adebayo and Kevin Love.</p><p>Ware would log 14 minutes as he finished with eight points on making all four of his shots from the field to go along with seven rebounds and two blocks as he led the team with a +26 on the floor. Speaking before Monday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, head coach Erik Spoelstra would name to ClutchPoints certain traits that both Adebayo and Love have that he wants to see from Ware,<a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1871329926345044291" rel="noopener"> but also emphasizes</a> being his own person.</p><p>“Yeah, I haven’t really looked at it from that standpoint, but certainly the professionalism of each of them, the work ethic,” Spoelstra said. “You know, take some of the rebounding traits from K-Love, some of the defensive versatility from Bam, but there he’s different. He brings something different. That’s what we like about him and he had some really good minutes the other night.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Erik Spoelstra about what he wants Kel’el Ware to take away from mentors like Bam Adebayo and Kevin Love.</p><p>“The professionalism of each of them…take some of the rebounding traits from K-Love, some of the defensive versatility from Bam, but he’s different…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/wxw1iOveAh">pic.twitter.com/wxw1iOveAh</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1871329926345044291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo on how Kel’el Ware has stuck with the “process”</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Kelel-Ware-on-Dec.-21-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">The Heat’s captain in Adebayo</a> would speak highly about Ware after the loss to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-miami-collapse-magic-ends-796-nba-streak">Magic where the Heat lost a 22-point lead</a> going into the fourth quarter, losing as they only scored eight points. Still, Adebayo was impressed with the Indiana University product as he is <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article297458873.html" rel="noopener">“sticking with the process”</a> in his development according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.</p><p>“He’s just understanding the process,” Adebayo said. “It’s a marathon not a sprint at the end of the day, and I think he’s starting to understand that. I always make the joke that I didn’t play as a rookie. So obviously you look at what I’ve done in my career, if you would have seen me in my rookie year, you would have been like there’s no way this kid is going to be him now. So like I said, just sticking with the process.”</p><h2><b>Kevin Love on Kel’el Ware’s “fit” with the Heat</b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-kevin-love-on-kalel-wares-awesome-strides-despite-lack-of-minutes">As for Love</a>, he is a veteran in this league who has seen everything, including an NBA championship, but had elite abilities whether it be on the glass or on the offensive side of the ball. The 36-year-old would mention how Ware “listens to every single one” on the team in order to get better.</p><p>“He has really fit in with us well because he just continues to work hard,” Love said. “He listens to every single one of us, he wants to apply things that are taught to him both on and off the floor, He has really just continued to chase the game. Even at practice, we just sometimes put him on defense and have him guard the rim and just try to block every shot. We don’t care if it’s a goaltend, we don’t care if he smacks the ball into the fifth row. … That’s what we want to see from him. He’s a guy who can really do that.”</p><p>At any rate, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-kelel-ware-delivers-encouraging-first-meaningful-performance-with-miami">Ware hopes to get consistent minutes</a> as Miami is 13-13 before the game against Brooklyn where they hope to snap a three-game skid.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Bam Adebayo, Kevin Love are helping mold ‘different’ Heat rookie

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-bam-adebayo-keeps-it-100-on-playing-with-seven-stitches-vs-thunder');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it 100 on playing with seven stitches vs Thunder');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-news-Bam-Adebayo-keeps-it-100-on-playing-with-seven-stitches-vs-Thunder.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it 100 on playing with seven stitches vs Thunder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-21T08:00:20-08:00">December 21st, 8:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-21T08:00:20-08:00">December 21st, 8:00am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – Despite the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-leaves-first-quarter-leads-to-loss-over-okc">Miami Heat losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder</a> on Friday night, there were still a few bright spots that showed the team’s resiliency. While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-gets-100-real-on-jimmy-butlers-early-exit-in-loss-to-thunder">Heat star Jimmy Butler left early with an illness</a>, Bam Adebayo was also at risk of being out after getting hit in the face in the third quarter.</p><p>Adebayo would leave for the locker room with 10:19 left in the third quarter after receiving an elbow to the face which after Butler’s absence, fans would wonder if they would be down two stars to the Thunder. However, the team would announce that he would return <a href="https://x.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1870295728750203368" rel="noopener">after receiving seven stitches</a> for a cut above his left eye.</p><p>For the center, he wanted to do anything to get back in the game, though he would say it was hard at first since he is not a fan of <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870324196011569392" rel="noopener">“needles.”</a></p><p>“I’m one of them people, I don’t really like needles, so it’s kind of rough for me in the beginning,” Adebayo said. “But you know, if you love the game enough, and obviously I do, I love being out there with my teammates, you go through stuff like that.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo on having to receive stitches and getting back into the game.</p><p>“I’m one of those people, I don’t like needles so it was rough for me in the beginning…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/AOkXXsRUAW">pic.twitter.com/AOkXXsRUAW</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870324196011569392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra speaks on the “toughness” of Bam Adebayo</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-on-Dec.-20-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">The Heat’s captain in Adebayo would</a> then finish with an impressive stat line of 17 points and 10 rebounds, which marked his 206th career double-double, surpassing Alonzo Mourning on the franchise’s all-time board. It would be another efficient game for Adebayo from the field as he made seven of his 11 attempts where in the beginning, it had been a cold start in terms of field goal percentage.</p><p>Still, when speaking about the famed “Heat Culture,” Adebayo encompassed that Friday night as he described his cut as “leaking” which is why he went to the locker room to get the seven stitches. Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra would talk about the <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870322539073056965" rel="noopener">“toughness”</a> that the big man brings to the team.</p><p>“Yeah, he’s tough. You had no doubt that he was going to work his way back in there,” Spoelstra said. “If he could have just put a band-aid on there during the time out, he would have gone back at that point. And you know, that’s probably why we’re able to keep, there were a lot of good defensive performances. But Bam allows you to do a lot of different things. At the end, we had him on Williams, and then he was still able to come back and get some key rebounds. That’s just the kind of toughness that he brings.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Erik Spoelstra on Bam Adebayo coming back into the game, receiving seven stitches.</p><p>“He’s tough, you have no doubt he was going to work his way back in there…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/0xFgnVU4NN">pic.twitter.com/0xFgnVU4NN</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870322539073056965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Tyler Herro on how much Bam Adebayo “loves the game”</b></h2><p>Even without Butler, Adebayo and especially the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-tyler-herro-drops-worthy-all-star-admission">Heat All-Star hopeful Tyler Herro picked</a> up the slack as he led the team with 28 points to go along with a season-high 12 rebounds and five assists. Having been with Adebayo for his whole career, it was nothing new to see from his teammate as he mentioned how that is exactly what you want to see from <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870323603331231927" rel="noopener">“your captain.”</a></p><p>“That’s what makes Bam, Bam,” Herro said. “He’s able to impact the game in so many ways, and then he gets hurt, or he gets his eye split open, and he’s able to get back into stitches and jump right back in the game. Shows how much he loves the game. He wants to be out here to help us win, that’s what you want out of your captain.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyler Herro speaks about the resiliency of Bam Adebayo, receiving seven stitches.</p><p>“That’s what makes Bam Bam…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/zUBS867kF5">pic.twitter.com/zUBS867kF5</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870323603331231927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>At any rate, the game still ended in a loss, despite it being a close one, as the team won’t have much time to rest as they play the second game of the back-to-back Saturday night where the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-vs-magic-prediction-odds-pick-12-21-2024">Heat take on the Orlando Magic</a>. Miami is 13-12 which puts them sixth in the Eastern Conference before Saturday’s contest.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it 100 on playing with seven stitches vs Thunder

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-why-bam-adebayo-isnt-focused-on-jimmy-butler-trade-rumors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Heat’s Bam Adebayo isn’t focused on Jimmy Butler trade rumors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Why-Bam-Adebayo-isnt-focused-on-Jimmy-Butler-trade-rumors.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Heat’s Bam Adebayo isn’t focused on Jimmy Butler trade rumors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-19T15:01:19-08:00">December 19th, 3:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-19T15:01:19-08:00">December 19th, 3:01pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-shams-charania-fires-back-at-jimmy-butlers-agent-doubles-down-on-trade-rumors">Miami Heat deal with trade rumors surrounding Jimmy Butler</a>, the team itself still has a season in front of them with the sole goal of capturing another championship. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">Heat’s captain Bam Adebayo would</a> speak after Thursday’s practice about what the message to the team is with all the outside noise on one specific topic.</p><p>There is no doubt that the news of the team being open to trading Butler and the star having a few preferred destinations if it were to happen took over the Miami basketball space. However, Adebayo would say to ClutchPoints that all the team can do now is to <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1869855989819933105" rel="noopener">“collect wins”</a> as they have won eight of their last 12 games.</p><p>“Control what you can control,” Adebayo said of what the team should be thinking during this time, even with the trade speculation. We can’t control that. Our job is to go out there and win games. And so for us, you’re keeping the main thing the main thing and keeping it simple. It’s going out there and trying to collect wins.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Bam Adebayo about the importance of mental toughness when there is outside noise from trade rumors involving Jimmy Butler:</p><p>“Control what you can control, we can’t control that…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/L9QrzRnuso">pic.twitter.com/L9QrzRnuso</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1869855989819933105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>It remains to be seen <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-makes-bonkers-triple-double-history-despite-loss-to-pistons">what happens with Butler and the Heat</a>, but there is no denying that the relationship has been successful as they have been to two NBA Finals, though the last two seasons have finished with eighth-seed placements. The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 6, as will be one to monitor for fans if Butler should be moved, but with how well the team has played, there should be a question of whether a deal is even on the table.</p><p>Speaking of the big man himself,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bam-adebayos-strong-outing-despite-cold-start-leads-heat-past-suns"> Adebayo has had a cold start to the current Heat season</a> but has been heating up recently, especially in the scoring department.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo addresses the “couch coaches”</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-on-Dec.-12-2024-1.jpg"><figcaption>Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Adebayo has been way more efficient in the month of December, more so since the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayos-bounce-back-vs-lakers-draws-top-3-center-tyler-herro-take">Heat’s 41-point win over the Los Angeles Lakers</a>, where he has been making over 50 percent of his shots.</p><p>However, Adebayo would have impactful games, even with the uncharacteristic scoring numbers, which prompted <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-has-hilarious-take-on-bam-adebayos-playmaking">Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra to speak about the “couch coaches”</a> that critique the center.</p><p>“We have to quiet all the narratives out there and all the noise and all the couch coaches saying how Bam needs to play,” Spoelstra said. “We know what winning basketball is for him on both ends of the court.”</p><p>When asked about the so-called <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1869856610346209660" rel="noopener">“couch coaches”</a> and if they put too much stock in scoring, he would see both sides but had the overarching sentiment that the critics are loudest when they are losing.</p><p>“Yeah and no. I mean, nobody of my caliber wants to get 10 points per game. The biggest thing about it is they only say something when we lose. We’re winning, you’re not saying anything. You’re thinking it’s the best basketball ever, but because we’re losing, all because of this and because of that. But it’s like, I lead the team in all different other categories. It’s amazing, wins vs. losses, how many couch coaches you have.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Bam Adebayo about Spo’s “couch coaches” comment in reference to his style of play and if people put too much emphasis on his scoring:</p><p>“Yeah and no…they always say something if we lose…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/nje40Xt2DR">pic.twitter.com/nje40Xt2DR</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1869856610346209660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>At any rate, Adebayo will continue his nice stretch as the Heat’s next game is Friday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Heat’s Bam Adebayo isn’t focused on Jimmy Butler trade rumors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-has-hilarious-take-on-bam-adebayos-playmaking');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Erik Spoelstra has hilarious take on Bam Adebayo’s playmaking');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-news-Erik-Spoelstra-has-hilarious-take-on-Bam-Adebayos-playmaking.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra has hilarious take on Bam Adebayo’s playmaking</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-14T14:37:31-08:00">December 14th, 2:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-14T14:37:31-08:00">December 14th, 2:37pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It was an exciting night Thursday for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-trade-rumors-take-a-pause-in-4th-straight-win-vs-raptors">Miami Heat as they beat the Toronto Raptors</a> to mark their fourth straight win, but it was the performance of Bam Adebayo that was historic. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">The Heat’s captain has been</a> a key foundation piece for the team, and Thursday solidified as he, after recording another double-double, tied Alonzo Mourning for the second most in franchise history as his playmaking garnered a response from Erik Spoelstra.</p><p>When asked about the versatility of Adebayo, Spoelstra would have a humorous response, saying after Saturday’s practice that the goal for the center is to block out <a href="https://x.com/Anthony_Chiang/status/1868004197351780765" rel="noopener">“all the couch coaches,”</a> according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.</p><p>“We have to quiet all the narratives out there and all the noise and all the couch coaches saying how Bam needs to play,” Spoelstra said. “We know what winning basketball is for him on both ends of the court.”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo shares reaction to tying Alonzo Mourning</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-on-Dec.-12-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In the victory over Toronto, Adebayo would score 21 points while collecting 16 rebounds to even go along with six assists, as it marked another game close to a triple-double. When hearing about the aforementioned record in tying Mourning, Adebayo would <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867429952762577104" rel="noopener">credit the work he’s put in</a> and the team for believing in him.</p><p>“It’s just the dedication to the craft, and then obviously I love what I do and being able to be in situations where you can be top three or No. 1 in most of the categories in franchise history,” Adebayo said. “That just speaks to the type of player that I am and this organization giving me the opportunity.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo on tying Alonzo Mourning for the most double-doubles in Heat history (205).</p><p>“The dedication to the craft…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/VEctWXsIIv">pic.twitter.com/VEctWXsIIv</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867429952762577104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>It had been a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-confident-shots-will-turn-around-amid-career-worst-shooting-slump">cold start for Adebayo this Heat</a> season, but he has turned around his efficiency in this current four-game winning streak, averaging 19 points, close to 13 rebounds, and 6.5 assists per game while shooting 57 percent from the field.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra believes people pay too much attention to scoring</b></h2><p>Before, it had been career-low marks in terms of statistics like field goal percentage, but Spoelstra has always praised Adebayo’s style of winning basketball, <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865610621460287881" rel="noopener">even if people pay too much attention to scoring.</a></p><p>“But Bam has been playing winning basketball and whatever how many games this is, five, six games where he’s had close to a triple-double every single game,” Spoelstra said last Saturday. “Again, it’s a shame that everybody will only notice if he’s scoring. We don’t want him thinking like that. It’ll all come together as long as we’re winning, but he can impact in so many different ways. And you know, his leadership in that third quarter is what I saw.”</p><p>“Every side out of bounds that they were running, he was the one organizing everybody,” Spoelstra continued. “I tried to get our team organized into a zone, I messed that up, I called it too late, and he’s yelling at me. I love it, you know, I want him taking control of the defense. He is our voice, and every coverage he was communicating, every huddle, he was making sure everybody understood what we were doing and what adjustments we were making. When he’s like that, you know, he’s a special kind of leader.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Erik Spoelstra on Bam Adebayo’s big night in the win over the Suns. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a></p><p>“Bam has been playing winning basketball…it’s a shame that everybody will only notice if he’s scoring, we don’t want him thinking like that…” <a href="https://t.co/KLUbEtGDu0">pic.twitter.com/KLUbEtGDu0</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865610621460287881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Miami is currently 13-10, which puts them fifth in the Eastern Conference as they look for five straight wins against the Detroit Pistons on Monday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Erik Spoelstra has hilarious take on Bam Adebayo’s playmaking

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-bam-adebayo-keeps-it-real-on-nikola-jovics-rotation-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it real on Nikola Jovic’s rotation return');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-keeps-it-real-on-Nikola-Jovics-rotation-return.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it real on Nikola Jovic’s rotation return</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-13T15:25:50-08:00">December 13th, 3:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-13T15:25:50-08:00">December 13th, 3:25pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-trade-rumors-take-a-pause-in-4th-straight-win-vs-raptors">Miami Heat beat the Toronto Raptors</a> on Thursday night, 114-104, as their winning streak has extended to four games, amplified not by the trade rumors surrounding Jimmy Butler but by the performance of forward Nikola Jovic. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-nikola-jovic-earns-major-jimmy-butler-erik-spoelstra-endorsements-after-raptors-win">Heat’s young star would get reactions</a> from Butler and head coach Erik Spoelstra but also received praise from Bam Adebayo.</p><p>Jovic, at one point, started in the front court alongside Adebayo to end last season and begin the current campaign but was relegated to the bench after a slow opening. The Serbian-born player had fallen out of the rotation and was vital in the win over Toronto, as Adebayo expressed, Jovic <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867430228206776579" rel="noopener">“handled it professionally”</a></p><p>“I think he handled it professionally,” Adebayo said on Jovic. “He does the little things behind the scenes. He’s always in pre-practice, he’s always trying to get better, and tonight, he probably didn’t think he was getting into the game. Then Spo threw him out there. We always got that saying, stay ready so you don’t got to get ready, and he was ready tonight.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo on Nikola Jovic being a spark for the Heat tonight after falling out of the rotation.</p><p>“I think he handled it [like a] professional…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/qvm9q0dN0u">pic.twitter.com/qvm9q0dN0u</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867430228206776579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>On the night, Jovic came off the bench and scored 14 points on four of five shooting from the field, two of two from deep, while also collecting four rebounds and having a +25 on the floor. It would be a sluggish start for Miami in the game, but it was Jovic who came in and brought an <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867427612185772125" rel="noopener">“important spark,”</a> as Spoelstra told ClutchPoints after the game, where the game turned around in their favor.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Nikola Jovic candid about getting back into the rotation</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nikola-Jovic-on-Dec.-7-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It was some <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-has-eye-opening-message-to-nikola-jovic-amid-diminished-role">much-needed confidence for Jovic</a> as he had not played in a game since Nov. 23 against the Dallas Mavericks, where he had been working behind the scenes to get himself back into the rotation. Jovic would be honest after the outing and said <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867414109786157089" rel="noopener">it was a hard process</a> of falling out of the rotation and getting back in.</p><p>“It was not easy,” Jovic said. “I kind of fell out of the rotation. I don’t know how many times something like this happened. It’s nothing new for me. Like I said before, I just keep moving keep practicing, and that’s what I do as I wait for my opportunity. It looks like it’s not the first and for sure not the last time something like this happens.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Nikola Jovic on falling out of the rotation but getting a shot and making the most out of it tonight. Butler wanted him to answer the question in Serbian.</p><p>“It was not easy…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/3mfvjaTfLG">pic.twitter.com/3mfvjaTfLG</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867414109786157089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Jimmy Butler shares endorsement for Nikola Jovic</b></h2><p>The team desperately needed a victory coming off a hectic past few days with the organization surrounded by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-breaks-silence-on-latest-trade-reports">trade speculation about Butler</a>. They just got that with the crucial help of Jovic, as Butler himself would say to ClutchPoints that he is a <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867414557087740398" rel="noopener">“big fan”</a> of the 21-year-old who was selected with the 27th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.</p><p>“My man played like a starting four out there, that’s what I like to see!” Butler said. “I’m a huge fan of Niko [Jovic]. I think everybody in the world knows it, everybody in Serbia knows it. I’m just happy for him. I want him to continue to play confidently. You know, he does everything well out there on the floor when he is locked in. I think he’s back to being that. So I want my boy to keep shining and keep doing what he’s doing.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Jimmy Butler about the spark that Nikola Jovic gave the Heat in the game. Would go into how much of a fan he is of Jovic and how locked in he is.</p><p>“My man playing like a starting four out there!” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/LKPQkDarL3">pic.twitter.com/LKPQkDarL3</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867414557087740398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Miami is now 13-10, which puts them fifth in the Eastern Conference as they look for five straight wins when they face the Detroit Pistons on the road on Monday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
16.7	10.0	4.8	0.7	1.4

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
16.7	10.0	4.8	0.7	1.4

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