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\"Heat<\/p>\n

August 2nd 2025 at 5:11pm CST by Arthur Hill<\/p>\n

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The Heat<\/strong> haven\u2019t won a playoff series since their surprising run to the 2023 Finals, but Bam Adebayo<\/strong> believes the team\u2019s offseason moves have it headed back toward contention, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Adebayo spoke to reporters Saturday at his youth basketball clinic in Miami, marking his first public comments since the Heat were knocked out of the playoffs by Cleveland in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very good shake up for our team and now there\u2019s a different dynamic to it,\u201d<\/em> Adebayo said.<\/p>\n

Miami added another dynamic scorer last month by acquiring Norman Powell<\/strong> from the Clippers in a three-team trade. After two straight top-four finishes in the Sixth Man of the Year voting, Powell moved into L.A.\u2019s starting lineup last season and responded with a career-high 21.8 points per game. Chiang notes that he was one of just six players who reached 21 PPG while shooting better than 48% from the field and 40% from three-point range.<\/p>\n

The Heat were able to land Powell at a bargain price, sending versatile forward Kyle Anderson<\/strong>, veteran big man Kevin Love<\/strong> and a 2027 second-round pick to Utah in the deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like Norman is one of those guys that floats under the radar,\u201d<\/em> Adebayo said. \u201cBut as you saw this year, he\u2019s really shown that he can be an All-Star caliber player. You\u2019ve seen what he\u2019s done and you\u2019ve seen him grow in this league. And, obviously, he wants to take the next challenge. Obviously, the next challenge is being with the Miami Heat. So I\u2019m happy to have him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Miami was also able to re-sign free agent point guard Davion Mitchell<\/strong>, who was acquired from Toronto in February. Mitchell responded to the trade by putting up 10.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.4 steals in 30 games with Miami while shooting 50.4% from the floor and 44.7% from beyond the arc. Chiang states that he also made a difference with his aggressive defense, as the Heat gave up 3.4 fewer points per 100 possessions when he was on the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavion being back, obviously, we\u2019ve been missing somebody that can really play on-ball defense,\u201d<\/em> Adebayo said. \u201cAnd having him come in and be that guy and understand his role, I\u2019m looking forward to him being here for a full year and all of us being together and getting to know one another and turning this into more of a brotherhood. We were kind of disconnected a little bit trying to figure out everybody\u2019s role and trying to figure out everybody\u2019s style of play. But now we\u2019re going to have a good training camp and then we go from there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Adebayo also talked about the teammates he lost as the Heat retooled their roster. In addition to Love and Anderson, Miami sent Duncan Robinson<\/strong> to Detroit in a sign-and-trade deal that brought back Simone Fontecchio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to miss them, obviously,\u201d <\/em>Adebayo said. \u201cJust because Duncan has been here for eight years and having that connection was special. And then K-Love was a leader that could speak to somebody from a championship level, could obviously encourage the younger group, be an example, but also he was the bridge between some of the coaches and the players. So like I said, I\u2019m going to miss both of them. I\u2019m glad we had the time that we did. It was, obviously, helpful for my growth and my development as a player and as a captain.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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