Bam Adebayo Says Miami Heat Will Take Bucks To A Game 7

If the NBA season resumes, the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks will play a Game 7 in a playoff series. Who will win it?

“I am taking my team.”

Those were the words of Miami Heat All-Star forward Bam Adebayo on Friday as he sat locked down in his Miami condominium, awaiting word like the rest of the sporting world on whether the NBA will be able to resume its season.

Back before the coronavirus shut down all professional sports in the United States, the Heat were the only team with an unbeaten record against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the 53-12 Bucks.

Miami defeated Milwaukee 131-126 in the second game of the season, then defeated them 105-87 on March 2, holding the Greek Freak to a season-low 13 points while outshooting the Bucks from the 3-point line 18-7.

The Heat have been holding team team meetings via zoom since the NBA was shut down, but Adebayo has not had access to a court to get up his daily dose of shots.

“It’s difficult, but I would rather be safe than sorry,” he told Forbes.com.

When the NBA season was suspended, the Heat were sitting in fourth place in the East, 2 1/2 games behind Boston and 2 games ahead of Indiana.

Nobody knows for certain whether the NBA will be able to squeeze in a complete 82-game season if they are able to start playing again, but different “bubble” scenarios have been discussed in which the entire league would operate out of a centralized location, perhaps Orlando, perhaps Las Vegas.

Commissioner Adam Silver has been steadfast in his statements that he will try to find a way to finish the season and crown a champion, not matter how challenging the task may be.

“They are going to have to give us time to get back in a groove, but it’s like riding a bike: You have to get back on it and get in that groove again,” Adebayo said. “The thing is, how do you get 450 players to agree to being kept away from their families for an extended period of time?”

In regards to the Bucks, Adebayo made the argument that Miami was the only Eastern team that had an unbeaten record against them, “and that gives us more confidence going into that boxing match.

“I’m not saying they can’t beat us, but we like our chances.”

During his downtime, Adebayo has gotten involved with an initiative to help Tech 4 COVID, a two-day virtual telethon to benefit HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) student-athletes nationwide and K-12 schools to enable minority students to successfully complete distance-learning.

Celebrities participating include Offset, Jeezy, DL Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, Bill Bellamy, Blair Underwood, Malik Yoba, Desi Banks, Dionne Warwick, Dean Crawford, The Hamiltones, Mr. Serv-On and more. 

The event will be live-streamed May 2-3 from 12 PM – 12 AM EST both days, on Twitch, Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, NFL Alumni’s ESTV, Codeblack Life, Instagram Live, YouTube, Facebook Live, ESPN Syracuse Radio, HBCU go TV, Black College Sports Radio, Axis Replay and more. The digital fundraiser is expected to reach over 30 million people and raise over $3 million.

The NFL Alumni Foundation is lending a hand to raise funding for this vital cause. NFL players/veterans involved in #Tech4COVID include: Michael Strahan, Xavier McKinney, Kenyan Drake, Takeo Spikes, Champ Bailey, Mel Blount, Everson Walls, Ahman Green, John Stallworth, Nicholas Leverett, Tyrone Poole, Harold Carmichael, Hugh Douglas, Alge Crumpler, Vonnie Holliday, Rickey Dudley, Akbar Gbajabiamila (currently American Ninja Warrior’s co-host) and more.  

Other NBA players/veterans joining the cause include: Robert Covington,, Kevin Ware Jr., Etan Thomas, Charles Oakley, Antonio Harvey, George Lynch, and Sheryl Swoopes, WNBA veteran.

Media personalities onboard include: Rashan Ali, Areva Martin, Kwame Jackson, Chris Broussard and Larry Ridley, who is also doubling as a host for the telethon.

“We’re pulling out all the stops for this virtual telethon. HBCU student-athletes and K-12 minority students need this movement to galvanize help. I’ve witnessed dozens of student-athletes scramble during this pandemic to get laptops,” said George Lynch, former NBA player and former head coach of Clark Atlanta University’s men’s basketball team. “Many of them were using school computer labs or the library and now they have to find their own technology resources. Something has to be done.”

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