It took nine years and countless moves on the roster, but the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-rumors-tyler-herro-could-sign-a-massive-extension-with-miami-heat-20220311-0041.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miami Heat</a> have finally clinched the first seed in the Eastern Conference to make their way into the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-2021-22-playoff-format-how-will-the-basketball-postseason-work-20211018-0003.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA playoffs</a> as heavy candidates for the championship.
Even though many players have come and gone, some things remained unchanged for a long time in South Florida. Pat Riley has continued to pull the strings, while Erik Spoelstra has stayed as the head coach. And it paid off. <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/miami-heat-bam-adebayo-reveals-hard-feelings-towards-spurs-coach-gregg-popovich-20220408-0033.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bam Adebayo</a> is one of the many Heat players who is enjoying the moment after showing a lot of progress in Miami.
Two years ago, Adebayo was part of the Heat team that reached the 2020 NBA Finals in the Orlando <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/j.r.-smith-reveals-how-nba-players-were-playing-while-high-inside-the-bubble-20220413-0010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bubble</a>. The outcome wasn’t the best, though, as the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/los-angeles-lakers-championships-list-by-year-of-all-nba-titles-20220405-0036.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Lakers</a> emerged victorious. But this time, Adebayo won’t settle with anything less than a ring.
<h2>Heat star Bam Adebayo has his sights set only on the NBA championship</h2>
“Obviously we want to get to the Finals, and we want a different outcome when we get there,” Adebayo told Wes Goldbergin an interview. “We don’t want the same outcome, to come up short, ‘a fairy-tale story,’ this, that and the third.
“I want to win. I want a championship. I want to see what it feels like to be the last person standing. And that’s the bottom line. And everybody here is willing to sacrifice to get that accomplished.”
The Heat have taken everyone by surprise by reaching <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-finals-all-nba-champions-by-year-20210701-0003.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the finals in 2020</a>, and even though this season has been longer and Miami proved what a competitive team they were, it feels like they’re still being doubted.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that they do not have an MVP contender or a main superstar that takes all the credit, maybe it has to do with their painful playoff loss to the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/every-nba-title-milwuakee-bucks-history-20210720-0004.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milwaukee Bucks</a> last season.
Either way, Miami looks determined to prove the doubters wrong and bring home their first championship since the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/dwayne-wades-shocking-revelation-on-chasing-nba-rings-with-lebron-james-in-miami-heat-20211125-0029.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Heatles era</a>. Adebayo has already warned that’s how far they want to go.
 
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<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/25-highest-paid-coaches-in-american-sports-20211215-0031.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Erik Spoelstra</a> has once again proven why you can never count the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/lebron-james-reveals-which-was-the-worst-year-of-his-career-20220407-0007.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miami Heat</a> out. Following a painful playoff elimination to <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/every-nba-title-milwuakee-bucks-history-20210720-0004.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eventual champions Milwaukee Bucks</a> last season, the Heat came back stronger to prove their run to the NBA Finals in the 2020 Orlando bubble was not a coincidence.
One of the most remarkable things about this Heat team is the fact that it doesn’t have just one great superstar who takes all the credit, Miami truly works as a collective unit and, as a result, many players have find <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-rumors-tyler-herro-could-sign-a-massive-extension-with-miami-heat-20220311-0041.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the best version</a> of themselves.
If not, just look at Bam Adebayo, who is now regarded as one of the best big men in the league and is on pace to win Defensive Player of the Year. But not only the Heat itself has helped Bam to perform at his best. Gregg Popovich didn’t call up Bam to Team USA for the 2019 World Cup, something that bothered Adebayo for a long time.
<h2>Bam Adebayo felt ‘animosity’ towardsGregg Popovich for not playing 2019 World Cup</h2>
“Definitely animosity, because I felt like I should have been on that team,” Adebayo told Sports Illustrated, as quoted by Fadeaway World. “But when we got to the Olympics I had to let my animosity go because he was my coach at the time. But when we left, I let him know, from the time being in this Olympics we cool and you my coach, I’m your player. We gonna be like you and Tim… But when we leave, just know, I’ll never forget that you cut me.
“He respected it so much, he was like “Man, I can’t be mad at that. I did what I thought was best for the team, but I got to live with that.” Just know, whenever we play the Spurs, and you’re coaching, to get me geared up for that game it’s always going to go back to that. You cut me.“

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Well, as long as that fueledBam to bring out the best in him, good for him – and especially for the Heat, who have noticed a lot of progress in the big man this season. Hopefully, they won’t only see him at his best against the Spurs but against any other team as well. 
 
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