What Does Bam Adebayo's Offensive Role Become Now?

Now, a week and a half away from media day and training camp, the attention turns to the next offensive role for Adebayo. With adding Norman Powell into the fold, finding Andrew Wiggins' true spot in the half-court offense, and predicting the pops from Nikola Jovic and Kel'el Ware: this isn't the time to push their captain to the backburner.

He now has a front-court mate, in Ware, that eliminates the constant curiosity of who will be starting next to him on a night to night basis. Once again, that's clarity. Ideally that sparks some extra confidence and aggression to the scoring approach, as he continues to shake up defenses with the possibility of his three ball.

That was the other pre All-Star break stat that saw a massive jump later in the year, skyrocketing from 29.9% shooting from beyond the arc all the way to 44.8%. The jumper appeared fluid, it opened up the lane for Ware and himself to click, and his confidence as a shooter, both above the break and in the corner, grew exponentially.

Now this is the year to capitalize. The trial run from last year is over, and now this is getting ready to be a real weapon. I look across this Heat roster and see a ton of pressure points that scouting reports will be noting on the perimeter. And almost every counter consists of Bam Adebayo making them pay to open up the offense.

His role won't be changing, but it should be growing.