Heat finalizing max extension with Bam Adebayo

MIAMI – The Miami Heat and rising star Bam Adebayo have agreed to a lucrative contract extension, Local 10 News has confirmed.

The deal expected to be signed soon will be at the maximum $163 million for five years, with an incentive trigger that could bring it to $195.6 million.

Adebayo, 23, averaged 15.9 points, 10.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists last season, earning his first All-Star selection.

He upped his scoring average to 17.8 points per game in the playoffs while helping lead the Heat to the NBA Finals.

Adebayo will make $5.1 million this season, the final year of his rookie contract. From there, the extension will kick in with a starting salary around $28.1 million for the 2021-22 season.

If he makes an All-NBA team this season his annual salary would rise more.

On a day that has to be one of the most important in his life, where was Bam?

He was hosting his third annual Thanksgiving food drive in the middle of City of Miami.

Bam spoke to Local 10′s Will Manso at Charles Hadley Park, where Adebayo and dozens of volunteers provided hundreds of thanksgiving meals to families in need.

The humble superstar said everything he does is due to his mother, and this big contract allows him to take care of her for the rest of her life.

“I always dedicate everything I do to her,” Adabayo told Manso. “She’s my pride and joy, my rock. Just having her in my corner, and seeing what she went through, and (now) she finally gets to relax. It’s a blessing for me.”

The plan now, he said, is to buy his mother a new house.


About the Authors:

Will Manso came back home to South Florida when he joined Local 10 in March of 1999. During his time here, Will has kept busy by working in sports, news and he's even dabbled in entertainment. He is now Local 10's sports director and also enjoys the chance to serve as host for special shows on Local 10.