MIAMI — A few weeks before the 2017 draft, the Miami Heat invited four prospects to their AmericanAirlines Arena practice court. One of them was Edrice Adebayo, known to most as "Bam," the Flintstones-inspired nickname having been bestowed upon him by his mother after she witnessed him flip over a coffee table at the age of one.
A bouncy 6'10" center out of Kentucky, the then-19-year-old Adebayo had caught the eye of Chet Kammerer, a longtime scout and the Heat's Vice President of Player Personnel. Adebayo, Kammerer said, was big and fast and athletic.