There is a manner in which NBA Summer League games function that is generally understood, a rhythm that keeps the games flowing. Part of that is the seating arrangements. Fans sit in the fan sections. Team executives and media have their own roped off areas. Courtside seats are reserved for VIPs, celebrities, high rollers and established players swinging by to watch the young guys get some run in.
Any of those aforementioned zones are where Bam Adebayo could have sat as the Miami HEAT’s Summer League team faced the Denver Nuggets in a half-empty Cox Pavilion last Sunday.