Bam Adebayo thought there was a chance he might be busy playing basketball with some of the game’s best young players during All-Star weekend next month in Los Angeles. It’s safe to say he and his Miami Heat teammates are a little surprised and disappointed he won’t be.
Miami’s first round pick, who has played an important role off the bench at center and helped the Heat earn the fourth-best record in the Eastern Conference, was not among the 20 first- or second-year players invited to play in the Rising Stars Challenge when the rosters were unveiled Wednesday night.