Adebayo to ink 3-year, 166 million dollar extension with Miami

Bam Adebayo, 1 of the league’s best defensive basketballers and become 2-time U.S. Olympian, plans to ink a 3-year, 166-million-dollar extension with the Miami Heat when the NBA’s offseason moratorium on such deals is lifted in July.

The Miami Heat and Bam Adebayo – a three-time All-Star and three-time All-Defensive player – intend to reach a three-year, $166 million maximum contract extension, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Heat expect to lock in their cornerstone center through the 2028-29 season. pic.twitter.com/r8K8P6nyRE

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 26, 2024

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Bam, who will be 27 next month, can ink the contract on July 6^th by the NBA rule.

The Heat captain and starting center has 2 years and about 72 million dollars remaining on his current contract with Miami, the only organization that he has competed for since the Heat picked him in 2017.

Bam has made the NBA All-Defensive Team in each of the last 5 campaigns, getting picked for the 1^st team for the 1^st time in the last campaign.

Bam is 3 years into his current contract, a 5-year, 163 million dollar deal.