ADEBAYO Bam

United States of America

Date of Birth: 18 Jul 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 2.06/6'9''

Place of birth: NEWARK, NJ

Birth Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Men USA United States	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #04 FRA France 83 USA United States 76	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #14 USA United States 120 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 66	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #28 USA United States 119 CZE Czech Republic 84	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #39 ESP Spain 81 USA United States 95	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Semifinal #46 USA United States 97 AUS Australia 78	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Gold Medal Game #51 FRA France 82 USA United States 87	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Bam (usab.com, 29 Jun 2021)

Spending time with family. (Whistle YouTube channel, 03 Dec 2020)

Occupation:

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

Languages spoken:

Miami Heat [United States of America] since 2017/18

Erik Spoelstra [club], USA; Gregg Popovich [national], USA

Position style:

Centre (clutchpoints.com, 07 Jul 2021)

He strained his neck in October 2020 and missed two games. (forbes.com, 06 Oct 2020)

National league:

NBA [USA] (allucanheat.com, 29 Jun 2021)

He began playing basketball in 2010 in North Carolina, United States of America. (miaminewtimes.com, 27 Jun 2017; si.com, 26 Jan 2017)

Some of his friends from his neighbourhood encouraged him to play basketball with them. (si.com, 26 Jan 2017)

US basketball players Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant. (miaminewtimes.com, 27 Jun 2021; allucanheat.com, 01 Jul 2020)

His mother. (si.com, 26 Jan 2017)

Philosophy:

"Never forget where you came from, and never lose sight of where you are going." (si.com, 26 Jan 2017)

In 2020 he was named as an NBA All-Star. (usab.com, 29 Jun 2021)

General Interest

General
NBA DRAFT
He spent one season playing college basketball at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY, United States of America, before entering the NBA Draft. Miami Heat selected him as the 14th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. (nytimes.com, 24 Sep 2020; allucanheat.com, 01 Jul 2020)

NICKNAME
His mother began calling him 'Bam' at age one after he flipped over a table in a manner that reminded her of 'Bam-Bam Rubble', one of the characters in 'The Flintstones'. (sportingnews.com, 12 Oct 2020)

BAM, BOOKS & BROTHERHOOD
He founded the charity Bam, Books & Brotherhood to serve local communities and help create viable career paths for those in need. It primarily helps single parent families. "That's my whole point - just helping people just try to succeed in life." (bvmsports.com, 10 Jun 2021; sportsspectrum.com, 03 Mar 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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