Chris Bosh has just released a book, “Letters to a Young Athlete,” with a preface by Pat Riley. A book that offers advice “For all those who are trying to accomplish great things” and cathartic for the former Raptors and Heat interior, who took years to come to terms with his career being over.
Plagued by health problems, the former member of the “Three Amigos” can now calmly follow the NBA, and in particular the Heat. In particular the evolution of Bam Adebayo, his natural successor in Florida.
“Shooter. That’s all. Shoot and still shoot. That’s all he has to do: shoot ”, explains Chris Bosh about the next step for the All-Star. “I did it for 13 years in this league, and it helped me a lot. Let him shoot. He can create, he is altruistic. It’s great that he’s a team player. But to get where he wants to go, he has to shoot. He is more than capable of it. Once he proves that he is a threat on the outside, the opposing pivots like Brook Lopez or DeAndre Jordan, they will not be able to stay in the middle of the racket, to play the traffic cops. He must come back shooting to make them defend. This is my advice. “
Gradually, Bam Adebayo moves away from the racket. Between 2018 and 2020, the interior had thus taken 88% of its shots in the racket. That percentage dropped to 78% last season, a sign that he is now taking more of his chance out of the paint. But he is still a long way from Chris Bosh, capable of 3-point artillery with efficiency in his last seasons, Bam Adebayo having taken only 44 3-point shots (for 7 successes) in four seasons.
“It’s just a few steps back”, details the retiree on his own 3-point transition. “That’s what a coach told me, ‘Don’t let the line get in your head. It’s just a few inches. It took me a few years to pick up the pace and shoot in a match. I was training, but you had to adapt to it. Once this habit is developed in training, it must be implemented in a game. But once it’s acquired, you have to keep working and that doesn’t matter anymore. It will continue to work. Bam just needs to shoot. “
| Bam Adebayo | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2017-18 | MY | 69 | 20 | 51.2 | 0.0 | 72.1 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 6.9 |
| 2018-19 | MY | 82 | 23 | 57.6 | 20.0 | 73.5 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 8.9 |
| 2019-20 | MY | 72 | 34 | 55.7 | 14.3 | 69.1 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 10.2 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 15.9 |
| 2020-21 | MY | 64 | 34 | 57.0 | 25.0 | 79.9 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 18.7 |
| Total | 287 | 27 | 55.9 | 15.9 | 73.8 | 2.1 | 5.9 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 12.4 | |
