Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is all too familiar with All-Star nods and playing with the NBA’s best and brightest come February. Now, the veteran big man wants

After Erik Spoelstra's mental glitch, Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo come to the defense of the Heat head coach.

Erik Spoelstra made a critical error that contributed to the Miami Heat’s loss against the Detroit Pistons in their NBA Cup opener. Following the game, team leaders Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro shared their perspectives on the incident.

He’s having a hell of a year,” Adebayo said of Herro. “He deserves that All Star nod. We’ve been pushing him for three or four years to get that nod. He’s healthy, playing at his own pace, making

“We know who he is. It was an anomaly,” Spoelstra said on the performance of Adebayo Wednesday facing the Suns. “He had three or four sometimes in one possession, all makeable shots. That’s just sometimes the breaks of the game.”