Bam Adebayo feels slighted over Defensive Player Of The Year Award
Adebayo believes he is the best in his position at least in the last two years
Nigeria-born Miami Heat centre, Bam Adebayo felt he was deserving of the honour given to Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert and Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart the last two years.
While speaking at the Heat's youth clinic earlier this week, Adebayo addressed what he thought was a snub.
“I should have won it the last two years,” Adebayo said to the campers. "And I will win it this year.”
This isn't the first time Adebayo, who is entering his sixth season, has been vocal about not winning the award. He sounded off the moment he wasn't named one of the three finalists in April.
“Disrespectful,” Adebayo said. “I feel like I can do anything that two out of the three can do. Besides, I mean, I can’t teach height. But they all three play on TV more than me. So I would expect that. They get more TV games, and they get more exposure. People like to talk about them more. Don’t nobody want to talk about us. So, it’s whatever at that point.”
