Miami's Bam Adebayo Wins 2020 All-Star Skills Competition

Adebayo, who will make his NBA All-Star debut on Sunday, won the eight-man contest to walk away with the trophy, which he noted he'll gift to his mother, Marilyn Blount

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Chicago: Miami Heat star Edrice Femi "Bam" Adebayo defeated Indiana's Domantas Sabonis in the finals to win the Skills Competition at the 2020 All-Star Weekend. Adebayo, who will make his NBA All-Star debut on Sunday, won the eight-man contest to walk away with the trophy, which he noted he'll gift to his mother, Marilyn Blount. "It's because all she's been through and all the struggles she's been through and what the living conditions I had to go through and how she still strived to make me happy and make our house feel like home," Adebayo told espn.in . "I can't do nothing but give her that and keep giving her every other accolade I get." Not known for his three-point shooting, Adebayo stole the show that tests shooting ability, passing and ball-handling. "I just want to say something. I read a tweet that I was last to win in Vegas," said Adebayo, who was +1200 to win at FanDuel Sportsbook. "So whoever bet, I hope you got your money. I hope you go buy yourself a Ruth's Chris, Cheesecake Factory, something in that fashion."

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Adebayo, 6-foot-9 and 255 pounds, became the first Miami Heat skills challenge winner since 2007 champ Dwyane Wade. "It just shows where this league is going, and it's scary because when you got guys that are 6-10, classified as centers or power forwards, I don't believe it's any of that anymore," Adebayo said. "I mean, [Kevin Durant] is 7-foot, so KD is a center? Anyways, it just shows how this game has transformed and it gets scary." "It's just showing how the game is changing and how big men and power forwards are basically bringing up the ball, passing the ball," added Sabonis, who is 6-foot-11. "It's more of a point guard position." Eight players who participated in Sunday's All-Star Game: Bam Adebayo, Heat Patrick Beverley, Clippers Spencer Dinwiddie, Nets Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder (replacing Derrick Rose, Pistons) Khris Middleton, Bucks Domantas Sabonis, Pacers Pascal Siakam, Raptors Jayson Tatum, Celtics