[All-Access] With his mom looking on and celebrating, Bam Adebayo describes how it feels to be mentioned alongside Kobe Bryant and Wilt Chamberlain after teammate Norman Powell asks him.
Top 3 performance of all time with the momma in the crowd and A’ja at home. It’s Bams world and we’re all just living in it
How bro be playing when his girl’s sitting in the stands:
He’s going to get rid of her after this
Weird comment, she’s the current best player in the W
Passport bros smh
Lol 😂 ok?
Yall be weirdos on here
That’s not what your mum said
she was also in the crowd
Actual main character
Did the coaches of Wilt and Kobe foul the opposing team on purpose in a blowout to get extra possessions?
Yes. Wilt most definitely did. Look it up.
It just makes Kobe even more impressive to do it within the flow of the game especially during the dead ball era
Per game score its not a top 3 performance all time
F*ck a game score you nerd.
It’s a Lakers flair, you already know
Best performance by a non-rapist in the modern NBA.
Everyone whining about the FTs: the Wizards entire strategy seemed to be “maul Bam Adebayo.” He earned a majority of those.
If ur whining about this in any capacity u actually just don’t like basketball. This is objectively iconic and also funny as fuck
100%. Not to mention he’s one of the most easily likable players in the league and Mr team USA. Not a flopping bone in his body.
Thank you. Free throws are meant to be a reward when the defense makes a mistake, idk why it’s seen as a negative for an offensive player
Because some offensive players abuse it
Seeing Luka fans start to.
Fans of a whiner whining? Shocking.
Yeah you right
It’s remarkable but I think the ones who do have an issue with it are justified in their criticism of the free throws. Also 7⁄22 from 3–yikes lol.
Nah like don’t get me wrong, on a pure hoops level the last half of the 4th quarter was like complete terrorism. But this is March hoops, it’s not super serious, they’re playing a trash team, it’s just funny. It happened to a likable guy, I’m all for it. This was one of the most entertaining games I’ve seen
I see the “funny as fuck” thing being thrown around a lot and I agree it’s absolutely bat shit hilarious but I can’t help but feel it cheapens the sport and the achievement when 42 free throws are attempted.. Not Bam’s fault, it’s the NBA’s.
2nd half was objectively not good basketball to watch
Ain’t nobody watching Wizards play for good basketball. Everyone tuned for something historic and it was legitimately fun.
That was easily one of the most entertaining nights of my life watching basketball. You hate fun if you didn’t laugh at least once in the absurdity of the final 3 minutes
Probably the funniest night of basketball I think I’ve ever watched
That’s still objectively an opinion
Your 100% correct but bring on the downvotes from sensitive Heat fans lol
Calling us salty when ur entire fanbase is crying over someone passing Kobe’s record LMAO. Some of y’all acting like Bam was dancing on his grave
Even the people whining about fouling for the ball back and feeding Bam need to read about Wilts 100 point game and rewatch Booker getting 70.
I do get Kobe fans being upset because this does diminish 81 and that is a pretty major part of his legacy.
Bam really said, “you goddamn right.” Love it
It’s awesome that his mom was there to see it too. Legendary.
She had a front row seat to her son taking a chainsaw to one of the most sacred records in basketball history.
Great stuff.
We got Laker fans hating cause he passed Rape Bryant
I mean it was bound to happen with these recent 70 point games
Eventually Luka Sga or someone would get it
Let’s see them do it then. For now Bam is him.
Oh brother. Let me guess, you became a Lakers fan in 2018? The longtime Lakers fan base cannot wait until you remove the Lakers flair in a year or two.
Became a Lakers fan in 07 I was a fan before Lebron and will continue being a fan after he leaves.
Really awesome that his mom was there for that
Brother it’s top 2
No one in their right mind has this game as a better performance than Kobe’s 81. C’mon now lol.
Congrats to Bam nonetheless.
Heat were literally fouling so Bam could get the ball back. Impressive but kinda gross.
They do that in Wilts 100 point game too.
I never really liked wilts game either. I think Klay and Kobe had the best games. And I’m not even talking the 82. His 62 and Klays 60 are the best.
that momma happy as hell
Thats it? Top 3 performances of all time? He didnt say more? These highlights are getting lazy chasing karma smfh
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It’s not a better game than Kobe’s and Bam isn’t as great a player as Kobe, he did score 2 more points though. That’s an incredible accomplishment.
Bro you’re literally whining about this in every single thread, just STFU lmao
It’s crazy until you actually watch the 4th quarter. I thought people were exaggerating but it really was shameful basketball. If you thought Devin bookers 70 was bad this was 10x that
They were quadruple teaming him from half court, intentionally fouling other heat players to stop Bam from taking a shot, and hacking him whenever he had the ball. If you don’t want him to shoot a bunch of free throws, stop fouling him, it’s that simple. He had 63 in 3 quarters before that on much better shooting, he was consistently good all night.
I mean anybody who actually watched knew at minimum 75 of those points were well deserved lol. He was getting treated like Shaq, except he can actually shoot free throws.
Yea I agree 100%. I tuned in and I saw a team up 20+ in the 4th intentionally fouling for the purpose of getting bam more possessions. I lowkey want ayton or whoever else on the lakers to one up this and even have a wink wink agreement with a tanking team to allow them to just “go off”
Everyone will admit it within a week. This is a disgrace to the legends like Kobe who built this league.
I watched Kobe’s farewell 60 pointer
I’m not hearing this bullshit
Not even remotely the same. That might have been the only Kobe game you ever watched.
That was a nasty game too but Kobe hit some clutch shots. The Heat kept Bam in already up 20
Downvoted and yall dont know the original comment lol
Top 3 performance of all time lol give me a break. I love Bam but that’s a crazy statement.
Wizards could have stopped fouling him at any time… Bam’s not a flopper.
Top 3 performances of all time and top 1 FT farming performance of all time
Right, bam is an unethical hooper 😂
I knew I would get downvoted but I’m still happy for him lol don’t get the wrong idea people
Top 1% commenters always out themselves as idiots I love it
You’re welcome! I love seeing people absolutely obsessed with the fact someone else is a top 1% commenter, I hear it so often. Sorry for contributing so much!
Additionally, I was only stating facts about the performance. Was 36⁄43 not a record? It literally was a top 1 most FTs performance ever?
I’m not like the others in this thread legitimately trying to downplay and trash the performance, I just think it’s funny the insane amount he got. I am aware he was doubled and tripled later into the game and forcibly fouled.
Thought Norman was Anthony Mackie for a second lol.
As for this, I mean….7-22 from 3, less than 50% from the field but 43ft attempts is wild.
Atleast when Kobe did it, it was a close game until the end and Kobe needed every bucket to pull away from Toronto.
comparing a top 10 player oat to a top 30 player today lol kobe fans are so insecure
Uhhhh…we are comparing games since both are the only 80+ games since wilt..nobody compared Bams career to Kobe’s either
Use your brain
43 free throws and everyone is praising the guy. What a sham.
i mean if he was genuinely getting fouled i dont see the problem free throws are apart of the game
people just look at the box score and assume all the calls are from flopping.
Bam’s not a flopper. Why is it just lakers fans 🤔 with two of the greatest all time floppers on their current team 🤔
Oh no u/JameisWeTooScrong doesn’t recognize this game. Guess we throw it out then.
The future is now old man
What is a travesty is Marcus Smart winning DPoY over Bam.
Ugly day for the game of basketball
OKC snatching yo chain more ugly for u
One of the worst nights in the history of the NBA
June 30, 2003 was worse
If one of the worst days in basketball had absolutely nothing to do with basketball, you know you’re grasping at straws. Lmao.