Heat's Bam Adebayo reacts to historic All-Defense honor

Bam Adebayo is no stranger to earning All-Defense honors. The Miami Heat star was named All-Defense for the fifth time in his career on Tuesday, a stretch of consecutive selections that dates all the way back to 2020, the first season he was entrenched as the Heat's franchise starting center. This season's recognition is extra special to Adebayo, though, because it marks his initial appearance on First Team All-Defense. Incredibly, the 26-year-old had been relegated to Second Team All-Defense each of the past four seasons, a victim of the the NBA now-defunct positional requirements for selection.