Bam Adebayo, More Not Eligible for Supermax Contracts After Missing All-NBA Teams
Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekFeatured Columnist IVMay 23, 2024
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De’Aaron Fox and Bam Adebayo are among those who missed out on a chance for even more money Wednesday.
That is because they were not named to the 2024 All-NBA teams, which the league revealed:
NBA Communications @NBAPRThe complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia All-NBA Team: pic.twitter.com/KrG4Fjc9pW
Adebayo posted about the snub on X:
13am Adebayođ„ @Bam1of1pic.twitter.com/c2pghLth0R
Bobby Marks of ESPN broke down the supermax situation in September ahead of the 2023-24 campaign.
He noted that players with seven or eight years of service who haven’t changed teams outside of their first four seasons in the league would be eligible for the supermax if they have one or two years left on their deal and were named to an All-NBA team in the preceding season or two of the previous three.
Players would also be eligible if they were named MVP during the three previous seasons.
That meant Luka DonÄiÄ, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jamal Murray, Fox, Pascal Siakam, Brandon Ingram, Adebayo and Jaren Jackson Jr. could all play their way to supermax eligibility in 2023-24. Jayson Tatum was already eligible because he was named All-NBA in 2022 and 2023.
Unsurprisingly, MVP finalists DonÄiÄ and Gilgeous-Alexander were named to the All-NBA First Team.
However, Murray, Fox, Siakam, Ingram, Adebayo and Jaren Jackson Jr. did not make the All-NBA teams and will not be eligible for the supermax.
It should be noted that players had to appear in at least 65 games this season to be eligible for the All-NBA teams. That means Murray, who played just 59 games during the regular season, already wasn’t eligible to make one of the three teams.
Fox and Adebayo are the most notable snubs, as they both received votes for the All-NBA teams.
Adebayo averaged a double-double of 19.3 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.9 blocks per game while shooting 52.1 percent from the field and 35.7 percent from deep. He helped carry the Heat into the playoffs and figured to at least merit consideration.
Fox was also impressive this season as a go-to scoring threat who posted 26.6 points, 5.6 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game while shooting 46.5 percent from the field and 36.9 percent from deep.
Unfortunately for both players, it wasn’t enough to land on the All-NBA teams and become eligible for supermax deals.
