Bam Adebayo × Giannis Antetokounmpo：你來我往
Bam Adebayo 和 Giannis Antetokounmpo 互相談到對方的 7 則語錄，依日期排列。
- 10/21 報導（看他的全部語錄） Giannis Antetokounmpo 談 Bam Adebayo「我很喜歡跟 Bam 一起打球，也很喜歡跟他相處。……他的個性讓我覺得很熟悉。我喜歡待在他身邊，我喜歡跟他一起打球。」“I love playing with Bam. I just love interacting with him. ... His personality is familiar to me. I love being around him. I love playing with him.”— Anthony Chiang（Miami Herald）於 X 轉述
- 10/27 報導 Giannis Antetokounmpo 談 Bam Adebayo前情：球隊化學效應問題，包括他與 Bam Adebayo 的打法常擠在同一區域，以及隊友為了餵球給他們兩人而放掉好機會「如果你是擅長往籃下衝的球員，就往籃下衝。如果你是三分射手，就去找三分球。這樣就能把思考從比賽中拿掉。你不用想，打就對了。……這適用於 Bam，也適用於每一個人。就打球，別想太多，做你擅長的事，別再顧慮會不會踩到別人的地盤。就打球。」“If you’re a downhill player, play downhill. If you’re a three-point shooter, hunt threes. Then it takes the thought process out of the game. You don’t think, you just play. ... And that’s for Bam, for every single person. Just play basketball, don’t think, do what you do, and stop trying to step on toes. Just play basketball.”— sun-sentinel.com 報導（Ira Winderman 在 Bluesky 分享）
- 10/28（看他的全部語錄） Giannis Antetokounmpo 談 Bam Adebayo前情：Adebayo 在週三晚上的表現與成為隊史籃板王「錦上添花的是，他能成為隊史籃板王，這很好。」“Just to put the cherry on the top, it was good that he was able to be the all-time leading rebounder,”— sun-sentinel.com 報導（Ira Winderman 在 Bluesky 分享）
- 10/29 報導（看他的全部語錄） Giannis Antetokounmpo 談 Bam Adebayo前情：Adebayo 成為熱火隊史籃板王「抓籃板靠的全是拚勁。恭喜 Bam。在聯盟 10 年，穿著熱火球衣 10 年。我很高興自己能參與其中。」“Rebounding the ball is all about effort ... Congrats to Bam. It’s been 10 years in the league, 10 years with the Miami Heat uniform. I’m happy that I was able to be a part of this.”— sun-sentinel.com 報導（Ira Winderman 在 Bluesky 分享）
- 10/30（看整場賽後語錄） Giannis Antetokounmpo 談 Bam Adebayo前情：談到最近兩場比賽中他看到最重要的事「Bam。我覺得是他防守的方式，他接下對位 Jalen Johnson 的挑戰，表現得不可思議。他也接下對位 Siakam 的挑戰，其他人都跟著他定下的基調走。」“Bam. I think the way he guards, he took the challenge against Jalen Johnson, and he was incredible. He took the challenge against Siakam, and everybody else follows his tone.”— Anthony Chiang（Miami Herald）於 X 轉述
- 10/30（看整場賽後語錄） Bam Adebayo 談 Giannis Antetokounmpo被問到：如何看 Giannis 到來之前的球隊，以及去年得分超過八分、今年是否有這樣的期待「我是說，像 Giannis 這樣的球員，他閉著眼睛都能拿 20 分 10 籃板。所以當你看到他做對的事、試著讓每個人都參與進來、不那麼硬要自己扛的時候，我們所有人都更容易找到自己的打法。你知道，當你身邊有這種天賦的球員，第一，你要擁抱這件事，不要逃避。你把球交給他，讓他做他的事，他會讓其他人輕鬆很多。」↩ 回應 Giannis Antetokounmpo 10/29 報導 的話“I mean, you see a guy like Giannis and he can, you know, he can sleepwalk into 20 and 10. So when you see him doing the right things, trying to get everybody involved, trying not to will it as much, it makes it easier for all of us to figure out our game. You know, when you have a talent like that, one, you embrace that, you know, you don't shy away from that. You give them the ball, you let them do his things and he makes it a lot easier for other people.”— 熱火官方 nba.com 賽後影片 1:32
- 10/30（看整場賽後語錄） Bam Adebayo 談 Giannis Antetokounmpo被問到：Giannis 在更衣室把他和 Bam Adebayo 比作磁鐵，以及兩人在最近幾場比賽的搭配與默契如何建立「我是說，你們都看得到這可以變成什麼樣子，你們看得到潛力。對我們來說，我們必須持續保持穩定，繼續努力累積勝場，而且當然要專注在我們自己身上，因為一旦開始贏一點球……當然我們開季本來就有期待，但對我們來說，真正重要的是認同保持穩定，並且持續在這方面努力。」↩ 回應 Giannis Antetokounmpo 10/29 報導 的話“I mean, y'all see what it can be. So, you know, you see the potential. For us, it's gotta, we gotta keep staying consistent, keep trying to collect these wins and obviously, you know, really worry about us because, you know, once you start winning a little bit, you know, and obviously we had expectations to start the season anyway, but, you know, for us, it's really just buying to us being consistent and us keep working at this.”— 熱火官方 nba.com 賽後影片 2:18