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Heat's Bam Adebayo Reveals His Top 5 NBA Players of All-Time on Video, Excludes LeBron James

Timothy RappAug 2, 2026

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo listed off his top five NBA players of all time on Sunday and made the very interesting decision to exclude LeBron James.

Perhaps this was a case of sour grapes after James decided he had a far better chance to win a title with the Philadelphia 76ers, signing with Philly in free agency rather than returning to Miami to pair with Adebayo and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

It's hard to blame James in that regard—a core of James, Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid and V.J. Edgecombe has a genuine chance to win a title. There were bigger question marks regarding the Heat's title odds even if they had signed James.

But making a top-five list of all-time NBA players and not including James—who has broken so many records at this point he probably holds the record for most records held—is a wild choice.