MIAMI \u2014 Giannis Antetokounmpo says he typically gets eight hours of sleep before games, but when he faced Bam Adebayo, he made sure to get even more rest.<\/p>\n
Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n The two-time NBA MVP said he would sleep 12 hours before matchups against Adebayo, a sign of the respect he has for his new Miami Heat teammate. Now, Antetokounmpo is happy to be on the same side as Adebayo.<\/p>\n The Heat shared a video on Friday of Adebayo welcoming Giannis to the team\u2019s facility, and the feeling appears to be mutual.<\/p>\n While Adebayo has not yet spoken publicly about the addition, Giannis shared more about what makes Bam special and why the two can be successful teammates.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s funny. He\u2019s an easy guy to be around,\u201d Antetokounmpo said. \u201cHe\u2019s more quiet than what I expected him to be.\u201d<\/p>\n Antetokounmpo also praised Adebayo\u2019s competitiveness, work ethic and discipline, saying those qualities can help set the tone for the entire team.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen the two heads of the snake are very, very competitive and they work hard, they\u2019re very disciplined, I think everybody else is going to follow our lead,\u201d Antetokounmpo added. <\/p>\n Heat Summer League<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Heat summer league team faced the Pistons, with former Miami Hurricane Trey Donaldson continuing to impress. Donaldson scored 20 points as Miami earned a 101-87 victory. Miami Heat improved their Summer League record to 2-3. <\/p>\n Local 10 viewers can watch our special on the team\u2019s exciting offseason by clicking here<\/a>. <\/p>\n And don\u2019t forget, you can watch Miami Heat games on Local 10 next season as WPLG Local 10 and the Heat announced a newly expanded media rights agreement, making Local 10 the home of HEAT basketball across South Florida! CLICK HERE<\/a> for more information on how to watch!<\/p>\n Heat fans can also call 786-777-4375 for more information on how to purchase tickets for the 2026-2027 season.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 Giannis Antetokounmpo says he typically gets eight hours of sleep before games, but when he faced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-810335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}