Bam Adebayo Passes Dwyane Wade For Fifth Place On Miami Heat Career Double-Doubles List

Adebayo has accomplished the feat in just six seasons
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Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is nowhere close to being the best player in franchise history. 

But at least he can say he is ahead of Heat legend Dwyane Wade in something. After Friday's 38-point, 12-rebound performance against the Washington Wizards, Adebayo surpassed Wade for fifth place on the Heat's double-doubles list. 

Adebayo has 127, just ahead of Wade's 126. To be fair to Wade, the stat is catered more to big men. Point guards are likely to get more double-doubles than shooting guards, the position Wade played.

Still, it's an impressive accomplishment for Adebayo, who is considered among the league's rising players. 

"He's the guy that we've been able to count on with his mental stability, his consistency, his leadership and also his play on both ends of the court," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. 

Adebayo is only in his sixth season, giving him plenty time to move up the ranks. He trails just Udonis Haslem (134), Hassan Whiteside (185), Alonzo Mourning (205)and Rony Seikaly (221).  

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Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here