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Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo Reportedly Addressed Issues At Miami Heat Team Meeting

Miami Heat leaders Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo spoke up at a team meeting earlier this week prior to snapping seven-game losing streak
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Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo Reportedly Addressed Issues At Miami Heat Team Meeting
Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo Reportedly Addressed Issues At Miami Heat Team Meeting

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The Miami Heat were in the middle of their worst stretch in quite some time. 

They had lost seven straight games, falling to the middle of the pack of the Eastern Conference standings. With the season in danger of being lost, the Heat's two emotional leaders had no choice but to step up. According to a report by Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Heat held a team meeting Tuesday. 

Butler and Adebayo addressed the woes. A day later, the Heat snapped the skid by defeating the Sacramento Kings Wednesday at Kaseya Center. 

"[Miami Heat] had a team meeting on Tuesday, where I'm told Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, their two leaders, they both spoke up," Charania said on Fan Duel's "Run It Back" show. 

The fact Butler was vocal should come as no surprise. He's always flourished in a leadership role. Adebayo joining in bodes well for the Heat because it shows he's moving from being a young player into a veteran. A moment as such could help the Heat turn things around with the NBA All-Star break approaching. 

Perhaps it can lead to a strong finish to the second half of the season. The Heat return to action Friday against the Washington Wizards. 

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Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Inside The Heat, a Fan Nation channel for Sports Illustrated. He has covered the NBA since 2010.

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Shandel Richardson
SHANDEL RICHARDSON

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

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