An NBA team usually has a player that represents their culture and spirit very well. For the past few years, Jimmy Butler was that guy for the Miami Heat. Since he left, many have thought of only one person who might be able to handle being the new face of the franchise — Bam Adebayo.

As the Miami Heat have won three straight games after beating the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night, it has been an emotional past handful of weeks dealing with coming off a 10-game skid and even a recent return.

Jimmy Butler walked back to the Warriors locker room at the end of Tuesday’s game without exchanging any handshakes or words with his former Heat teammates and coaches. Bam Adebayo and Butler