MIAMI — Somewhere between being named to NBA All-Star teams and U.S. Olympic teams, between helping the Miami Heat to NBA Finals and being selected to NBA All-Defensive Teams, Bam Adebayo had a gnawing thought.

“I need to work more,’’ he said.

That was based on a simple idea.

“I’m not the most talented guy out there,’’ he said.

So, a few years back, he doubled his workouts to four times a day. He began starting in the Heat’s gym, alone, at 6 a.m. The idea wasn’t just to wake up his body and work on ballhandling and light shooting drills. It was to expand his day. Put more into it. Get more from it.

And do something most players won’t do.

“I know a lot of people, when I say 6 a.m., they say, ‘Hell, no, I’m not doing that,’ ” Adebayo said. “That’s my competitive advantage.”

The Heat’s

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