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MIAMI -- - Bam Adebayo knows what it's like to grow up with very little. He's determined to help kids who are facing similar predicaments.
And the NBA has noticed his work.
The Miami Heat star - who had an 83-point game this season, the second highest-scoring game in NBA history - was honored Friday night with the league's Social Justice Champion award. Adebayo will receive the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy, and the NBA will make a $100,000 charitable donation on his behalf.
The award, the NBA said, "honors a current NBA player for pursuing social justice and... for advancing Abdul-Jabbar's life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically disadvantaged."