Bam Adebayo is thundering down the lane, ready to throw down another jaw-dropping tomahawk. But just as he is gearing up for liftoff, in slides his nemesis, Grant Williams, to take the charge.
This sounds like action from the Eastern Conference Finals between Adebayo’s Miami Heat and Williams’ Celtics. But this charge was taken in 2016.
Back then, Williams was emerging on the Charlotte high school hoops scene while Adebayo was a perfectly chiseled behemoth for nationally-ranked High Point (N.C.) Christian Academy, a center whose game was mostly going through or over whoever was unlucky enough to be in his way. Williams was generously listed at 6-foot-7 by Providence Day School, where he was teammates with University of Kansas star Devon Dotson and Joshua Howard, son of NBA legend Juwan Howard.
Though Providence Day had been successful for several years with Williams as their leader, High Point Christian began recruiting Division 1 talent from all…
