Big Face Culture: Miami Heat 2023-2024 season thread
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BushidoBrown
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Green Ranger
I Am Legend
daboywonder2002
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Who did Duncan work with in the offseason? He looks like a totally different player.
On to the next one. Jimmy needs to play with some kind of effort when he comes back. The guys have more than enough talent.
“Robinson scored 21 of those points in the fourth quarter, becoming just the sixth player to do so this season -- joining Giannis Antetokounmpo, De'Aaron Fox, James Harden, Anfernee Simons and LaMelo Ball. Over three minutes, he scored 11 straight. Predictably, two of those buckets were 3s, but the other two illustrated the legit impact Robinson is having as a downhill scorer this season.
Robinson, using the threat of his shot to generate leverage, has shown an ability to put the ball on the floor before, but he'd never averaged more than 2.0 drives per game. This season he's averaging 5.5 -- putting points on the board on more than 51% of those drives.
Once in the lane, Robinson can finish at the rim, hit runners, and even muscle his defender from time to time, and it's taken him from the one-trick sharpshooter he used to be to a well-rounded scorer who can hurt defenses on multiple levels.
He can turn the corner off DHOs, attack closeouts, and even initiate pick and roll to get downhill. At no point in Robinson's career (other than his rookie season in which he played 13 games as a two-way player) had he taken more than 9% of his shots at the rim; this season 23% of his shots are coming from inside four feet, per Cleaning the Glass.
The tradeoff has come from beyond the arc. Through his first five seasons, he was almost strictly a 3-point shooter, taking more than 80% of his shots from deep. This season that frequency is down to 64% -- still a big number, but again, it's evidence of a less predictable scorer, which makes him a far more complicated cover.
Beyond his scoring, Robinson is averaging a career-high 3.6 assists. That doesn't sound like a big number, but it's 86th percentile among all wings, per CTG, and it illustrates how functional -- and at times downright creative -- Robinson has become with the ball in his hands. The guy has some honest handle and shake to his game, and he's been empowered to use it.
Some of this creative opportunity has been born from necessity. As mentioned, Vincent and Strus are gone and the Heat have been hit pretty hard with injuries. Tyler Herro has missed 19 games. Jimmy Butler and Adebayo have combined to miss 16. Caleb Martin 10.
Robinson, meanwhile, has missed just two games. He's averaging a career-high 15 points on career-best 49/44 shooting splits. With more handling responsibility, he's sporting a 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio. When he scores at least 20 points, the Heat, who are the most accurate 3-point shooting team in the league in large part because of Robinson, are 7-0.
All told, Miami, which was once again written off as a legit team when Strus and Vincent effectively weren't replaced and the Damian Lillard trade didn't happen, is 17-12 despite all the injuries, and Robinson, who is back to earning that handsome contract, is one of the biggest reasons for that success.”
Basically stopped being a one dimensional 3pt shooter
Mirin4rmfar
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I like this team, we have it all. We just need to be healthy. I am okay with Lowry since we got so many guys that can score in different ways.
really feel like we are about to go on a run if we just stay healthy
NO SABAN, NO WAY: Having started a new podcast with former Heat teammate Mike Miller, retired former Heat captain Udonis Haslem ended the first episode with predictions on the college football playoff. That led to a discussion of Haslem’s passion for the Miami Dolphins, and, therefore, lingering distaste for Alabama coach Nick Saban. Ultimately, Haslem said that is why he is picking Michigan over Alabama in a national semifinal. “I’m going with Michigan now,” Haslem said of that Jan. 1 game. “Roll Tide.” Haslem said former Heat teammate Juwan Howard coaching Michigan’s basketball team also was a factor, but mostly it was about his Saban distaste for bolting the Dolphins for the Crimson Tide in 2007. “Nick, you told us you weren’t leaving. You told us you weren’t leaving,” Haslem said. “I picked up the paper . . . you packed, you went back to Tuscaloosa, over Miami? How dare you.”
UD a true Miami legend
UD a true Miami legend
I’m guessing he’s ass on defense still and spo has vets ahead of him still
WaddupDoe!
Steez.
So far Jokic looking good
