Miami Heat: 13 player grades for the first half of the regular season

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B+. . PG. Miami Heat. JUSTISE WINSLOW

The Miami Heat have found their point guard of the future once Goran Dragic hangs it up, Justise Winslow has been a phenomenal facilitator and scorer as of late, and hopes to continue his success during the second half of the regular season.

In the last 10 games, Winslow is averaging a team leading 16.4 PPG, 5.8 ASTS, 5.6 TRB, and 1.6 STLS, shooting 40.5 percent from downtown (3.7 attempts per game).

Winslow is finally coming into his own, for what has felt like 5 years, has only actually been a few seasons as the 22-year-old has a lot of room to grow. Not to mention that Josh Richardson, who is often justly compared to Winslow, is already 25-years-old.

The sky’s the limit for Winslow, who many scouts said could potentially be a Draymond Green like asset, and they could be right in a few years. Miami continues to run their offense through Winslow and hopes that the “kids” in Justise, Richardson, and Bam can be the saviors of Miami for the foreseeable future.

With Winslow signing his contract extension a few months back, you are now seeing a more comfortable player that has found a rhythm and also one that has found himself as a starter in this league. I knew Justise was going to be legit when he stepped on Joel Embiid’s face mask in the playoffs last seasons, cementing himself as a huge part of the future of this franchise, now fans across the league are buying into point Justise, as they should.

Our last player grade goes out to a guy who should win Most Improved Player of the Year.

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