Miami Heat: Three things Jimmy Butler should immediately bring to this team

Shot Making

One of the Miami Heat’s biggest issues last year was their inability to find offense at the most crucial moments of games. There were a ton of games last season where the Miami Heat held a large lead or held a lead towards the closing moments of the game, but couldn’t find someone to steady the ship to hold off the comeback by the other team or hit a big shot to close the door on the game.

They now have that guy in Jimmy Butler. Although not particularly known for his long-range shooting, his scoring average of 18.7 points per game last season would have put him firmly at the top of the Miami Heat’s roster in that category. Considering that he split last season between two teams that had at least two other main scoring threats, Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins with the Timberwolves and Joel Embiid, J.J. Reddick, Ben Simmons, and Tobias Harris with the 76’ers, his 18.7 points per game were a really good contribution.

Regardless of what some say about his offensive ability, he is more than capable of getting his team a bucket when they need one. He was the absolute main reason why the Philadelphia 76’ers were able to achieve the things they did last season during the NBA’s Eastern Conference Playoffs, coming within a multi-rim bounce of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.

While Jimmy Butler will likely need help, either in the form of another big-time acquisition by the Miami Heat(looking at you Washington) or a huge leap in development from some of the current Miami Heat players, he is the first piece to potentially re-entering a championship era for this Heat team. These are three things he will definitely bring with him while helping the Miami Heat navigate that voyage.