Miami Heat: 3 Improvements that Duncan Robinson can make during offseason

The Miami Heat have a great shooter in Duncan Robinson. He can become a great player with just a bit more work to his game.

Continue to develop his ball-handling skills

He isn’t an awful handler now, but he could be a lot better. It would also serve to help add to his versatility.

A lot of defenders now aren’t worried about him putting it on the floor to drive past them as they run out to stop the deep ball, but if he gets more comfortable and confident with it, it should only start to increase the frequency with which he does it.

With as lethal a jump shot as he has, they are going to run out. Not only does that give you a counter move, but it also gives the defender something to consider, ultimately opening up the jumper more because of their hesitancy at times to commit totally to stop the shot.

Escape dribble and one dribble pull-up off of that move

It plays well into the first one, but that is general, whereas this is a specific request. While it may happen while improving his handle overall, he definitely needs to focus on the escape move and the one-dribble pull-up.

The escape move should allow him to get space to shoot his shot if being run out on by a defender. Often in the playoffs, Robinson got caught in the air after the defender contested, leaving him to have to throw a wacky pass to his teammate.

Adding an escape move should alleviate some of those instances, as he can go into his move, as opposed to always having to try and rise to see if he can get it off. That’s where the one-dribble pull up comes in.

After escaping via the dribble, he then needs to be comfortable pulling up and taking his shot off of that dribble move. That would help him evolve from being just a standstill marksman to a complete shooter and of the most lethal variety.