The Miami Heat might just have another 1st year Dynamic Duo

The Miami Heat are excellent when it comes to scouting talent and better at developing it. That’s why they may have another 1st-year dynamic duo.

The Miami Heat are among the very best in the league, if not the very best themselves when it comes to finding guys or scouting to grab guys that others missed or let slip. They have done it time and time again.

After the NBA Bubble run that they had, many around the NBA community couldn’t help but notice how electric Tyler Herro can be when he gets going. It prompted many to ask “how he slipped to 13”, but it doesn’t matter because he did and the Miami Heat grabbed him.

Even before that though, they had an undrafted rookie in Kendrick Nunn that was turning heads as well. While Herro waited until the end of the year, due to injury and the break forced by the coronavirus, to show the world exactly who he was and is capable of becoming, Nunn had been doing it all year.

Finishing in the top of the mix for the Rookie Of The Year Award, Nunn was a necessary scoring burst for the Heat all year long. He did display a bit of volatility, as every young player does but for the most part, he was needed and delivered.

The Miami Heat have another pair of exciting rookies. Are they another great young duo?

This has us wondering, do the Miami Heat have another set of young studs in tow right now? They do and here’s why they may just have another first-year dynamic duo on their hands.

When you look at KZ Okpala, he isn’t a rookie but he didn’t play a ton last season. You also look at the fact that he has supreme length, a skillset that won’t quit, and a year of experience in the league already.

While it seems as though I just contradicted myself, even if he didn’t play a ton, he has been training, watching, listening, and being coached up by guys at the NBA level. That matters a ton.

Secondly, you have rookie, Precious Achiuwa. It’s kind of cliché now to say this, but he really already has an NBA body.

His game is predicated upon hustle, grit, and determination though, the Miami Heat way essentially and that bodes well for his rookie campaign. He’s the guy that doesn’t have to score to impact the game immensely.

Really, that same thing can go for Okpala as well. That’s just why they both should have a great impact this season.

Unlike Nunn and Herro, guards, who need to do a bit more to have an impact, these guys are forwards and wings. They don’t have to do as much to have as big an impact as their positions dictate they can impact the game greatly from less focused roles.

In example, they don’t have to be on-ball to impact the game on ball, dish-outs and rebounds for example are ways they will likely contribute. Whereas you don’t expect Nunn or Herro to hit the offensive boards for putback buckets, both of these guys should have some of that in their repertoires.

It’s really as simple as that. With their size and athleticism, they should both find meaningful ways to contribute early on.

I firmly believe that. That’s also why I believe the Miami Heat do, indeed, have another first-year dynamic duo on their hands.