Miami Heat: Is Bryn Forbes a possible replacement for Duncan Robinson?
By Isiah Curry
While teams seemingly figured out how to contain him throughout the playoffs, it shouldn’t be neglected that in the regular season, Forbes statistically had one of the best three-point percentages in the league — at 45 percent on 154 of 341 attempts.
Furthermore, in the Bucks’ 122-108 regular-season finale win over Miami, Forbes scored 21 points with five three-pointers in just 19 minutes.
- During the 2020-21 season, Forbes ranked tenth in Three-Point Catch-and-Shoot opportunities (Minimum 60 games played), and shot 46 percent from the three-point line, on 1.9 made attempts.
Although much of his game is established primarily from the perimeter, Forbes is an undersized shooting guard with minimal ball-handling abilities. However, while he doesn’t provide much in any other dimensions, he’s still a useful specialist that can defiantly shoot from anywhere.
As Forbes obviously isn’t a top free-agent option, Miami should consider his value under one very critical condition — which stems from the looming contract decision of Restricted Free Agent Duncan Robinson.
With Robinson expected to command between $20-25 million a year for his next upcoming deal, the Miami Heat have the option to match whatever number is thrown at him and retain Robinson at a significantly low cap-hold of $4.7 million.