Miami Heat: Why Duncan Robinson Has No Conscience & How It Relates To Bam

The Miami Heat have come to heavily rely on their range-shooting in the last few seasons and there has been no bigger party in part to those efforts than Duncan Robinson. A sniper of the highest order, Robinson, seemingly, has no conscience out on the floor.

If the fact that he is one of the league’s premiere shooters isn’t enough to illustrate the point, maybe the best outside of a few guys along the west coast or so, then this might do it.

Out of his 10 averaged field goal attempts per game last season, all but 1.5 of them were threes, yes, meaning 8.5 of his 10 attempts were from range.

He lives to get them up and from deep. He didn’t just wake up one day like that though, as indicative of his rise from a Division III guy to a near-$100 million dollar man.

Specifically on his ability to carelessly, yet with control, let it fly, it’s taken special coaxing by a certain Filipino Head Coach in the NBA. That certainly makes it easier for you, doesn’t it?

Miami Heat: Why Duncan Robinson Has No Conscience & How It Relates To Bam

Here’s what Robinson had to say on the topic. It comes via his world-famous, it seems,The Long Shot Podcast.

While the totality of Duncan’s spew is integral here, it’s the Coach Spoelstra quote that’s the real meat.

Here’s what he said of his head coach, something that happened squarely in the midst of a team film session and after Robinson passed up a shot in a game.

"Duncan… we didn’t bring you here to drive baseline. We didn’t bring you here to kick the ball out. We brought you here… to shoot threes. You need to shoot that three"

For starters, sounds oddly familiar to the pleas being let out wherever the game is being consumed by the source of this piece. There are countless times where Duncan is open, where “open” for him is much different than a lot players based on his ability to knock-down, where you scream for him to take the shot.

Miami Heat: Could Bam Adebayo Be Gifted The Same Mentality By Coach Spo?

Oddly enough, this whole thing indicates that there could have been more occassions. Thankfully Coach Spo continued to insinuate and illustrate… just how bright his green light glows for the Miami Heat.

There is something else though, quickly. How does this all relate to another guy on the team?

Well, while it might not look, sound, or applicate itself on the court the same, this is a similar message that needs to be conveyed to another of the Heat’s main pieces. If Spo can, somehow, find an angle to have one of these conversations with Bam Adebayo, specifically about his offense, then that would take them up another level too.

While Duncan should, absolutely, have no conscience when it comes to shooting the ball, Bam shouldn’t have that much of one when it comes to seeking out his own offense. That message should be reiterated to him and stories like these, from Duncan about Coach Spo, gives the confidence that it’s possible.

In any situation, this explains a whole lot, except Duncan’s defense, at times, but that’s another story. This is also why Duncan Robinson has no conscious and how the whole situation is very Bam adjacent.