The Miami Heat are well-equipped coming into this season. With a new point guard and a Heat Guy, one that can get it done on both sides and all three levels on offense, they should be able to challenge for the Eastern Conference and NBA titles.
With that though, they’ll need the guys that have already been there to continue being their best selves and in some cases, to continue improving.
For some guys, that doesn’t look the way it looks for most.
For some guys, it’s not about having to be better, it’s about just having the confidence to be your best self. Specifically and to continue with a well touched upon theme, this is a Bam Adebayo piece.
Bam has to shoot his shots. In a make or miss league, you miss 1000 percent of the shots you don’t take.
Miami Heat: Bam Adebayo Needs To Average 15 FGA Per Game
Specifically, Bam Adebayo needs to be the guy he was in the Brooklyn Nets game. You know, the one where he hit the shot over Jeff Green to win it.
That’s who he has to be for the Miami Heat and the results don’t matter as much as the process. Here’s the thought there.
It doesn’t matter if he makes or misses them, because again, a make or miss league.
The thought is that because he is such a good player and one that plays the game the right way, unselfishly, for his teammates, and to win games for his team, it can only lead to good things.
That stands for both him and his teammates. That’s why… Bam Adebayo has to take, at least, 15 field goal attempts per game in the coming season.
It’s, likely, the only way that the Miami Heat have a chance to win the title. It’s bigger than just the raw numbers, but even they tell the story too.
Have a look.
Miami Heat: Bam Adebayo Needs To Be ‘Brooklyn Aggressive’ At All Times
Averaging 12.5 attempts last season and a number that was up by 1.5 from the previous year, he increased his scoring average by three points with just that 1.5 shot increase. While it is already certain that it can only be a net positive for him, his teammates, and the team as a whole, he increases his points average by around 5-6 points by adding 2.5 more field goal attempts.
That would take him from 18.6 points per game this past season, to nearly 25 points per game. That’s a major jump, where he should be headed, where he should be looking to go, and something that would drastically benefit the Heat’s quest for a title.
Listen, this isn’t gospel, so the projections based on trajectory could be a little off. However, the science and the logic behind them is not only appropriate, but it’s absolutely correct.
There are too many times where he has an open look, lane, or space to create for himself… or someone else even and doesn’t capitalize on it.
That that same aggression that’ll lead to him taking the 15 shots per game, is the same aggression that will, not only, allow him to fully dominate in all those situations but fully become the dominant force of a player that he can, should, and if the Miami Heat Culture has a say in it… will be throughout the rest of his career.