Miami Heat: Not Tons Of Concern About Duncan Robinson’s Shooting Slump

Miami Heat: Until Duncan Robinson Breaks Out, He’s Still Impacting Winning

Despite Duncan’s shooting woes, he’s had a positive impact in other areas and that includes as a rebounder, defender, and a passer, contributing to a 7.3 Plus-Minus. The next step for Robinson has been to improve on his ball skills, such as adding different elements to his shooting — which includes pull-ups and mostly utilizing second or third dribbles after pump fakes.

By no means should any of this information serve as a reason for arbitration, but to rather add a different perspective. The very best shooters of this league struggle and even on the types of attempts where they’ve worked for hundreds of hours.

For Duncan, his approach and preparation is one of the most strenuous for skilled shooters, while that work ethic certainly doesn’t leave when you’re embedded within the Miami Heat organization.

In a vacuum, Duncan completes Miami’s offense by bending defensive schemes, floating around the perimeter, and accounting for a defensive attention like very few players in the league. For a lineup that consists of penetrators like Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, and Kyle Lowry, hanging onto an elite floor spacer, with low-usage, and that can alleviate pressure from your stars is absolutely vital.

For teams such as the Heat, who heavily prioritize an inside presence, Robinson alleviates their spacing issues and renders defenses unable to execute double teams.

Think about a few of the better regular season teams from the past decade, with Kyle Korver’s involvement in Atlanta, Danny Green’s tenure in San Antonio, and of course, who can forget Ray Allen in Boston.

Duncan Robinson has a role, regardless of where his shooting numbers finish, when he’ll break out of this slump, or when he is to find a consistent groove. Simply put, the Miami Heat will need his presence with this bunch and perhaps, more than ever.