Miami Heat: Duncan Robinson And The Mystery Of His Shooting Slump
By Eric Fritts
Miami Heat: Duncan Robinson’s Been Better Lately And You Hope He Keeps It Up
Once more, his attempts all show similar trends. Most of his shots are coming from non-corner catch and shoot threes. What’s even more confusing is that he is still taking half or more of his shots after either being open or wide-open, according to NBA tracking data.
Wanting to delve into these numbers to try and find some sort of explanation, some reason, or trend that showed why his performance is stuttering this year, things became even bleaker. The frustrating, but also fascinating, part of this is that I couldn’t find anything.
The stats just aren’t indicative as to why this year is such a challenge for him. This is part of what makes sports so entertaining and why the games are still played.
Every single year and every single day, the games are still played and this is why. There is just so much unpredictability to it.
Duncan Robinson, for two years, was arguably the best shooter in the league. In 2020 he flourished, both before and during the playoffs.
As a pure shooter for the Miami Heat, he torched defenses and was an instrumental part of Miami’s Eastern Conference Championship run in the NBA Bubble of 2020. Duncan Robinson went from being a garbage time player who rarely saw the floor, to a near household name over the course of basically two seasons.
Is it possible that he’ll catapult back into obscurity in the same amount of time? Probably not, but stranger things have happened in this league.
December seems to be going better for him. He’s shot 40 percent or better in every game this month except two.
Hopefully, the trend continues and especially as the Heat enter the grind of the season. That’s also a huge thing while they are still dealing with injuries.
Maybe it was just a strange couple of years, as it was for everyone. Perhaps, that’s all there was to it.
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However, for a shooter as good as Duncan has shown, it’s just a matter of completely shaking back. All Miami Heat Faithful can do for now though— is hope he can shake back for good.