Miami Heat Rotation: Max Strus Not Going Down Without A Fight

The Miami Heat are cruising along towards the end of the regular portion of the NBA season. With the top seed in the Eastern Conference in their sights, the Miami Heat should be able to assert themselves enough to secure that number one spot in the conference for the postseason tournament.

Speaking of the postseason though, this is the time when the teams that will be competing for the title usually start to narrow their rotation or shorten their bench.

That means that certain guys that might have been competing all year long for a team, playing well in a lot of cases, might not see his number called as much or at all as the season dwindles down to the last games.

When you think about the Miami Heat, you can also add another factor to a mix that can be completely combustible. When you think about the guys that they recently got back off of injury or long absences, this is among the tons of other things that one might consider.

However, there is something on the other side that must be considered and mentioned before moving too far forward here.

Miami Heat Rotation: Max Strus Not Going Down Without A Fight

With Coach Spoelstra, Top 15 is what he’s called around these parts, it would never be as simple as that. As many know about the Miami Heat’s leading man, his rotations always remain fluid, no matter the circumstances or situation.

He’s, simply, too smart to clip his own wings or limit his options that may help him achieve success in any given myriad of scenarios. With that though, there seemed to be one guy that was slipping among his consciousness for who plays though.

Again, no one would fail to see their number called in the optimal scenario if Spo trusted them, as indicative by this whole thing, but Max Strus had found himself doing more waiting for a few games than he did proving Spo’s trust correct.

Well, he’s finally back to being the guy that everyone has come to know him capable of being. He’s even added a bit more frequency when it comes to getting to other parts of his game, such as being more willing to drive to the cup or merely, creating off dribble, period, for himself or his teammates.

Miami Heat: Max Strus Has Jumped Back Into The Rotation In A Major Way

Max Strus has also done a really good job of reminding everyone, including his head coach, of just how potent and game-changing his shooting can be in the last two games, both wins, against the Detroit Pistons and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

He would come in during their recent win over Detroit to give the Miami Heat the overall jolt they needed to run away with that one. He would finish that contest with 16 points and three rebounds on 6-9 shooting from the floor and 4-6 from range in just 16 minutes of action.

That’s quite a bit of production.

He would then tag Duncan Robinson out of Friday’s game against the Thunder, who got off to a mighty hot start in the contest himself, to help the Miami Heat easily pull away from a young, scrappy, and athletic Oklahoma City team. That included the bomb of a range shot seen above.

Max has a ton of game and a ton of value that Coach Spo will surely utilize, as he’s no amateur, which he recently reminded everyone of as questions started to surface about minutes and the rotation.

He’s not the only one doing some reminding though, as when it comes to said rotation and minutes, Big Max, apparently, isn’t going down without a fight.