Heat's 5 Biggest questions one month before training camp

3. Can the Heat generate enough offense?

The Heat have ranked in the bottom 10 in ORTG in each of the last two seasons. All U Can Heat’s John Jablonka did a good job diagnosing some of last season’s issues in his piece here.

TL;DR: The Heat are too reliant on mid-range shots and don’t generate enough good looks at the basket. They need to increase their 3-point shooting rate, too.

Easier said than done. Besides Butler, the Heat don’t have a nightly advantage creator on offense – and that’s only when Butler is motivated and engaged.

Spoelstra can only scheme up so much. Bam Adebayo took most of his shots from the non-restricted paint area last season. How much more will he step out for 3-pointers? Can the Heat dust off the dribble-handoff offense from the Bubble run and open the floor more?

Tyler Herro and Terry Rozier can make stuff happen with the ball in their hands, but they aren’t high-level play-makers for their teammates. Between Butler, Adebayo, Herro and Rozier, the Heat could index even more heavily in isolation offense. None of those players are elite isolation scorers. 

This is a recipe for another hard-to-watch offensive season. The Heat need Butler or Adebayo to draw help and consistently create open looks for their teammates, and Spoelstra needs to devise a strict offensive scheme that limits the mid-range looks and leans into the more efficient parts of the court.