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Duncan Robinson, the 2018 undrafted player, had a horrific outside shooting that led to numerous victories for the Heat three seasons ago.
However, after playing at the top of his game, his form plummeted and he lost his starting position. In the subsequent playoffs in 2023, he once again stood up at a critical moment for the team and became a key contributor to the Heat's dark horse counterattack in the Finals.
There aren't many players like Duncan Robinson who have had such a significant up-and-down in their careers, from a draft miss to a nearly 50 percent three-point shooting percentage in 2019-20 that stunned the leagueIn the 2021-22 playoffs, he was replaced by Strus as a starter due to a sluggish outside form.
In the 2022-23 season, Duncan Robinson even fell out of the Heat's regular rotation for a while, and it wasn't until the playoffs that the Heat suffered injury problems and had to reduce the rotation, and he got a chance to play again. He grasped this key opportunity very well, and once again played an important role in the Heat's dark horse counterattack journey. Throughout the playoffs, he averaged 49 times, able to hand over 44An excellent shooting rate of 3% is the key man in the team's outside firepower.
"Overcoming adversity and developing determination is a skill, and I was once on the verge of being knocked out, thinking I was out, but I showed determination and resilience and took my chances.
In the first month of the 2023-24 regular season, Duncan Robinson has maintained a consistent performance, playing a total of 20 games for the Heat so far, starting 12 of them, and playing an average of 29 minutes per game4 minutes, ranked fourth in the team;The average data per game is 143 points 26 rebounds 29 assists and 47 percent shooting2% and 41 three-point shooting7% and 81 free throw percentage5%, a number of data to a new high level of personal career.
Compared to these basic stats, the most surprising thing about Duncan Robinson this season is his shift in offensive mode, and he is no longer a mere perimeter shooter in previous seasons. To be precise, he's been trying to increase his ball-handling penetration since last season's playoffs, and this skill has been honed again after the offseason, and we can see him more frequent individual ball-handling offense in the new season.
He is averaging 3 two-pointers per game this seasonNine times, a new career high, and a new level of unassisted scoring on offense.
And depending on the basic impression of him in previous seasons, most defenders will still focus on his perimeter three-point shot, so Duncan Robinson has plenty of opportunities to use shooting feints to dangle offensive opportunities. Combined with the offensive means he developed within the three-point line, whether it is a mid-range pull-up jump shot or a throw-up near the frame, or even some off-ball running and air cutting, etc., we can see a lot of presentations this season, which has greatly enriched his personal offensive library.
Combined with the team's tactical system, the two-man combination of Duncan Robinson and Adebayo on the inside is the regular scoring of the Heat's new season**, and the number and quality of scoring are relatively efficient. When Duncan Robinson is in a ball-handling role, whether it's from beyond the three-point line or as a pick-and-roll attacker, he's able to capture most of the opposition's defensive attention.
And because of his excellent three-point performance, opponents will take a tight defense against him, which also provides him with a lot of leeway to use rhythm shaking to create breakthrough space.
As for Bam Adebayo on the inside, he could get more mismatch opportunities on the inside after Duncan Robinson attracted the outside defense. In addition, his roles with Duncan Robinson can also be reversed, with Adebayo holding the ball in the high post and Duncan Robinson running off the ball on the perimeter, which is also difficult for opponents to restrict.
"The hardest thing about our style of play is that we don't have to be able to defend it, we don't necessarily know what we're going to do, a lot of it is reading the situation and the reaction on the pitch and then adjusting. ”
That's what Duncan Robinson said when he talks about the duo between him and Bam Adebayo, who have learned how to defend aggressively against opposing defenders after the offseason and summer league have come together to find more suitable offensive opportunities for each.
There's no doubt that Duncan Robinson, the fourth-highest scoring player on the Heat this season, has stood out enough. But looking back at last season, he was actually left out of the team's rotation for most of the game, playing in just 42 games during the regular season, his worst season of attendance since entering the league in 2019.
Part of this is due to injuries that prevent him from playing, and the other main reason is that he is relatively functional on the field, easy to be limited by opponents, and his best offensive style is far from the team's expectations, and it is not surprising that he will be strategically abandoned by the coaching team.
'My biggest change was to move forward and I thought about how I could help the team if I couldn't play, I still had to find a way. ”
Until the playoffs of the 2022-23 season, Herro suffered a hand injury in the playoffs and retired from the game, and the Heat had no choice but to give Duncan Robinson a chance to play again. After regaining his time, Duncan Robinson once again delivered a consistent performance and became the player with the most minutes played by the Heat in the final quarter.
The same situation has been repeated this season, with Tyler Herro sidelined again after suffering an ankle sprain early in November, with Duncan Robinson re-starting his place。He, along with Lowry, Butler, Bam Adebayo, Highsmith and others, formed the Heat's most efficient five-man lineup, handing over a whopping 19 in the time the five played togetherThe plus-minus efficiency value of 4 is the second-highest among all five-man lineups in the league who have played more than 70 minutes, behind only the Celtics' starting five.
With the experience of rebirth in the playoffs, Duncan Robinson's game confidence has also grown, and he averaged 13. per game in the crucial final three games of last season's Eastern Conference Finals6 points and a whopping 50 or more three-pointers from the perimeter. Fortunately, he didn't fall from the top as quickly as he did last time, and he still maintains an efficient offensive performance this season, and is still a trusted starting option for the Heat in times of crisis.
Behind Duncan Robinson's consistent performances, the Heat also have some problems, the first of which needs to be put on the table to solve:
Duncan Robinson's performance is good enough, so when Tyler Herro returns from injury, how should the two of them choose the starters and bench allocation.
First of all, Herro has proven his quality in the starting lineup, but during the time he was out injured, Duncan Robinson did bring enough offensive space to the Heat on the perimeter of the starting lineup, helping Adebayo and Butler provide more offensive opportunities for both of them, and also began to appear in the team's key offensive ball-holding positions.
Duncan Robinson has started more starts so far than last season, which was the same period last season when he gradually slipped from starter to bench and then out of the rotation. And this season, after revising and enriching his own style of play, his status in the team began to gradually increase, and he has become an irreplaceable role in the Heat lineup.
"In the NBA season, you often have moments where you feel like the whole world is against you. I've felt it very strongly this year, like a slump I've never felt in my career. You go through a period like this and think about why this is happening
Then you will have a breakthrough moment and you will start to build a little bit of self-confidence and determination. These mindsets accumulate over time. Suddenly, you have the potential to get out of the low tide you're in. ”
"You realize that in those struggles with the sluggishness and the will, it is actually the most satisfying, and when it comes to the breakthrough, it is a new self. ”