Q: Hi, Ira. Duncan Robinson has to play and reimagine his chemistry with this new, aggressive Bam Adebayo. We don’t have any different possibility. – Bea, New York.
A: But there are different choices, and that’s the difficulty. Play Duncan Robinson forward of Max Strus? Ahead of Victor Oladipo? With Tyler Herro taking part in huge minutes, there are solely so many eventualities the place you possibly can have a number of damaging defenders on the ground. Yes, Duncan’s 3-point taking pictures has been missed. And I’d assume the Heat wouldn’t thoughts taking one other look in that course, maybe to additionally enhance Duncan’s market worth for the offseason. For now, it’s an harm holding sample, with the finger difficulty that contributed to his taking pictures downturn this season. But injecting Duncan again into the combination just isn’t past the realm. Even in victory, the Heat had been 12 of 38 on 3-pointers Friday evening in opposition to the Rockets, together with simply 4 of 18 within the second half.
Q: If Russell Westbrook ended up with the Chicago Bulls, ought to Goran Dragic ask to be waived and be claimed again by the Miami Heat off waivers? – Mac.
A: I’m positive that Goran Dragic would really like nothing higher underneath such a state of affairs, if his taking part in time with the Bulls was to be usurped by Russell Westbrook. And then it might get actually attention-grabbing in the case of who will get to put on No. 7 for the Heat. But let’s not get forward of ourselves. The buyout market nonetheless has loads of drama to play out, together with with Westbrook. And with all due respect to Goran, there could possibly be positions of larger want on the buyout marketplace for the Heat, contemplating Victor Oladipo already is in place.
Q: If he will get a buyout, how about choosing up Patrick Beverley? – Robert, Ocala.
A: While there’s something to be mentioned about having a lockdown defender accessible within the backcourt, Patrick Beverley’s taking pictures leaves him with an identical offensive resume as many already on the Heat roster. I’d take into account {that a} longshot, even when it might carry his profession full circle. If there’s a goal from the Magic’s roster, it must be Terrence Ross.
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