Duncan Robinson’s camp seems to be trying to put the heat on Miami.
Glushon Sports Management, the agency representing the Heat swingman Robinson, delivered an apparent message for the team in a tweet Monday. They hyped up Robinson’s seven three-pointer performance 19 months ago during the 2020 NBA Finals in the Orlando bubble.
Exactly 19 months ago today, @D_Bo20 put up 26 points including 7 three pointers in a win in the 2020 NBA Finals. https://t.co/0wexHqUoxw
— Glushon Sports Mgmt (@GlushonSM) May 9, 2022
Nineteen months is not exactly a noteworthy milestone, so it seems like the timing here is not a coincidence but rather an attempt to get Robinson on the court. Robinson has been benched for virtually all of Miami’s second-round series against Philadelphia, playing just one total minute.
On one hand, the Heat signed Robinson, one of the best three-point shooters in the league, to a $90 million contract and are not playing him at all in a series where their outside shooting has been horrendous. In Sunday’s narrow Game 4 loss to Philly, Miami shot a collective 7-for-35 from deep.
On the other hand, Robinson is a poor defender and would be hunted on switches by both James Harden and Tyrese Maxey if he was playing.
Role players generally tend to shoot better at home, so if the Heat’s three-point shooting normalizes (especially with two of the last three games of the series taking place in Miami), Robinson may still ultimately not be needed.
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