In this clip, Tim Legler and JJ Redick talk about Jimmy Butler and The Miami Heat, their shooting woes and their odds in this year’s playoffs. They also discuss Miami’s very weird handling of the Duncan Robinson situation.
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Yeah the Duncan Robinson thing is very weird. He was one of the best, young shooters. Breaking 3 point records for a couple of seasons. He gets paid and gets lost. The Miami Heat have been terrible this year. They need to make moves. Tyler herro and bam adebayo are not it
all they are gonna do is knock off some teams in the post before they themselves lose.
Duncan was our shooter last season.. him and strus. That’s the difference
Pat needs to retire. The whole FO neads a refresher
The Heat aren't no sleepers, they not better then the Bucks or Celtics
Cavaliers are the sleepers of the East.
Duncan Robinson had plenty of chances to prove himself again though.
Maybe previous years, they could be a sleeper team, it just depends on what you consider making a run. Maybe they win 1 playoff series, but they aren’t gonna beat the of the 76ers, Celtics, bucks in 3 straight series
Duncan, i think, truly has some sort of imposter syndrome. Idc what’s going on in that man’s head on that court
Honestly this team is better than that 2021 team in my opinion I can’t see this team being swept and I feel like we can go far with our defense and shooting if it comes together
How does a team go from 3rd in threes to 26th in threes with basically the same roster
I love my heat and we’ve turned some undrafted kids into solid players. But damn we need some better players
LOL, I'm guessing this was before the Nets demolished them in Miam.
Duncan Robinson start losing confidence when Jimmy Butler started criticizing him publicly, I'm a Miami heat fan and is sad that nobody noted that coming . As soon as he get out there he will be good again.
Duncan Robinson shooting 37% is still better than all the other shooters of the team, defensively he can work with that.
Duncan hasn’t been the same since they called him “jimmy neutron” in the bubble
Who had a better career, JJ or tim
Not a chance in hell.
Honestly Duncan had so much impact on our team both positive and negative. When he was going, his shooting opened up the floor for other guys and we were a different team. But then again, if he was playing timid and unable to stay in front of his man, he was a major liability.
Regardless of how the Heat performs during the season, as long as they’re in the playoffs, they’re always going to be the dark house
Yes!! Great question by Tim – where on Earth is Duncan Robinson??? Like, the dude has been gone.
LET'S GO HEAT 🏀🔥
Miami is weird, and instead of signing players that can actually play they always have no name players starting and playing high minutes and wonder why they can’t win a ring
I think the sleeper of the east is the Knicks
Robinson
We’ve also been in the most games decided by 5pts or something like that.
He said Duncan Robinson has been healthy but that's not totally true. He had surgery on his hand this season and was out 6 weeks…..
Im here for the Legler JJ podcast combo
I’ve been avoiding watching Miami to keep the hair on my head. We did not get better in the off-season. We loss value in whatever assets we had to get better and jimmy has only maybe a couple more years of what he’s been doing in the playoffs.. I see a long tenure as just a middle of the pack team for years to come and it breaks my heart.
Errr Tyler's season is better than his 6th man season?? Jimmy isn't having a great season. What are you on about JJ
During the summer I was hoping instead of the missed play at Kevin Durant we would’ve did a sneaky play for cam Thomas during all of that. There’s a lot of young talent / scorers in the league ready to be unleashed.. and that is all Miami needs. We have the defense, rebounds, leadership, hustle, Play making all we need is 1 or two guys to put the ball in the basket effectively
Heat lifer here, the problem with Duncan is that he's the definition of a one trick pony. If he's not hitting his shots he instantly becomes the biggest defensive liability on the team, gets into foul trouble, can't guard anyone. Any player iso against him is going to cook/take advantage. LeBron demonstrated that in the finals always seeking Duncan to cover him. Unfortunately he can't score at all unless he's hitting his threes, he doesn't have an arsenal of moves or handles. I don't see him developing any of those skills :/
Duncan needs to get in the weight room and eat. He's had a whole year to get right. That's why Spoelstra isn't playing him.
Tylers improved defensivley, bams improved offensivley and jimmy could be an mvp if he wanted to. These breakdowns are all due to lack or defensive effort. WHICH IS LITERALLY SUPPOSED TO BE OUR CULTURE.
Miami should have traded duncan or yurtseven since they not using them and got some three points shooters
They don't have the offence imo. They just rely on Butler and he's a monster but other guys aren't good enough if they want to get to the finals
Duncan Robinson is just another proof that you shouldn't believe the oldheads & haters when they say the NBA today is all about shooting threes with no defense being played whatsoever, I mean the guy literally was one of the best 3-point shooters in the game yet barely gets minutes nowadays because he's essentially a traffic cone on defense.
I think we’ll outperform our regular season in the postseason
The issue for the heat is the same it's been for a few years now. They are a old injury prone team. It's hard to be consistent when there's a new starting lineup every other night