The Miami Heat have been middle-of-the-pack in three-point makes per 100 possessions (13.2) and three-point percentage (36.5) over the last three seasons while operating as a bottom-third offense. The offense suffers in part because there is no true facilitating guard consistently organizing the team and creating high-quality opportunities possession by possession. The last clear floor general was Kyle Lowry, who pushed the offense into a top-11 unit in 2021-22 before decline. Goran Dragic previously provided smart decision-making and lob passing as a spark plug. The current guard group contains many players but lacks a reliable primary playmaker.
I've always said this about Miami: Miami's at their best when they have a true point guard. I think that's kind of what they're missing right now,
"I think they're right there at the door. Just a couple pieces away."
The last time the Miami Heat had a floor general operating the steering wheel was Kyle Lowry. In 2021-22, Lowry helped elevate the Heat offense into a top-11 unit before Father Time, unfortunately, caught up to him. But for much of his career, he was a quintessential point guard. In 2019-20, when Miami had a top-8 unit, while he wasn't a "true" point guard, Goran Dragic was an excellent spark plug who was a smart decision-maker and the Heat's best lob passer.
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