"One of the primary reasons the Miami Heat struggled at times on offense in 2024-25, particularly after the Jimmy Butler trade, was their overall inability to get to the rim. On top of going to the free throw line at one of the lowest rates in the NBA, the Heat had the 5th fewest field goal attempts per game from inside five feet."
"When Wiggins first came into the NBA, he was a player who tried to attack the rim. As recently as 2017-18, 62% of his points came from two-point shots. But since then, Wiggins has morphed more and more into a three-point shooter. He's a career 35% shooter from three, which is decent, but he has also seen his free-throw attempts take a dip."
"During his sophomore campaign with Minnesota in 2015-16, Wiggins attempted seven free throws a game. He has seen this metric dip as low as 1.9 attempts per game with Golden State, but even this past season, it was 4.3 free throw attempts per game. When Wiggins got traded to Miami, the percentage of points he scored from two-point shots went up by four percentage points compared to his usage at Golden State."
The Miami Heat struggled offensively in 2024-25 due to an inability to get to the rim and one of the lowest free-throw rates in the NBA. The Heat logged the fifth-fewest field-goal attempts per game from inside five feet and were an average three-point shooting team, contributing to a 24th-place finish in points per game. Andrew Wiggins, acquired in the Jimmy Butler trade, formerly attacked the rim and scored a high share of two-point points early in his career. Wiggins has shifted toward three-point shooting, experienced a decline in free-throw attempts, and posted under 50% of points from two during his Miami stint. Miami retains several reliable three-point shooters in Tyler Herro, Norman Powell, and Davion Mitchell, making rim aggression from Wiggins a complementary need.
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