Heat get upset by Mavericks on the road, lose 118-108

The Heat just had two games where they had polar extremes of making or missing threes. They had a one in ten night of making them followed by a one in ten night of missing them. And, it’s obvious that some of that is due to the variations in shooting on different floors or just different nights. But, some of the difference is associated with quality of the looks we are getting. The night we played the Clippers we got just gotten all our players back together and were playing optimally. The second night we were only missing one player really, but it was a player of significance, our number one shot creator.
This is a discussion of the Heat’s roster and the ability to create your own shot, a skill maybe only five to ten percent of the players in the league fully have, and others can’t at all and some fall in between, as they can with the right situation. Which usually means there are other shot creators on the floor for the defense to worry about or the defense didn’t have time to get set, which is part of our strategy this year.
Now, shot creation ability is not the only skillset needed to be an effective nba player, as some other roles are just as important. Some players can create their own shot but give up a lot on defense or rebounding, or they aren’t good at dealing dimes. But, my contention is you need at least two full shot creators on the floor at all times, and ideally, another player who can do it if defenses are too concerned elsewhere.
On the Heat, we have three true shot creators, our best being Norm, and close behind is Ty. Our third shot creator, and there’s some drop off, is Bam, not as good as the other two, but still truly able to find and make his own shot, if necessary.
Then, in the next tier are Wiggins, our third or fourth option. He can almost always create his own shot and will make a decent percentage of them if there are other shot creators in the floor. When he becomes the primary option, like during several minutes last night, he sometimes doesn’t finish too well. Next, is Jaime, whose highway is only open if the defense isn’t set or it’s preoccupied with others. If the defense has time to get organized, Jaquez can’t penetrate. Davion really can get his own shot a little better than Jaime, but doesn’t try often enough to be considered a true shot creator as he concentrates on assists more. After that, Dru will surprise you at times, but he doesn’t often try to get inside. Pelle, can do it a bit, but most of his effectiveness is in drawing fouls.
After that, it’s pretty rare for the reserves. Even Ware, as invaluable as he is at other aspects of the game, is usually not a shot creator- perhaps he will gain that skill to some degree later. Simone is pretty limited to the Dunc fake a three and then roll to the rim move. Niko tries to penetrate, usually without the desired results.
Anyway, the point I’m making is we need another shot creator to have two on the court at all times, especially if we don’t have the true superstar. The comeback mounted by the Clippers, slicing 25 points or so off our lead, was made during a time when we had little shot creation ability on the floor. And last night, everyone but Ty and Ware, (who doesn’t need to create his own shot to score, and oddly, made some threes), played inefficiently, because the defense didn’t have multiple players to worry about.
One more trade is needed, and the player we get needs to be a two water who can create his own shot, at least a little.

Trap game…glad did not watch it. Though looking good still this season and after 22 games they’re better than what I have guessed at the start. There will be bumps like this one maybe legs and arms got tired from shooting the lights out the previous game.