I ask rhetorically, Does the "New Miami" offense mean that the org. has changed the team's thirty-one year identity as a Defense First team? I ask because, the offensive detonation last night nothwithstanding, Pebbles still shot 53% from the field (only one % point less than whatever iteration of the Miami franchise this is called).
And I ask because, I state the case plainly, this is not sustainable. We have a collection of good to very good shooters, maybe one great shooter in Norman Powell, but we're not going to shoot 54% with any regularity; and we're not going to win many games when the other shirts shoot 53%.
Finally, I ask this rhetorical question because it is ominous, it reeks of desperation to attempt to change so long-standing an identity in one season. And what has it gotten us so far? Another way to go 45-37, one win better than our 11-year 44-38 average record. That, and playing in the Least will get you a Play-In slot--for the fourth season in a row.
When an org. gets away from the basis of basketball, that defense wins championships, and won three down here, and you resort to trick schemes, you don't gain a new identity, you lose any identity, and identity is difficult to get back.