At 27, Duncan Robinson could hit the jackpot this summer and explode his salary. After earning about 1.5 million dollars a year for two seasons, the Florida shooter will be “free agent” protected this summer, when the Heat will offer him his « qualifying offer » year for $ 4.7 million.
Any franchise can then make him an offer to recruit him, but the Heat will have the opportunity to match him to extend him. The question is to know what efforts the Heat is ready to make to keep its shooter, especially since there will be other big files to manage such as that of Victor Oladipo, Goran Dragic or Kendrick Nunn, another player who is coming to the end of his rookie contract.
While waiting for August, Duncan Robinson has all the same listed three priorities for his next contract: the framework, the win and the money.
“First and foremost, it’s got to be the right place, where I can really feel at ease. Winning is obviously a priority for me too. And then, of course, it’s also a business and I have the opportunity to earn money to take care of the people I love the most. It is therefore also a priority ”, he said, not forgetting to recall that he would be delighted to continue in Miami. “Any place that can offer that is therefore a destination that excites me. Obviously I had an amazing experience here, I love this franchise for so many reasons. So we will see. For the most part, as I said, I haven’t given it my full attention yet. But the next few weeks, the next few months will be mostly devoted to gathering information and trying to make the best possible decision ”.
More watched and better defended this season, but still coveted
Shooter salaries have exploded with the evolution of the game in recent years and Duncan Robinson, the fastest player to reach 500 career 3-pointers, should be in high demand.
“It indicates that there is a market for these skills. So I focused on how to continue to showcase my abilities this year, showing that I am capable of helping this team win and everything else will fall into place ”, he added.
Better defended this season, like his series against the Bucks with an ugly 3/14 over the last three games, Duncan Robinson has also set his lines of work for the offseason.
“Power and my physique in general. Obviously, the Bucks’ game plan was to be very physical and make me lose my rhythm. So I will focus on this point. I have made progress since I was in the NBA, but there are still a lot of improvements to be made ”.
Difficult all the same to see Pat Riley let slip his 27-year-old shooter, whom he described as “untouchable” during the last “trade deadline” and whose outside address is precious for Miami. Still, everything will depend on the price, a huge external offer that could cause the Florida club to seriously think about it …
Qualifying offer : proposal made by a franchise to one of its rookies during his last year of contract. Based on his former salary, this offer matches any offer made to the player by another franchise. If the player does not return to his team in the year of qualifying offer, he is automatically free next season, and his team will then not be able to match an offer.
| Duncan Robinson | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | MY | 15 | 11 | 39.1 | 28.6 | 66.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| 2019-20 | MY | 73 | 30 | 47.0 | 44.6 | 93.1 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.5 |
| 2020-21 | MY | 72 | 31 | 43.9 | 40.8 | 82.7 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.1 |
| Total | 160 | 29 | 45.2 | 42.3 | 86.9 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.3 | |
