The revival of the Heat requires the introduction of a new concept called positionless basketball. You may think that the Heat's results are not much prominent, and the rumors are set after set. In fact, this can not be blamed on the Heat, in fact, the Heat is indeed at the forefront of the league in terms of tactical theory. Many people think that Nash and Curry opened the era of small ball, but this atmosphere was first stirred up by the Heat of the James era. At that time, Riley also proposed the concept of the current revival, called positionless basketball. The key point of this philosophy is that players in all five positions on the pitch can be substituted for each other. The most popular saying at the time was that when you had five Jameses on your team, you wouldn't be able to beat it. (Others say that the cardinal first proposed the theory, and this source will not be further investigated.) ）
The Heat still have a long way to go to complete this theory, or to rely on this idea to succeed. At this stage, the league does not have as many players who can cover multiple positions to heat up the pick. So they can only use the existing squad to make adjustments to match the playing style of the current era. Of course, the Heat didn't adjust casually. They are more likely to follow some of the advantages of the Big Three period, and then expand their own characteristics.
Let's take the season in the finals as an example. What was the biggest feature of the Heat during that period? It is a wonderful space art, a replica of the teamism of the Silver and Black Legion and the Warriors. There will be a little bit of a difference, and we call this distinction: the charm from the south coast.
The Heat's main leader at the time was Butler, and the supporter was Adebayo. The main tone of the team is high shooting percentage, that is, the extreme magic ball theory idea. Low number of rounds to reduce stamina. Through the use of space, pay attention to the conduction of each offensive round, and use multiple points as a countermeasure to improve efficiency as much as possible. The core of this tactic is that they have relatively good shooter resources. The shooter of the outside line can still do quality and quantity, giving multiple core manufacturing opportunities in the inner line. At this stage, the Heat's conduction efficiency is in the top three of the league, and the three-point efficiency is also in the top three of the league.
We all know that a team with more blossoms is very difficult to beat. The Warriors are the most obvious example, why the Warriors are difficult to defend during the Big Three period is because each point can be taken apart separately to become an independent offensive point. The Heat is playing this way, multiple scoring points on the inside and outside lines bloom at the same time, and efficient multi-point transmission makes the offense more fluent. Seeing this, everyone should be clear, indicating that the success of the Heat is from the explosion of those shooter points, after all, they are the first element to guarantee the score. And if you look closely at the characteristics of this, you will know that there are multiple policy points that provide help. It's as if multiple neurons are put together to build a neural network that belongs to the Heat system. In a way, this is called multi-unity.
Offense can keep up, defense can't fall. The Heat's current defensive system still follows the same set of the previous Big Three, that is, allowing multiple defensive forces to concentrate on the area point. This practice has good and bad, the disadvantage is that it cannot cover multiple areas, but the advantage is that as long as the clamp is in place, it is basically a dozen and one accurate. In the early stages, the Heat need to find out the opponent's main attack point, and then concentrate on the attack. So you can see in the game that the Heat are not dominant in the early stages, or there is not much outstanding performance in the early stages of the series, but they will start to exert their strength in the back.
Speaking of which there may be fans who do not understand, are we not talking about Adebayor? Why has it been talking about the Heat's offensive and defensive system until now, because the Heat's system is indispensable to Butler and Adebayor. I've always believed that Adeba Dating is the key to this team's re-emergence. As we just said, the Heat need to have multiple policy points, and Butler's timely transition from an offensive point to an organizational focus has helped the team a lot, which is limited to the middle and long distance areas. The turning point in the inner penalty area needs to be played by Adebayor.
Playing 34 minutes, Adebayor can deliver 4.7 assists, with an assist rate of more than 20%. Who would you think of with this kind of data? Only two players in the same position can beat Adebayor, Jokic and Dream Green. So you can probably understand why the Heat dared to send away the big white edge before the start of that season, this kind of protective frame big center in the pure sense, in the team will only affect Adebayo's play. In order to maximize his value, the Heat even created a variety of specialized tactics, such as hand-to-hand driving from the outside and multi-position conduction after creating space, which are centered on Adebayor and driven by shooters. This is a bit of a Warriors, and green also used the rough way to create opportunities for Thompson and Curry when he was in the Warriors.
Some people think that a center of his level is actually very difficult to deal with those big men. Because Adebayo's size is not an advantage, except for the outlier of Jokic, the average organizational center cannot effectively interfere with the traditional type of fifth player. As we said earlier, the Heat rely on pinch shots on the defensive end, and this kind of pinch is very effective against these big men. So how should Adebayor on the offensive end break the opponent's blockade? Athleticism!
This is one of Adebayor's more prominent strengths, his pace is flexible, and it can even rival some of the most mobile third-place players. Coupled with the inherent athletic advantage, Adebayor can easily distance himself from his opponents. Solving battles with a decent mid-range hand is a very favorite way for Adebayor to score. So in the third season of his career, Adebayor's stats have improved a lot. This kind of player is very popular with coaches on the field, giving opportunities to produce statistics, and at the same time bringing positive improvement to the team.
How the future road of the Heat is going, it is more clear now. The response point is their eternal goal, so if it is not surprising, they will continue to build a system of organizational points with Butler and Adebayor as the core. Shooters can be cultivated on their own, and the only thing missing now is the stability of projection. Fortunately, the current line-up of shooters is relatively young, and the team still has the opportunity to give them growth. If the Heat dare to gamble, they can renew their contracts early, guarantee child labor contracts to save space in the future, and then win the championship in 3-5 years!