Name: Duncan Robinson's 3-point shooting took him from the G-League to the record books | Signature Shots
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Duncan Robinson hasn't just proven NBA scouts wrong.

He's also emerged as one of the finest three point shooters in the world, and his signature shot, his catch and shoot three is among the most dangerous weapons in the NBA.

Mhm double team out Robinson Robinson for three.

Last season, the Miami Heat came out of nowhere to go all the way to the NBA Finals.

Duncan Robinson was one big reason why his incredible breakout performance from beyond the arc provided Miami with the exact kind of shooting that is so important in the league right now during the 2019 20 NBA season.

Robinson log What might go down as one of the greatest catch and shoot seasons ever?

In case you think that's an exaggeration, these are the five most accurate catch and shoot seasons in three point shooting history.

Not only is that splashy company Robinson is on top of that list, he truly lifted up from everywhere he was elite from pretty much the entire arc.

Pretty good for an undrafted player who started his college career division three Williams College and just two years ago was trying to find his way in the G League is Duncan Robinson, who will fire for three and hits the top three point shooter in the NBA G League.

The league is an incredible opportunity, you know, it's maybe not the glitz and glamour of the NBA, but it's an opportunity to prove yourself and showcase your abilities.

It didn't take long for Heat coach Erik Spoelstra to realize that Robinson was one of the most potent threats on his roster.

And it's no secret why the dude can flat out shoot.

That's the guy that you want shooting at Dunkin Robinson.

Now you gotta shoot or cooking a little bit.

After starting only one game in 2018 19, appearing in just 15 and shooting just 35 threes, Robinson started 68 games last season and launched the ridiculous 606 triples.

And while Robinson's ability to knock down jumpers gets a lot of headlines, his ability to get those shots in the first place deserves just as much attention.

Simply put, the guy's a nightmare off the ball.

He's constantly moving, cutting through defenses and looking for shooting space.

Spoelstra has designed countless screening actions that are engineered to create clean looks for his young sharpshooter and defenders hoping to stop.

Robinson not only have to chase him around screens, they also must stay right on his tail.

Because Duncan has one of the fastest and one of the highest releases in the week, his release is just incredible.

One of the most important stats that explains his incredible success is this.

His shot is hard to block, in part because he's simply taller than Clay Thompson and J.

Redick pair that with his tireless off ball movement and Robinson becomes one of the toughest and most important defensive assignments in the league.

When defenders get caught on a screen or just turn their heads to look elsewhere, it's already too late.

Robinson's hyper fast release means he's open when other shooters are not.

It only takes fractions of a second for him to turn from a receiver into one of the most dangerous perimeter shooters in the NBA.

Even when you think you have prevented Robinson three, his off ball savvy proves you wrong here, Victor Oladipo does a great job stifling Robinson.

Three point try, but the play isn't over.

Duncan adjust and improvises a give and go relocation to get a second bite of the apple, and Oladipo can't get back to contest again.

Bucket, Robinson's catch and shoot mechanics are near perfect from the ground up from the moment he set up his base until the moment he releases the shot.

I prefer, probably catch and shoot the rhythm, and timing is a little bit different, but and kind of get your base a little bit more prepared when you see the ball coming their way.

There was a time when catch and shoot specialists were relatively obscure role players.

Think about John Paxson and Steve Kerr on Jordan's Bulls teams or Byron Scott or Danny Ainge in those old school Lakers Celtics battles.

This is the three point era now, and players like Robinson have never been so valuable.

It's kind of indicative of the times and the way the game is going, and that I go games without even thinking of taking a two point or so.

You know, if I played in a different area.

I probably wouldn't be jacking, you know, 10 threes a game.

But it's my job on this team and, uh, take it with pride.

An average Duncan Robinson three point attempt is a great outcome for Miami.

Last season, an average heat possession yielded 1.12 points.

An average Robinson three point try yielded 134 points, which is incredibly efficient.

Not only with Spoelstra cool with him launching 606 triples, he designed his offense around getting him all those looks.

Robinson's numbers are incredible, but just how did he get so good?

You've got to find something that's comfortable to you and something that you can repeat and then just wrap it out over and over again until, uh, it just becomes muscle memory, Um, to the to the highest degree.

All that sweat equity is paying huge dividends in big moments.

For Miami, check out this example from Game six of last year's Eastern Conference finals.

After bam out of bio slips, a screen set for Tyler Hero.

Robinson's defender, Jalen Brown makes a big mistake.

He drifts too far away from Robinson in the corner.

The best part is you can hear one of Brown's teammates call him out.

The Lakers, who had the best defense in the league last year, had trouble with Robinson, especially in Game five, when Robinson exploded for seven threes and powered the short handed Heat to a three point win.

You're gonna get beat like Kentavious Caldwell.

P s gaze drift off of him and he slides into a clean shooting zone.

Robinson left wide open nails the three different look.

KCP collides with Alex Caruso, and that slip up proves costly.

Tom Robinson puts up the three that's good in this one.

Robinson starts in the corner with KCP attached to his hip.

But then he dances through a gauntlet of human bodies.

K C P gets caught up in that traffic, and it's another wide open look.

My favorite example from this game illustrates just how fluid he is.

He morphs from an off ball sprinter into a catch and shoot sniper with remarkable speed.

This kind of body control just isn't fair.

It's shots like these that command the ultimate respect from opposing defenses, even on the possessions.

When he doesn't end up shooting, the sheer gravity of his constant threat demands defensive attention and opens up scoring opportunities elsewhere on the floor.

And that might be Robinson's most valuable contribution.

Sure, he launched 606 threes last year and made over 45% of them.

But by taking defenders away from the action, he assisted his team and countless other possessions to Robinson has emerged as one of the best shooters in the world, which is a huge reason why Miami became Eastern Conference champions in the bubble.

Whether he's shooting or just running around his NBA value far exceeds the expectations of an undrafted player who was a G leader just two years ago.

 Robinson deserves all the credit for his breakout, but his emergence as such a force in the NBA also proves that three pointers and the players that can sink them are only getting more important in this league. 