Jaime Jaquez Jr. is a lot of areas for enchancment, the Warmth guard instructed Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald, with 3-point capturing being a excessive precedence.
“My three-point capturing, that’s an space that I actually needed to enhance. I really feel like I wanted to enhance if we needed to, as a workforce, make the strides and jumps that we have to attempt to win a championship. And simply actually honing in on mechanics and getting a bunch of reps up,” Jaquez stated.
Jaquez, the 18th choose of the 2023 draft, averaged 11.9 factors, 3.8 rebounds and a pair of.6 assists in 28.2 minutes per recreation throughout his rookie marketing campaign. His perimeter capturing is a piece in progress — he made simply 32.2% of his 3-point makes an attempt final season.
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- Bam Adebayo was rewarded with a three-year max extension this summer time. Now, the Warmth heart and captain is concentrated on his management duties. “I believe a number one man isn’t solely a scorer,” Adebayo instructed Ira Winderman of the South Florida Solar Sentinel. “I really feel like all people, after they consider a number one man, they consider scoring. I really feel like that’s not the one factor a number one man can do.” What’s is the most important factor a pacesetter can deliver to a company? Adebayo has a pointed reply. “Being a number one man merely means win, regardless of how that appears,” he stated. “Profitable takes care of all the opposite issues that individuals wish to put a story behind.”
- Terry Rozier was sidelined by a neck harm late final season. He’s nonetheless working his method again however must be prepared by coaching camp, in line with Chiang. “The place I’m at proper now’s nearly totally, totally, totally cleared to play 5-on-5,” Rozier stated. “However I’m doing each on-court exercise, taking part in a little bit little bit of 3-on-3. So I determine within the subsequent couple weeks, I’ll be graduating to 5-on-5. I really feel nice.”
- Nikola Jovic revealed he suffered a “little fracture” in his left ankle early this summer time. He expects to take part in coaching camp however may need to play it cautiously along with his left ankle and foot to keep away from any setbacks. “We’re ensuring that my foot is sweet after each observe as a result of the harm I had is after all not a joke and we actually don’t need any new issues with it,” stated Jovic, per Chiang. “So throughout coaching camp, I wouldn’t say I’m going to take a seat down or something, however after all you simply wish to guarantee that every little thing is sweet. If one thing begins hurting by any probability, I’ll most likely have to step away.”
